Show notes
Diagrams are everywhere and used by many people in many professions. But what is a diagram? When are they useful? And what makes a good one? Information architect and author of “How To Make Sense of Any Mess” Abby Covert joins us to talk about diagrams and diagramming – which is the topic of her second book STUCK.
“[A diagram is] is a visual representation that helps someone. And the really important word there is helps, I think in answering your question. So what is not a diagram is a visual representation that doesn’t help anyone. And I think that there’s a lot of those.”
(Listening time: 41 minutes, transcript)
Episode #289: Diagramming with @Abby_the_IA But what is a diagram? When are they useful? And what makes a good one? https://t.co/Ich0y0o6TE#ux #uxpodcast #podcast pic.twitter.com/RGRaPnBoDI
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References:
- Full transcript for episode 289
- Abby Covert:
- Website: abbycovert.com
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/abby_the_ia
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbytheia/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbytheia/
- STUCK: The purpose power and craft of diagramming
- Five superpowers of diagrams (blog post by Abby)
- This leads to that – Abby’s slide exaplaining how to show relationships in diagrams
- Episode 234: Visual thinking with Eva-Lotta Lamm
- Ambition Empower and UX Podcast
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