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I'm really enjoying Sketchcast. One of the reasons why I think this is an important knowledge transfer technology is the feeling I'm getting that people are getting fed up with so much reading. A couple of weeks ago Daryl and I ran a narrative workshop for a construction company. We plastered the wall with anecdotes from their company and as people arrived we invited them to read the stories. There was a visible sigh from these guys. It wasn't their preferred method of taking in information. Mind you, once they got started they really enjoyed hearing their colleague's stories. I guess it made me think that we need to always be on the look out for other ways to present information and the rough sketch is an essential part of any repertoire.
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I agree with the idea of presenting information in a variety of ways. It's not just that we might be fed up with reading, but as you point out, for some individuals their preference or the work they do is not text based. Architects, spatial modellers and designers of all kinds think and work graphically. Big slabs of text just don't grab their attention and can look like too much hard work. I like Sketchcast a lot for that reason.
Posted by: Robyn Ciuro at October 12, 2007 3:36 PM