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16th May 2005

Sailing to the Future: Infographics in the Internet Era

“This 50-pages document was created for the Multimedia Bootcamp 2005 in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It contains a brief introduction to infographics, its history and rules, and a discussion of several real cases of elmundo.es online special and breaking-news presentations. The 1.1 version will be released by the end of 2005.”

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16th May 2005

The Blackwing 602: the Final Chapter

“The Eberhard Faber Blackwing 602 has been a favorite among artists, designers and writers for many years… What is so special about this pencil that its devotees will accept no substitute and make them willing to spend $250.00 for a box of them?”

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16th May 2005

Single Document Publishing

“There’s not much that really gets me excited about technology. To me, technology is a tool that allows me to express a concept or organize information. But I recently saw something that has me fired up and imagining the possibilities. Rich media PDF files created with Adobe InDesign. This may be old news to some of you. But this is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time.”

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16th May 2005

Hand Gestures Linked To Better Speaking

“Can’t find the right word? You might want to start moving your hands. New research at the University of Alberta suggests that gesturing while you talk may improve your access to language.”

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