Six Minutes and 40 Seconds
Seth Godin's The Dip ends with an acknowledgment that illustrates what seems to me is a global trend towards simplicity: "This book is really short. Short books are hard to write, but you made me do it. My readers are excellent correspondents, and this is something I've learned from them along the way: Write less."
MIT's John Maeda shared his views on simplicity in the shape of tens laws of which there is one that is actually THE ONE: "Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful."
This video illustrates a short article about pecha-kucha, a new form of presentation that is "both art form and competitive sport" while contributing with the bigger simplicity push in an otherwise unnecessarily-complex realm: Power Point.
The video speaks for itself.
Comments
thanks for visiting & your simplicity is simply engaging.
Posted by: reyna | September 4, 2007 06:05 PM
great post camilo, i enjoyed the signs presentation... i was reading about pecha-kucha this weekend in wired. after putting together a preso last week, i realized that most presentations are too wordy to benefit the presenter. it helps us get through all the points we may forget once in the spotlight. thanks for the reminder that we should be designing for the audience... not the presenter.
-r
Posted by: rich | September 4, 2007 10:08 PM