One of my daughters was diagnosed with narcolepsy during her senior year of high school. It is one of those "hidden" diseases that doesn't get much attention. The good news is that as a result of advocate Julie Flygare and others, the FDA has chosen narcolepsy as the focus of a public meeting on September 24. 2013, to learn more about the disease, straight from the people who are challenged by it every day.
This initiative is part of the Patient-Focused Drug Development initiative. "For each disease area, the Agency will conduct a public meeting to discuss the disease and its impact on patients' daily lives, the types of treatment benefit that matter most to patients, and patients' perspectives on the adequacy of the available therapies. These meetings will include participation of FDA review divisions, the relevant patient community, and other interested stakeholders. For additional information see the Unite Narcolepsy website. If you have narcolepsy or are close to someone who has it, you can complete an on-line survey to provide input to the FDA on the impact of this disease.
The Pew Internet & American Life Project website is a treasure trove of statistics about the use of the internet and related technologies. I especially like the following infographic which outlines how smartphone ownership has reached the "tipping point". My hunch is that this will lead to some bigger changes in our future! For more information, see Lee Rainie's article: Smartphone Ownership Update: September 2012
The RSA is the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, a charity organization founded in the 1800's, and located in the UK: "At the heart of the RSA's contemporary mission and public debates about the future prospects for the human race is the question: 'Can we go on like this?' Will the ideas and values which transformed our world in the last two centuries be sufficient to find solutions to the challenges we now face or do we need new ways of thinking?" One of the ways the RSA shares information is through events that feature renown speakers. Some of the presentations are transformed into animations, known as RSA Animates, and are some of the most popular videos uploaded by RSA to YouTube, spreading the word to hundreds of thousands across the globe. Here are a few: RSA Animate: The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, Dan Ariely RSA Animate: The Power of Networks, Manuel Lima
Manuel Lima is the senior UX design lead at Microsoft Bing.
For more information, see The Power of Networks: Knowledge in an age of infinite interconnections. and the presentation slides.
The following video was released by SAP to introduce its new Mobility Design Center. The video uses animated infographics to outline the key features of the SAP mobility design process.
Today I attended Web Afternoon Charlotte and was impressed by many of the presentations, including a talk by Nick Finck, of Deloitte Digital. Throughout the day, common themes emerged, centered around facing our fears and creating a better (digital) world that includes a good measure of disruption. As I reviewed information for this post, I came across a
nicely-prepared video by Deloitte Australia. It provides a number of animated infographics to highlight key factors related to digital disruption. Although the narrator focuses on the business world in Australia, given our global economy, the concepts ring true for the US and other countries. (An infographic on this topic, created by Deloitte Digital can be found at the end of this post.)
Below is an interesting infographic from Lumin Consulting that explains the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). Thanks to Cathy Davidson for sharing this on Facebook!
I came across a link to Mike Dunn's post about the re-make of his UX resume and was intrigued by his use of infographics to represent his multi-faceted skills and career experiences:
