Making Data Beautiful

Partner in crime pointed out the following video. Another brilliantly simple interface by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kavmar that makes the complex approachable (and useful) and turns data into something beautiful.  Just think.  If data in business was presented in such a simple and engaging way, executives might actually read their own research reports, decisions would be made with a lot more confidence, and interesting opportunities would be a lot more obvious.  What a world.  What an opportunity for guys like Jonathan and Sep.

On another note, it’s been yet another week of entrepreneurial happenings that I can’t talk about on my blog which is making this blog less and less interesting to read. That said, things are happening, opportunities are popping up, invoices are going out, conversations being had about interesting pieces of work that could keep me entertained until the end of the year. From training corporations on how to do innovation themselves to helping clients I like invent new products in interesting places, I’m starting to see how this thing could work.

The Control Cube

Photo by dekonstruktor

I’m starting to realize that I reach for my Rubik’s cube when things feel less than 100% under my control and I’m seeking a bit of order in life. The more I do it, the more in control I feel, and the better I get at the cube. The better I get at the cube, the more I should probably put it down and create a bit more order in my life.
For example, just before quitting my job and taking much needed sabbatical (a peak of stress and uncertainty), I was cracking it in under 5 minutes. Post sabbatical, when I was relaxed, settling into Singapore, fully employed and in the company of old friends visiting I’d nearly forgotten how to solve it altogether. To give you an idea of where we are today, self employed in the midst of a recession: 5 minutes, 29 seconds.