Hagan uses Powerpoint for Hub & Spoke Diagrams
December 26th, 2006
David G. sent us an email:
I read the free chapter from The Designer’s Guide to Web Applications, very informative. Now just waiting for a purchase request to go through at my company so I can get the rest.
I was wondering though, does Hagan Rivers use any particular software to make the hub and spoke diagrams? I tried a couple of the flowchart/vector software that I already have and none of them seem to handle the style automatically.
We asked Hagan and here’s what she told us:
In many cases the only person using the diagrams is me, so I just sketch them with pencil and paper… When I am making more formal versions to share with the team, I use Powerpoint. Powerpoint makes it easy to label each of the circles and aligning everyone around the hub isn’t too bad. It’s still a bit awkward, but workable.
December 27th, 2006 at 1:58 am
I use OmniGraffle for similar purposes, and most likely for similar reasons.
January 2nd, 2007 at 5:38 am
Thinking like a genius –
“2. Visualize! When Einstein thought through a problem, he always found it necessary to formulate his subject in as many different ways as possible, including using diagrams. He visualized solutions, and believed that words and numbers as such did not play a significant role in his thinking process.”
- http://www.studygs.net/genius.htm
January 2nd, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Regarding Daniel’s quote (way off on a tangent here)…
Chef Michel Richard (http://www.citronelledc.com/) visualizes his creations before working in the kitchen. He sketches his ideas out on paper first. I think this in part makes him one of the most innovative chefs around.