{"id":120,"date":"2008-10-23T06:49:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-23T06:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/23\/the-back-of-the-napkin\/"},"modified":"2008-10-23T06:49:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-23T06:49:00","slug":"the-back-of-the-napkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/23\/the-back-of-the-napkin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Back of the Napkin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have read this book interested in the idea of improving my knowledge in communication skills. I spend so much time building slides and adding some new perspective\/style to the slides was other reason to read it.<\/p>\n<p>The idea around the book is oldest than the wheel, but the way each detail add a meaning for the whole concept is great. It shows for different cases how to build a simple or complex draws from different perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>The most important thing again is: you need to have clear the idea you want to show. The practices helps on adapting a common language and in the creation of the desired representations.<\/p>\n<p>I miss some other use cases and more draws. The existing are very good, no complaint about them, but I miss a little bit more. <\/p>\n<div id=\"__ss_331443\" style=\"WIDTH: 425px; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><a title=\"The ten and a half commandments of visual thinking\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 12px 0px 3px; FONT: 14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: underline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/whatidiscover\/the-ten-and-a-half-commandments-of-visual-thinking?type=powerpoint\">The ten and a half commandments of visual thinking<\/a><embed src=\"http:\/\/static.slideshare.net\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" stripped_title=\"the-ten-and-a-half-commandments-of-visual-thinking\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed> <\/p>\n<div style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11px; PADDING-TOP: 2px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,arial; HEIGHT: 26px\">View SlideShare <a title=\"View The ten and a half commandments of visual thinking on SlideShare\" style=\"TEXT-DECORATION: underline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/whatidiscover\/the-ten-and-a-half-commandments-of-visual-thinking?type=powerpoint\">presentation<\/a> or <a style=\"TEXT-DECORATION: underline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/upload?type=powerpoint\">Upload<\/a> your own. 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