links for 2011-01-28

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Out of the blue, a PR firm working with Sharpie called and asked me to be the Resident Doodle Expert for the sharpieuncapped.com doodle campaign. Get OUT! (Did I already say that?) My responsibilities on this project are three-fold: (1) to analyze a “Daily Doodle” from the doodles submitted by folks around the globe and post my analysis for the doodler and the community to see; (2) to shoot a weekly webisode with fun facts and figures about doodling and visualizing information; and (3) to go on a satellite media tour discussing the merits of the Doodle — all of which I was born to do!

For those of you who are aware of the Ignite presentation format, I probably don’t have to tell you how nerve-wracking it is. 5 minutes, 20 slides, 15 seconds per slide and you have zero control of the slide transitions. Hello. My worst nightmare as a presenter. To top off the format challenge, this particular Ignite presentation on The Doodle Revolution was done at O’Reilly’s Foo Camp, quite possibly the brainiest gathering of brainiacal brainiacs on the West Coast. So, you know, no pressure. I prepared for weeks for the shortest presentation of my career. I got through it and rather enjoyed it, so I hope you will too. Play the video above to witness the public beginning of The Doodle Revolution

Having exhausted traditional learning methods such as highlighting, note-taking, and rote memorization, Virginia chose to unleash a powerful, primitive tool that ultimately turned out to be her savior: The Doodle.