Dan Roam, djroam@gmail.com, www.thebackofthenapkin.com, www.digitalroam.typepad.com

Which problems can we solve with pictures?

All of them. Any kind of problem, can be made more clear if not outright solved with pictures.

What kind of pictures?

Arrows, circles, squares, smiley faces, and stick figures.

Who is going to do this "solving"?

Why, we are, of course!

Somebody says "I can't draw, but..." These are the people that are good at distilling the information and finding out what the most important stuff is.

Someone else says "I'm not a visual person." If you're visual enough to be able to walk in to the room and find a place to sit, you are visual enough; these are the people that are analytical and factual and can draw a really good diagram), and someone else you have to restrain from jumping up and running to the board.

Why are we collecting all these numbers?

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