”Virtual Poster” tomorrow’s format?

Vasco Elbrecht from Ruhr-Universität Bochum has created a ”Virtual Poster” format which combines “Richard Attenborough commentary” with animated illustrations.

”Type is Power!” – great animated summary

Ben Barrett-Forrest, graphic designer ”for forward thinkers” , has made a great YouTube video about the history of typography.

Reader’s guide for laymen too elaborate to follow?

Jennifer Raff, science blogger, recently wrote a guide for laymen on how to read and understand a scientific paper. Her purpose deserves a lot of credit but she has a very idealistic view of the behaviour of knowledge seekers outside of science.