Postscript

Thoughts and prayers go to those impacted by the massive earthquake in Nepal. We are grateful that our friends & partners at Women LEAD are safe, and hope to assist them in whatever ways we can moving forward. We can take solace in knowing that the young women empowered through the program are prepared to take a leadership role in the recovery efforts.

The best part of the work we do is seeing partner organizations continue to grow and develop after our design phase is complete. Check out new career opportunities available to help expand Women LEAD's impact in Nepal by visiting their website, one we're proud to have designed with them: http://women-lead.org

Congratulations to Postscript co-founder Omar Noureldin on graduating from USC Gould School of Law today! We're so proud of you!

Great to see Thomas Schneider of our partner Rooftop Roots testifying on Sustainable Food Policy in Washington DC this morning! http://www.dccouncil.washington.dc.us/videos

We're so proud to unveil our work on rebuilding and redesigning Women LEAD's website! Explore it and let us know what you think: http://women-lead.org

We're so excited to unveil our brand new website, designed by the amazing team at Postscript! Let us know what you think!

http://www.women-lead.org

Meh. Yahoo! made a pretty big deal about their new logo, including a 30-day campaign that displayed alternate logo ideas daily. The result is, by all accounts, rather underwhelming, and CEO Marissa Mayer's blog post about it (read it here: http://j.mp/13iNU7E) and the image below give us a sense of why. In an effort to "geek out" by showcasing data-centric design principles (trying to signal to start-ups, no doubt) and satisfy employee survey data (a classic case of design-by-committee), they've landed on something that looks pretty bland. Not all redesigns have to be dramatic, but when you build up such hype over it, you're bound to disappoint. What do you think?

We're proud to see our friend Alex (who staffed the North American Invitational Model United Nations (NAIMUN) with all of Postscript's co-founders back in 2008) in this video by Google!

Explorer Story: Alex Blaszczuk [through Google Glass] Meet Alex Blaszczuk: Google Glass Explorer, law student, and owner of a 20lb cat. In the fall of 2011, a car accident en route to a celebratory camping trip ...

Too cool! A Women LEAD alumna participated in a World Bank hackathon to address violence against women, an excellent example of our partner's training programs triggering action in Nepal.

Young People Use Tech to End Violence Against Women in Nepal There were thunderstorms. There was a strike. And there was the hackathon to end violence against women -- all happening on the same day in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Very interesting.

A Rare Peek At The Guidelines That Dictate Google’s Graphic Design In April 2011, Larry Page took the reins as Google’s CEO. He didn’t waste any time getting down to business. On his very first day on the job, Page launched an incredibly ambitious effort to redesign the company’s main products, including search, maps, and mail. He wanted them to be beautiful--Googl...

SO COOL seeing our graphics all over Women LEAD's graduation ceremony! We're proud to see our designs on the certificates of Nepal's next generation of change-makers. Definitely an inspiring scene as we work hard to finish their new website this summer.

As we work on infographics for Women LEAD, we can take cues from minimalist techniques like these: http://blog.visual.ly/45-ways-to-communicate-two-quantities/

45 Ways to Communicate Two Quantities Back in 2010, I was giving a workshop on interactive data visualization in Lima, Perú, discussing whether a dataset has a unique or at least an ideal way to be

Congratulations to Women LEAD! Well-deserved. As fellow Georgetown Alumni, it's exciting to see Hoyas supporting other Hoyas in making an impact around the globe.