The Original Whiteboard Explainer: Tim Russert

 

The whiteboard he used on election night 2000 (not the one above) is now a part of the Smithsonian. 

Russian "Gmail Art" Video - Life Sized Paperworks

From the description on the video page, this is:

A video that Saatchi Moscow created and produced for Google to attract more Russian people on GMail. 

Visually, it's a bit like our videos, but in a giant format.  Instead of pieces of paper, they are using giant pieces of pre-printed fabric.  The video is quite artful and well done. Isn't it funny too, that it's by Saatchi and Saatchi instead of Lee and Sachi?  

One Sharpie, One Wall - A Music Video

Nancy White pointed us to this awesome video.  From what I gather, it's a music video for the band Field Music.  Impressive. Maybe one day I'll have such mad skillz with the sharpie.

Super Simple vs. Needlessly Complex

Super Simple:

This is called the Q-drum and it's built for transporting 20 gallons of water - something that millions do everyday. Super simple indeed.

You can read more in the New York Times article Design that Solves Problems for the Worlds Poor. I first heard about the Q-drum from Darren Barefoot.

Needlessly Complex:

Beijing Traffic - Explained on Paper

My friend Johnny Klein pointed me to an fun and funny explanation of how traffic works, (or not) in Beijing, China. It's by Henry B and presented in multiple photos of drawings on paper, which work really well to get the point across.

Here's one of the simple-but-effective diagrams, followed by the caption.

Sage Words from Mr. Jobs

Richard MacManus quoted a passage from Steve Jobs' commencement address at Stanford.

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

Those words mean a lot for me, and not because I worship at the alter of Steve.