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Observation sketches

Explore sketches, drawings, and illustrations that simplify ideas related to Observation.

Ed happily passes the salt when cued to listen to the question with his name upfront: "Ed, would you pass the salt?"Front load names to cue attentionFitts’ LawA back sleeper lying on 1 pillow, and a side sleeper enjoying 2 pillowsBack sleepers, side sleepersApproach buffets from both sidesCafe consumption ratesUse of the car horn chart showing the uses in decreasing order of "Idiot!", "It's green!", "I'm outside!", and, lastly, the intended "Watch out!"Use of the car hornTravel and new foodsRule number 1 of indoor games: Play until something gets brokenRule 1 of indoor games: Play until something gets brokenThe law of diminishing browniesBad internet is worse than no internetWhat is The Generalised Peter Principle explained: the example of an overloaded car shows that anything that works will be used in progressively more challenging situations until it failsThe Generalised Peter PrincipleThings get more complex before they get simpleThe expanding circle of attentionSketches of the laws of expansion: a gantt chart shows Parkinson's Law — Work expands to fill the available time; two houses show Stuff expands to fill the available space; and a budget suitcase shows Cost expands to fill the available budgetLaws of expansionMatch challenge with skills illustration: a chart of skills and challenge shows flow in the center and anxiety and boredom at the edgesMatch challenge with skills for flow at workOur senses are built to take in information at human pace illustration showing more input as you go from cars and trains to bikes and walkingOur senses are built to take in information at human paceGive air a pathway to avoid gluggingBe real on the internetsShare by default—JP Rangaswami's reframe on sharingShare by Default3 techniques to deter riff-raffStore whiteboard pens with the nib downThe law of lockers explained in a chart with the likelihood of your locker being on top of someone else's and how full the changing room isThe law of lockersHow many ideas will you get in idea generation quote: "The number of ideas produced in an ideation session is proportional to the size of the stack of paper in front of you."The number of ideas produced in an ideation session is proportional to the size of the stack of paper in front of youIf we plumbed in printersThe wedding bar goes up the more weddings you attendLondon dog size is roughly proportional to the distance from central LondonStand, don’t sit, in bars, if you’re there with a big groupThe middle floors are the best illustration: showing a tall apartment building and how the middle floors keep you distant but still connected to the world belowThe middle floors are the bestUrinal etiquetteIt’s not so much the weather itself, it’s the unpredictabilityEveryone’s a geek about something sketch featuring people enjoying activities like birdwatching, gaming, football, ballet, reading, and hiking.Everyone’s a geek about something
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