first post

I have always wanted to be able to share all the stuff I read about information design, design thinking, productivity, data and information visualization, dashboards, all the stuff I am interested in. I find all kinds of inspiration and good thinking on these topics, but no place to share what I am learning so I can go back or just enlighten those who know me and might be curious about the things I care about. Anyways, I thought it best to call my blog page, GOOD THINKING, because that is generally what I come across, cool ideas and stories that inform, enlighten, inspire, etc. I also find it interesting how I find these things, so I would also like to capture a method to my madness.

Today, for instance...I noticed Trish had a news widget on her iGoogle that was set for MCG news. So I went to my desk and added the same widget, which made me think, "Wow, this is an old theme, what are some new ones?" So I went through the themes very quickly and noticed IDEO had one out there now. "OOH, I love that company, what are they up to lately?" So I headed to their home page to see what was cooking, and all I can say is wow, the website, their approach to the work, all of it is so amazing. So then I saw the CEO of IDEO has a blog, so I was reading that which led me back around to Stanford d.school and then over to the fabulous Seth Godin, who was discussing dashboards. Then it hit me, "Gosh, I wish I could write about all these great things I find on a daily basis" which led me to go set up my first blog.

So here I am and here we go...