Whiteboard Animations – The Sweetspot Method to Explain Concepts

I’m a huge fan of whiteboards and an even bigger fan of using whiteboards to make concepts accessible and clear.  I saw today on both Robert Scoble’s and Brad Feld’s blogs a video explaining incentives using whiteboard animations.  RSA Animate is a series of videos that you can find on YouTube that take various subjects and show a video of someone drawing out the concepts on a whiteboard while the author narrates.  In the video below, you’ll hear Dan Pink, author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, talk about why money isn’t a great motivator for cognitive tasks.  While you hear him explain the science and studies behind the argument for 11.5 minutes, an artist is whiteboarding everything he says in a clear manner.  He even mentions how valuable Hackathons are.  I encourage you to check out the video:

If you liked that video, then there are several more found on YouTube by searching for RSA Animate, including ones covering Freakanomics, The Secret Powers of Time, and Left Brain, Right Brain.  There is also another company, Common Craft, that does something similar.  They have a line of videos “In Plain English”.  For example, below is one of “Blogs in Plain English”:

One of the skills I wish I had was the ability to create whiteboard videos like the examples above.  Being able to explain complex problems, solutions and ideas

visually is a powerful ability.  One of my goals in the near future is to improve in this area, hopefully getting to a level where I am half as good at explaining concepts as RSA and Common Craft.

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The old business models of traditional media companies have long been under siege. However few firms have responded effectively to the challenges.

Cutting costs has clearly not been enough to keep established players competitive. Finding new approaches to operations—and in some cases, even adopting new business models— may be necessary.

Lean Advantage is a powerful new methodology that can help media companies make the needed changes and transform their businesses and reach the sweetspot.

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“You ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s spam farm no more.” Fed up with sites that produce “shallow or low-quality content,” Google has finally released a new spam detection classifier to help prevent on-page spam content from ranking in the Google search results pages. And although the news was met with cheers and tears (given some…
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YouTube – Super Femme – How to find Sweet Watermelons – where is the sweet spot?

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How about these right… I think you’ll find the following sweet nuggets of wisdom particularly insightful. Leave your comments below.

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Samantha Sans Dosage: Oh Yeah, You Found My Sweet Spot

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Speaker placement can dramatically impact your listening experience. Poor placement can leave sounds muddy, and the bass can become so amplified that it overwhelms everything else. On the other hand, well-placed speakers can transport you to the performance hall. In the optimal situation, you can actually feel the sound moving around you and the physical distance between the musicians, as if you are sitting on the stage with them. Professional design and installation of an audio visual system is always the best way to get optimal results, but the following steps will help even the do-it-yourselfer with a two speaker system improve the listening experience.

1. Start with the room:

Think back to high school science. Sound reflects off some surfaces and is absorbed by others. The listening experience outside is completely different than in a room filled with hard surfaces or a room with carpets, draperies and other soft surfaces. If your room doesn’t have enough materials to absorb sound, add in draperies, wall tapestries, upholstery or other soft furnishings to help absorb some the sound. It will make your listening experience better.

2. Distance from the side walls

The golden rectangle rule is used in art to help create pleasing proportions. It is also used in acoustics to calculate the best distance from the side wall for your speakers. The rule states that a speaker should be placed 1.6 times the distance from the wall behind it to the side walls. In other words, if your speakers are 3’ from the back wall, they should be 4.8’ from the side walls (3 x 1.6).

3. Distance from the wall behind

If you can, place your speakers with an approximate 3’ separation between the wall behind and the back of the speaker itself. If you place the speakers too close to the wall, it will amplify the bass and it could be too loud or leave your room feeling like a car with a too-loud stereo is parked on your sofa.

4. The listening sweet spot

In general, the sweet spot in a two-speaker system is equidistant between the two speakers. The speakers should be tilted toward the listener.

5. Placement in the room as a whole

Divide your room in thirds using the wall behind the speakers as the starting spot. Try placing the speakers at the one-third mark. Alternatively, divide the room in fifths and place them at the one-fifth mark. Placing the speakers at either of these locations should prevent the room itself from adding undesirable resonance and degrading sound quality.

6. Experiment

Each room is different in shape, construction and furnishing. All of the details and your own personal tastes can influence your listening experience. Use these guidelines as starting place, but experiment to find the best speaker placement for your room as well as the sweet spot position.

About The Author

Thomas Wenzel has been in the audio visual business for over 17 years, and is an owner of http://www.californiagkdesign.com a Southern California audio visual design and installation company.

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Can someone help explain to me how to pierce the septum sweet spot?

Well, i know i am going to get answers like YOU IDIOT or YOU WILL DIE, but i want this piercing very badly.I am aware of the risks of infection but don’t worry i am a clean freak about this stuff. So anyway, i can’t find the sweet spot i mean i don’t know which part it is i have lots of soft bits in my nose but i don’t want to pierce to wrong part. Anyone know how there is a easy way to find this spot? (i ‘ve heard that I should feel for it and pull your lip down) but i still can’t find it, i know i have one i just need to be sure i’m going to pierce the right bit. also i’d like to hear if you’ve pierced it yourselves? thank you.

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Best Tennis Racquets – 3 Tips To Find The Best Tennis Racquet For You

Tennis racquets have come a good distance for the reason that sport originated. There are sufficient rackets obtainable that it is best to simply have the ability to discover the perfect tennis racquet in your game. You should buy longer or shorter racquets, racquets with bigger heads, wood racquets, graphite racquets, etc. The alternatives appear nearly endless. There are newbie racquets, and skilled racquets. And like Goldilocks, you wish to discover the one that’s “simply right.” So how do you go about shopping for a head tennis racquet that’s best for you?

1. Shape. You should buy an ordinary racquet with an oval head shape. That is the traditional racquet shape. The sweet spot is located on the bottom half of the head. The other option is a tear drop shaped head. This allows for a large sweet spot; almost the entire head of the racquet.

2. Weight. The burden of a racquet may be very important. Heavier racquets assist with more power, whereas lighter racquets are extra versatile and simpler for most individuals to handle. Lighter racquets additionally present higher shot control. Mediums weight racquets are proper within the middle. You need to find your racquet sweet spot.

3. Head Size. A racquet with a larger head size will have a larger sweet spot. It is favored by beginners because the larger head size results in more ball being returned. Smaller head size provides better control, but provides less power. Medium head size means that you will have better control and a larger sweet spot.

These are a few factors to consider when looking for the best head tennis racquet for yourself. It’s not a bad idea to have a few different types of racquets if you are an avid player. This will allow you the flexibility to play to your energy level that day. You need to find your racquet sweet spot to win.

By: Ryan Campbell

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Tennis, hitting the ball in the sweet-spot?

Hi, I have good strokes but sometimes, it's really hard for me 2 hit the ball in the center of the racket (sweet-spot).

Is there an easy way to make sure I can hit it there every time?

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I hope you’ve been enjoying my posts lately. I thought I might do something different today and rustle up a few bits of info from around the web. This news items has been popular over the last few weeks. Leave me your thoughts.

Coopersville’s Cupcake Creations offers customers a sweet spot

Now, she said, she would encourage others to pursue their own business with dessert sweet spots, as long as they find distributors with good prices and have an excellent product to …   Read More…

That’s all the news for today guys, so until next time, thanks for stopping by.

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