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Hans Rosling's TED presentation - art of data visualization

Being a fan, and to a certain extend, a practitioner of visual problem solving and visual thinking, I always am intrigued by different tactics of expressing problem in visually-comprehensible ways. Hans Rosling's presentation at TED were remarkable presentation of global data in such a way. Here are two videos to mark my come back to blogging after a long period. Enjoy!

Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen

New insights on poverty and life around the world

TED Talk - Create New Creatures

I got the link from a colleague for a talk in TED, which stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, though the scope is getting wider every year. The conference aims at bringing people together to share their special ideas. This is the most impressive one I found, creating new creatures. A good one to stretch our imagination.

Challenge Assumption

A story from ThinkerToys by Michael Michalko. Thanks Robert Boban.

Imagine a cage containing five monkey. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb toward the banana. As soon as he touches the stair, spray all the monkeys with ice-cold water. After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result - all the monkey are spayed with ice-cold water. Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkey will try to prevent it.