In response to a horrendous chart by John Boehner, Robert Palmer released a well-designed visual aid to the Democrat’s health care proposal. At its best, information design can help the general public to understand a complicated issue. At its worst, as demonstrated by the House Minority Leader, information design becomes a tool for obfuscation and political maneuvering rather than education. Instead of muddying the waters with absurd “death panel” claims and confusing charts, Republicans should commit to an honest debate about policy and ideology. Of course, that’ll never happen: they’d lose.
(Via idsgn)
Netflix has released a (rather long) set of slides outlining their astonishingly open corporate culture. There are quite a few gems, such as allowing employees to choose their own vacation time. In general, their focus is laser sharp on what matters: output over input. It doesn’t matter how long you work, just as long as you get the work done. This should serve as a model for other companies and organizations, especially schools, of how to genuinely embrace an open culture.
In other news, I had a wonderful time in France. Now that I’m back, the output frequency should be bumped up considerably.
(Via Khol Vinh)
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