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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
"PARK(ing) Day is an annual, one-day, global event where artists, activists, and citizens collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public parks."
As part of PARK(ing) Day VizThink Philly will be creating the SketchPark in a a parking space at 1625 Chestnut in Center City Philadelphia ...
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Monday, August 3rd, 2009
NYC based VizThinkers Steve Cherches and Dean Meyers led activities for 30 people at VizThink Philly's July gathering. Steve led an exploration of what visual thinking is, while Dean showed us how to plan a project using 5 diagrams in 15 minutes.
Thanks to all who came out , and special ...
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
Last minute change. Our planned venue canceled on us at the last minute.
Luckily, we have a NEW LOCATION for tonights Vizthink Philly 3.
32 Strawberry Street South
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Buzz #2 (Independents Hall) to get in and go up the stairs to the 2nd floor.
Link to Google Map of the new location
http://bit.ly/uP1dc
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Last minute change. Our planned venue canceled on us at the last minute.
Luckily, we have a NEW LOCATION for tonights Vizthink Philly 3.
32 Strawberry Street South
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Buzz #2 (Independence Hall) to get in and go up the stairs to the 2nd floor.
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Thanks for making the Storyboard-O-Rama rock at VizThink Philly last night.
Photos by Carlos Silva.
James Bressi was one of several VizThinkers who came to the whiteboard to make a storyboard about how to make a peanut butter sandwich. Here, James is showing the crucial knife-licking step.
Julia Pellicciaro led the storyboarding activity, ...
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
RSVP here for VizThink Philly 2
Topic: Get Framed....at the Storyboard-O-Rama
VizThinker Julia Pellicciaro will do a quick storyboarding demo, and then we'll make our own and share them with each other.
Storyboards are poweful tools for planning and pitching projects. They are can also stand alone as potent communication devices.
Afterwards if you ...
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Monday, April 27th, 2009
At the end of last week's VizThink Philadelphia gathering, I passed out some question sheets to see what people were interested in learning through VizThink Philly and what kinds of knowlege they could contribute. Here are the results:
Here is what people wrote that they want to learn:
-building visual metaphors for ...
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Update: Mark Magliocco’s blog post
Nineteen people attended the inaugural VizThink Philly event on a moist Wedsnesday evening. I led an activity in which we all did our own visual mind-spills onto paper and then shared them with each other. The theme was “Home.” I’ll post more links to photos and ...
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
Update: We have a location!
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Where:
Free Library of Philadelphia, Independence Branch (In the meeting room)
18 S. 7th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(7th Street between Market & Chestnut)
Closest "El" stop: 8th street.
When: April 22, Weds, 6:30-8PM.
Register for VizThink Philly here.
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