Marcus Baur is the Managing Director at Goalscape Software GmbH.
Goalscape is a project Marcus first conceived 1998, when he wanted to deal with the complexities of sailing in a visual way. Since December 2008 he has been driving it forward with a great international team of co-creators based in Kiel (Marcus Baur), London (Richard Parslow), Bratislava (Tomas Lehuta & Franto Kormanak), Mumbai (Dr Malav Shroff) and Sydney (Emmett Lazich); and others; See HERE
Of Goalscape and Goalscape Connect Marcus says “it’s cool to live in times where this sort of collaboration …

Author: Brian Friedlander
I find myself spending more times these days creating and putting up more information on the web for both the classes the I teach and the workshops that I facilitate. As a result, I am always looking for tools that will make it easier for me to accomplish these goals. I spend a lot of time using various mind mapping tools to brainstorm and communicate the ideas and information that I will cover in my sessions. I tend to use MindManager 9 now to create a lot …

A short introduction by Chris Griffiths from ThinkBuzan (the creators of iMindMap) on the use of mindmapping during a brainstorm session. Mindmapping ensures a more effective wat of brainstorming.

Google is developing a new communications platform: Wave. If email should be invented in 2009 the result would be Wave. Email has been around for 40 years. Email has pro’s and cons. Earlier this year Google gave a sneak preview of its new service in a one and a half hour presentation.  Someone made a short visualization on the potential of Wave in a short video which has some resemblance with the ”In plain English” video series.

Currently is Google inviting people to test the beta edition of Wave. Please click here to …

The media landscape is changing. The fourth version of Did You Know 4.0 or “Shift Happens” includes facts and statistics focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology. XPLANE developed this video in partnership with The Economist.
What are your thoughts on the data and statistics presented in this video? Please share it with other readers.

Personas is part of the Metropath(ologies) exhibit at the MIT Museum by the Sociable Media Group from the MIT Media Lab. The web services uses a sophisticated natural language processing algorithms to create a detailed, visual data portrait of one’s aggregated online identity.
In a nutshell: Personas shows you how the Internet sees you.
How does it work? Simply enter your name in this website. To create the portrait Personas makes use of the information available of one persons name on the web. It uses that information to characterize the person and …

Hypershifters selected some of the links to interesting content on the web of the past week. Content consists visuals and video’s. Please let us know what you think of these links…

TED Video: Tom Wujec on 3 ways the brain creates meaning, 17 mins
Information designer Tom Wujec talks through three areas of the brain that help us understand words, images, feelings, connections. In this short talk from TEDU, he asks: How can we best engage our brains to help us better understand big ideas?
Visualizations: Gapminder A visual fact based world view, …

Tom Wujec, Information designer, talks through three areas of the brain that help us understand words, images, feelings, connections. Central question: “How can we best engage our brains to help us better understand big ideas?”

Hypershifters selected some of the links to interesting content on the web of the past week. Content consists of articles, visuals or video’s. Please let us know what you think of these links…

Visualizations: 50 great examples of infographics, interesting examples of infographics
According to wikipedia: Information graphics or infographics are visual representations of information, data or knowledge. These graphics are used where complex information needs to be explained quickly and clearly, such as in signs, maps, journalism, technical writing, and education.
Video: I love mindmapping and I map everyday, 27 min video interview
Robert …

Interesting video by Michael Wesch on the impact of Web 2.0 on information use.