Haiku Deck

Great New Way to Make Slides: Haiku Deck 2.0

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Haiku Deck is the best free tool for creating simple slides on an iPad. It’s extremely easy to use. You type in a few words for a slide and…

Visual.ly Infographic

20+ Tools for Creating Your Own Infographics

Friday, January 4, 2013

Here’s a list of infographics-creation tools from Hongkiat.com for quickly making your own charts, graphs and diagrams. There’s plenty of powerful software out there for creating great graphics along these…

BeeDocs Timeline Editing Interface

The Simplest Way to Create a Timeline: BeeDocs

Monday, December 24, 2012

Here’s an example of a BeeDocs3D timeline as a Web embed. In this case, it’s a timeline I created about the history of Final Cut Pro: BeeDocs Timeline…

The 5 Most Influential Data Visualizations

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Tableau has a nice post about the most influential data visualizations. Below is Tableau’s slideshow illustrating what they perceive to be the 5 most influential data visualizations. And…

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Design Tip: Generating Quick Filler Text and Images

Monday, December 17, 2012

In creating a new journalism project, you often need dummy text and images to get started on your design. Here’s a step-by-step guide to generating that filler material…

Advice from Ira Glass to Journalism Graduates: “Amuse Yourself”

Monday, December 17, 2012

Here’s a follow-up to my earlier post about Ira Glass, which included the four-part video summarizing his thoughts on storytelling. He spoke on Thursday at the CUNY Graduate…