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XPLANE in the press: 2006
Bridging medicine's great divide | “In the elevator with Ilse Treurnicht, MaRS CEO, and John Evans, board chair, Rob Moffat raves about a MaRS workshop on 'the power of pictonics.' 'I've been thinking about it all weekend,' says Moffat, 40, president of privately held crisis communication software maker Wallace Wireless, a tenant in the MaRS incubator. 'It's about the power of visual thinking, with this guy Dave Gray...'” » 26 Sep 2006 | Published by The Toronto Star
XPLANE Explained: A workshop on visual thinking | “The Fall series of MaRS events got off to a tremendous start with an engaging workshop by XPLANE CEO and Founder David Gray. XPLANE is an information design firm that develops visual maps and stories to make complex business issues easier to understand. One look at their work and you will understand its value. Using the 'Lessig Method' of presentation, David grabbed and never relinquished the audience's attention with his engaging workshop (958 slides in 3 hours).” » 18 Sep 2006 | Published by MaRS
Wise Words | “...BoNDs [back of the napkin diagram] are not just used to attract investors. A good BoND can also assist with employee recruitment, team alignment, sales and technology build outs. Segal comments, that 'As the prospective client, employee, or VC engages, both parties can use the drawing as a central reference point. It's a very useful tool that is often overlooked in favour of mountains of text laden painful power point slides.' In fact, BoNDs can be used throughout the business, according to the Grandfather of business visualizations, Dave Gray, Founder and CEO of XPLANE (the business visualization company behind the powerful BoNDs you see in Business 2.0 magazine)...” » 18 Jul 2006 | Published by the Toronto Globe and Mail
XPLANE featured in innovative new sales book | We are very proud to be mentioned in Dave Kurlan's great new book, 'Baseline Selling: How to Become a Sales Superstar by Using What You Already Know about the Game of Baseball' (Kurlan talks about XPLANE as a great resource for marketing and sales professionals on pages 108-109). Here's what people are saying about it: “Every sales manager committed to creating a no excuse, high performance sales cultures needs to read this book. There are valuable insights for coaching both the novice salesperson as well as the seasoned professional.' ...'Sometimes you just need to be reminded about the basics, and Dave Kurlan does that very well. His comparisons to the game of baseball are brilliant. For instance: every year, at the beginning of each season, even Major League players go to spring training, where they are schooled—again—on the fundamentals of the game, and they get in shape. Similarly, sales people—from 'rookies' to veterans—also need the same things.” » 14 Mar 2006 | Published by Authorhouse
Dave Gray interview: Squidoo | “Visual Thinking School needed to happen for many reasons — if there had been no Squidoo, I would have had to figure out some way to do it. Lucky for me Squidoo arrived just in time — and it seemed like the perfect way to get these ideas in front of a wider audience.” (Link to interview on Squidoo - requires sign-up) » 2 Feb 2006 | Published by Squidoo
Interview: Dave Gray, Founder and CEO of XPLANE | “Dave Gray is productive. This man puts out more graphics in more media than a graffiti tagger with a hardware store full of paint. Besides inventing his own visual language (you do that in your spare time, right?), Dave has written a book, taught class in the physical world, started a visual thinking school, and landed a spot in the Top 10 popular lenses at Seth Godin's Squidoo project. Dave was kind enough to give me an interview recently, and there's lots to cover. So, without delay, here's Dave Gray:” » 20 Jan 2006 | Published by Supersized.org
XPLANE in the press: 2005
Serious limitations in education: Nahyan | “E-learning experts from around the world would be discussing a whole range of issues related to Technology Enhanced Learning at the fourth E-Learning E-Merging conference, which kicked off at the Emirates Palace yesterday.” » 20 Nov 2005 | Published by the Khaleej Times
eMerging eLearning | “Many have said 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' Intuitively we know this to be true, however when it comes to communication, most of us don't use pictures to their full potential. Pictures have the power to make communication more powerful and effective. Used effectively, pictures can improve our ability to think, communicate and learn.” » 19 Nov 2005 | Published by eMerging eLearning
Join the communication nation | “Dave Gray's Communication Nation is everything I want in a blog. Interesting content (on how to communicate). Nice design. Original art. He's the CEO of XPLANE. Does it get any better?” » 28 Aug 2005 | Published by Scobelizer
XPLANE in the press: 2004
A Clearer XPLANATiON: Q&A with Dave Gray | “Many people dream of a day when words and pictures will come together to make complicated ideas easier to understand. Dave Gray has been turning that dream into reality since 1993 when he founded XPLANE, the 'visual thinking company.'. XPLANE has since illustrated the most important strategic ideas of big and small companies, and has advanced the field of informational graphics with its ongoing work at Business 2.0 magazine and other publications. Besides being chairman of XPLANE, Dave is an award-winning visual journalist and author of Selling to the VP of NO: Secrets of the Selling Stars, a visual learning book.” » Jun 29 2004 | Published by Sociable Media
100 CEOs Blog | “Ross Mayfield pointed out that Red Herring is hosting 100 CEOs... which includes a number of companies I've blogged about, including IMlogic, and Knownow. The content looks fairly tame... until I got to XPLANE, a company that seems to consult to others to help explain complex issues more simply through the clever use of visuals...” » 20 May 2004 | Published by Corante
Inc.com Educational Guide: Presentations: Keeping It Simple | “If presentations and Web-based communications play a big role in your business strategy, it pays to invest in some expert assistance... XPLANE and other top-notch consultants provide creative services to visualize, animate and communicate your business ideas through cartoons and other visual media. Surf their sites for great ideas, examples and concepts.” » 1 Apr 2004 | Published by Inc. Magazine
Where to find corporate organization charts | “XPLANE is [a] source for visually appealing posters that attempt to clarify complex business organizational structures and processes.” » 6 Jan 2004 | Published by The Montague Institute Review
XPLANE in the press: 2003
Channel Services On The Rise | “ As more vendors become dependent on solution providers to drive sales in post-economic-boom times, a number of companies have begun to target solution providers with business services.” » 31 Dec 2003 | Published by CRN
Small St. Louis firm helps international push for bar-code replacement | “Love 'em or hate 'em 'Radio Frequency Identification' tags are the heir apparent to the bar-code system of marking and tracking goods, and one small St. Louis firm is helping backers of the technology get their message across. St. Louis-based XPLANE Corp. makes visual learning tools that are similar to the artwork a news magazine might use to explain a complicated series of events — like a car crash or a chemical process. CEO Dave Gray started the company in 1996 after a career as a graphic artist for several newspapers. 'We make sure business issues are being clearly communicated by getting the strategy down to a single page,' Gray told Business News Update. 'We've been working with AIDC for a long time, making sure the business and technology people understand what this next generation of the bar-code will impact their business.'” » 24 Jul 2003 | Published by BUSINESS NEWS UPDATE
REAL BUSINESS GUIDE: (45 ways to get your point across) | “Words, pictures, noises, actions. To clinch that deal, raise your profile or motivate your staff, you've got to communicate... 10. Turn your business into a cartoon: XPLANE specialises in creating visual representations of complex processes using cartoon-like stories. Its web site (www.xplane.com) has some good examples and lots of advice about this form of communication.” » 22 Jul 2003 | Real Business Magazine U.K.
A comic book for business people | “Dave Gray, founder and chairman of XPLANE, has written a new book, called “Selling to the VP of NO.” Not only is it a new book, it's a new kind of book. A comic book for business people.” » 11 Jul 2003 | Published by XPLANE
What's in a blog | “Soulard-based graphic design and business consulting firm XPLANE has established itself as an international resource for graphic artists and their clients thanks in no small part to the company's blogs, xBlog and bBlog.” » 10 Mar 2003 | Published by Business Journal
St. Louis Commerce Magazine | “Dave Gray, CEO and founder of XPLANE, agrees that local management is essential for any overseas divisions. His company, which produces comic book-style communications products for businesses, has launched a joint venture in Cape Town, South Africa.” » 7 Feb 2003 | Published by St. Louis Commerce Magazine
B-Blogs Cause a Stir | “I found out I'm not the only one out there using the term b-blog, proving business blogs are truly coming into their own. XPLANE, for instance, uses the term to describe its Weblog that provides sales, marketing, and business links to articles on leadership, project management, finance, and more. It's an excellent example of how you can build a strong brand for your company by sharing knowledge.” » 5 Feb 2003 | Published by ClickZ
Graphics With Clout | “...a company called XPLANE can help you develop and deliver a visual map and story that convey the information you'll need to get across to employees when you introduce a new HR benefits co-pay option, revise an incentive program or explain the key steps in a strategic reorganization or merger. XPLANE has targeted sales and marketing as the company's primary target, but the expertise developed is well suited to 'selling' your next increase in health care costs...” » 10 Jan 2003 | Published by HR Technology X-Change
XPLANE repackages intellectual material for new revenue, leads | “Information graphics company XPLANE Corp. is turning to the web to boost sales leads and for a new revenue stream. They've partnered with CafeShops.com in order to sell posters of original XPLANE art and 'XPLANATiONS.'” » 8 Jan 2003 | Published by BUSINESS NEWS UPDATE
XPLANE in the press: 2002
A picture says more... | “Whether you're selling a new idea or proposal to a client or to your superiors, the risk of getting an answer that rhymes with 'GO' is as big as your proposal is bulky. So how to get the 'VP of No' hooked on your brilliant product improvement or expansion strategy? US-based XPLANE develops visual stories that help decision makers understand complex ideas.” (Scroll down) » 7 Nov 2002 | Published by Springwise
Are Weblogs legitimate business tools? Yes. | “[XPLANE's] Bill Keaggy argues they can increase employee communication and knowledge, save time and resources, and build reputation and confidence. But Mark Hurst says there's nothing inherent in blog technology that will transform a business. What do you think?” » 4 Nov 2002 | Published by Network World
Chuck Green's Design Links Briefing | “Simple looking/sounding communication is complicated to produce. XPLANE specializes in turning complex business issues into easy to understand visual explanations. I suggest it in the hope that it will trip the same switch for you as it did for me. Marketing futures are brightest for those who are able to reduce their message to its essence.” » 8 Aug 2002 | Published by IdeaBook
Visual Selling for Technologists | “IT and biotech firms often have a lot in common when it comes to getting their message across to non-technical people. Dave Gray led marketing, sales and management professionals on a pictoral quest of explanation. Picking up a crayon instead of a pen when describing a complex process can change how quickly a prospect grasps what a company does — and Gray says if prospects don't get your concept quickly they may never get it.” » 23 July 2002 | Published by BUSINESS NEWS UPDATE
Blogs and the Search for Meaning on the Web | “I first became aware of Blogs about a year ago. I noticed a fair number of hits coming to my site from a link at xplane.com/xblog. I went to take a look, as I like to see who’s directing traffic my way... The best way to understand blogs is to take a look at a few of the best blogs. The one referred to above, xplane.com/xblog, calls itself ‘the visual thinking weblog,’ and has a very intuitive architecture and an extensive archive.” » 23 Jun 2002 | Published by iteachnet’s International Education Daily
Survival Tactics | “Want to learn how to work a room? This fun XPLANATiON by XPLANE | The Visual Thinking Company teaches you the secrets of networking.” » 15 May 2002 | Published by Contract Employee's Newsletter
Visual Narrative | “Visual Narrative is entering in the business world, combining the virtues of conceptual diagrams with the coolness of comics... For images can resemble what they represent — becoming auto illustrative elements, while words, ideal for abstraction, are deficient for description. It's not an easy task to describe a platypus using words and guaranteeing that the receiver of the message understands what animal it is. In this sense the XPLANE company is performing pioneering work in introducing visual narrative in the field of business communication.” » 6 May 2002 | Published by InfoVis.net
New Tools Help Translate Technology | “Increasingly, companies are trying new tools to help better explain the value of their product or service. Many are developing graphics and images that evolve traditional PowerPoints to the next level. One company, used by several leading corporations as well as technology publications, XPLANE, bills itself as the Visual Thinking Company. XPLANE takes complex information and translates it into visually interesting pictograms that define a problem and solution.” » 15 April 2002 | Published by PR News
XPLANE wins at 2001 stlwebdev.org web site awards | XPLANE took home 2nd place for Best Corporate Site and 3rd place for Best Web Content, at the 2001 stlwebdev.org Web Site Awards. The ceremony was held on February 19, 2002 at the St. Louis Science Center. Winners were selected from a total of 231 nominations in nine categories. » 22 Feb 2002 | Published by the St. Louis Web Developers Organization
XPLANE in the press: 2001
Magazine Design That Works: Secrets for Successful Magazine Design | “One technique Business 2.0 has employed to enliven its pages, however, has become an important part of it's brand. Early on the magazine hired a company called XPLANE to make a diagram of a business concept to illustrate a story. What emerged were elaborate infographics abuzz with what Morris [art director Laura] calls 'little ant people' — stick figures with funny facial expressions racing from one section of the diagram to the other.” » 26 Nov 2001 | Published by Rockport Publishers
Order out of chaos | “The Internet has provided a wealth of communications technology — email, instant messaging, chat rooms, threaded discussions. Each has found its place in the corporate and academic worlds, as well as in everyday life. But there is a less-known Web communications tool called Web logs (or blogs) that may one day find an application in the corporate world... [Bill] Keaggy has since refined the information he's gathered into two publicly available Web logs, one about business (xplane.com/bblog) and the other about visual design (xplane.com/xblog). 'I'm using the Web log to manage other peoples' knowledge,' Keaggy says. 'And I'm also using it to manage our access to that knowledge.” » 30 Aug 2001 | Published by Online Learning magazine
Reboot 4.0 | See XPLANE founder and president Dave Gray's talk at the 4th Reboot conference in Copenhagen. Other speakers included Douglas Rushkoff, Justin Hall, Dave Winer, Evan Williams and Mark Hurst. » 15 Jun 2001 | Published by Arkena
A Day-by-Day In the Life | “Some of the most popular blogs are maintained by professionals sharing their takes on particular industries. Journalist Jim Romenesko's clearinghouse for media gossip (www.medianews.org) showed how a personal blog could go pro when the Poynter Institute hired him last year to blog full time. Digital designer Bill Keaggy, 30, maintains two Web logs that he started as internal resources for his employer, a St. Louis design firm. His commentary on visual thinking at www.xplane.com/xblog draws hundreds of visitors daily; others subscribe via e-mail.” » 17 May 2001 | Published by The Washington Post
Great Place to Work | “We've asked recruiters for recommendations, studied the employment benefits and histories of dozens of St. Louis companies and asked hundreds of people about the perks and drawbacks of their jobs. All the employees we talked with report that a happy work environment is what's most important to them and say that stock options and other benefits just add to their career experiences ... If you're a creative type and long for a hip, exciting career, send your résumé to Javelin, Zipatoni or XPLANE. For all the techies out there, Habanero and World Wide Technology are two of the best technology-based companies in town.” (Unfortunately, you can't read the full text of the article online.) » 16 May 2001 | Published by St. Louis Magazine
Grassroots KM through blogging | The xBlog gets a mention in this article: “The blend of KM and e-learning initiatives is on every CLO's (Chief Learning Officer) agenda these days ... In this article, we share our experiences with a strategy and technology so simple in design, that it could present the next wave of grassroots KM implementations. We are talking of the 'storytelling' as the killer strategy, and 'blogs' as the killer technology. Both of them share one common ground: grassroots interaction — a concept voiced by the likes of John Seely Brown, Larry Prusak, Steve Dennings, Dave Snowden, David Weinberger, among other prominent KM personalities.” » 14 May 2001 | Published by eLearningpost
Wall Street Reporter interviews Dave Gray | Requires RealAudio: “Any person who's in charge of a large group of people has a set of messages or stories that need to be told on a regular basis. As an executive you manage through other people; in order to achieve your results you rely on those other people understanding your goals and knowing how to achieve them. What we do as a company is create very simple, clear, easily understood pictures that communicate your goals and ideas to the audience you need to talk to.” » 19 Apr 2001 | Published by Wall Street Reporter
Visual Design for Instructional Content | “In Part I of the article we analyzed Edward Tufte's principles of visualizing information. The second part of the article explores the use of comics as instructional content with specific reference to the work of comics creator and theoretician Scott McCloud. Again, while searching for information on the use of comics in instruction, we did not find many resources on this topic. This short article is an attempt to initiate a discussion on the possibilities and pitfalls of using comics in learning... Examples: XPLANE: Exposing XML's backroom connections (there are several other wonderful examples here).” » 12 Apr 2001 | Published by eLearningpost
The State of St. Louis New Media | XPLANE is one of the sponsors of this event, scheduled for Tuesday, 24 Apr at 5:30 p.m.: “Our star-studded panel of experts will discuss: The landscape of drastic stock-price corrections and a slowing economy, which businesses can salvage and how?; What new businesses can and should learn from last year's failures; How will the shakeout in the St. Louis new media companies affect the current business climate of starting a new company; Strategies of getting started with funding; What profit-oriented new media businesses will be funded in the future; What are the prospects for St. Louis' next best thing? The Wireless Web?; What type of industries and businesses are getting current funding?” » 12 Apr 2001 | Published by Rising Media
They call themselves XPLANE | “And even if the name requires American pronunciation it should not stop a Dane from visiting their website... The first time I checked in I had the impression I had seen the future of graphics — nothing less.” Here's a full English translation. » 4 Apr 2001 | Published by nyhedsgrafik.dk
XPLANE's xBlog is a featured link in a new college textbook | The book, “Technical Communication,” Sixth Edition, will link to XPLANE as part of the TechComm Links Library/Case of the Month and Archive. “Technical Communication is a comprehensive text that prepares students for the various print and online writing tasks they will face as technical writers and designers in the working world; coverage includes communications technology, collaboration in the workplace and audience and purpose analysis. The companion Web site directs students and instructors to Web resources related to technical communication.” » 4 Apr 2001 | Published by Bedford/St. Martin's Press
Introducing “The Daves” | “You may already be familiar with the chart-topping English singer David Gray, but you should also know that there are a number of David Grays that have made big contributions in different fields. There are actually two David Grays in SND alone. See if you can match up the Davids on the left with their profiles on the right.” » 25 Mar 2001 | Published by the SND Design Journal
XPLANE teams with Maverick | “Information graphics company XPLANE Corp. is teaming up with marketing start-up Maverick Corp. to help clients discover what they really do, so they can then map out strategies to improve their businesses.” » 7 Mar 2001 | Published by LocalBusiness.com
What is XPLANE? | “We're going places that no one's been before and exploring new territory. It's really exciting to me to create these works of art that are so useful to society. We are raising the level of education to the world. People are learning things that they would have never learned without us. As an artist, you also want to move people emotionally, and not a lot of people get a chance to do that.” » 19 Feb 2001 | Published by Rising Media
XPLANE-designed site chosen as “Best of the Web” by Forbes | “WorkingWounded.com... adds insight to injury with advice on workplace issues not found in employment manuals. Message boards feature gripes about things like giving money when co-workers ask for donations. The Confessional Corner lets others absolve or damn regretful behavior.” » 9 Feb 2001 | Published by Forbes magazine
“XPLANE's xBlog is one of three web design weblogs recommended by Whole Earth magazine as “a few of the best.” The others include Jakob Nielsen's famous useit.com and Jason Kottke's infamous kottke.org. While we haven't seen the actual mention in print, we're flattered nonetheless.” » 1 Feb 2001 | Published by Whole Earth magazine
Cross the Learning Desert in a Ferrari | “Pluck yourself from the learning desert, where lost travelers search for wisdom among dunes of data and mountains of meaninglessness to discover a once-lost oasis — understanding. Blending ancient communication methods with modern design ingenuity, XPLANE, a visual design firm based in St. Louis' historic Soulard district, designs learning products and interfaces that take you from zero to understanding in seconds.” » 23 Jan 2001 | Published by LINE 'zine
XPLANE is featured in a new book by Ilise Benun called SELF-PROMOTION ONLINE. Ilise is the Director of the consulting firm Creative Marketing & Management and a national speaker. The books describes XPLANE's xBlog weblog, our earlier online recruiting initiatives and information gathering methods through our web site. While the interviews were conducted in late 1999 and things change rapidly in the web world, the book seems to be a good introduction to different online marketing techniques and features a variety of other individuals and companies. Here the companion web site: selfpromotiononline.com. ...There's also an XPLANE map in a new book by St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter William Allen. It's called Green Phoenix and it's a “literary journalistic tale” of restoring the tropical forests of Guanacaste, Costa Rica. » 21 Jan 2001 | Published by North Light Books and Oxford University Press, respectively
XPLANE's Flash vs. GIF project gets a nice mention on goodexperience.com today: “This one graphic is perhaps the best, most succinct Flash tutorial available on the Web.” » 19 Jan 2001 | Published by goodexperience.com
Seattle's Technology Community Makes the Map | “The first-ever Technology and Venture Map will soon be hitting the streets, featuring the Seattle area's hot 25 high-tech companies, venture funding sources, professional service providers, and Washington's leading industry groups. The Map itself will feature a colorful, graphical representation of the city designed by XPLANE.com, creators of Business 2.0 InfoGraphics, as well as a directory of Seattle's high-tech businesses, funding sources, and other supporting service providers and organizations.” » 18 Jan 2001 | Published by Yahoo! Finance
XPLANE in the press: 2000 and earlier
Business 2.0 wins SPJ awards | “Business 2.0, the international, award-winning media brand, has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) with awards for editorial excellence ... Both award-winning articles included detailed information graphics by XPLANE, the creator of the magazine's easy-to-understand visual 'XPLANATiONS,' a feature that has established Business 2.0 as a leader in visual content, and sets it apart in a field of crowded New Economy and business titles.” » 4 Dec 2000 | Published by Business 2.0
Review: xBlog | The visual thinking weblog | “The publication does have an incredible reach, finding interesting links you'd probably never come across on your own. And the links themselves are an eclectic, colorful mix. Some lead to sources of pragmatic advice and insight which any website manager, developer or designer would benefit from. Others have a more creative and artistic flavor, leading to, for example, a collection of 'digital experiments.'” » 29 Nov 2000 | Published by ibiznewsletters.com
Metropolis Magazine: Screen Space | “Considering all the hoopla about information design, there's a dearth of knowledgeable commentary on the subject both online and off. XPLANE, a small, young, St. Louis-based studio with an established track record for creating fresh and communicative information graphics, is attempting to remedy the situation. The firm specializes in a vivid cartoonlike house style intended to unravel the complex realities of high-tech companies — but they take this stuff seriously. Their site hosts an online posting of links to relevant an informative articles that is updated almost daily. Topics covered in the studio's 'visual thinking' weblog [xBlog] and case studies include GUIs (graphical user interfaces), statistical maps, and discussions of internet protocols and brand strategy.” » 22 Nov 2000 | Published by Metropolis Magazine
New Project Puts Seattle's Technology Community on the Map | “The first-ever Technology Venture Map will soon be hitting the presses, featuring the Seattle area's leading high-tech companies, venture funding sources, and professional service providers... The Map itself will feature a colorful, graphical representation of the city designed by XPLANE.com, creators of Business 2.0 InfoGraphics...” » 4 Oct 2000 | Published by Yahoo! Finance
St. Louis 50 to Watch | “Every quarter, LocalBusiness.com reporters and editors evaluate the hot growth companies in the region to find the ones worth watching. We're focused on the private and small- to mid-cap public companies that we feel are changing the economy, but not getting much credit for it. Why XPLANE is on the list: “Graphic design with a twist. Strong revenue growth.”” » 2 Oct 2000 | Published by localbusiness.com
XPLANE.com reviewed on AstoundingWeb.org | “XPLANE is an ideal example of a commercial web development presence done right. They balance their formidable professional offerings with genuine contributions to the web-community-at-large.” » 12 Sep 2000 | Published by AstoundingWeb.org
XPLANE puts itself in the picture | “Explaining things using pictures isn't new. Newspapers like USA Today use graphic artists to explain complicated sequences, such as how the Concorde jet explosion happened. But the artistic communication skills needed to present a complex situation in an easy-to-understand way are hard to come by. So Dave Gray launched XPLANE, with the belief that many companies needed the services of what he calls 'visual thinkers.'” » 6 Sep 2000 | Published by dbusiness.com
Illustrations draw investors | “Can you explain what exactly it is your business does? Can you make your company's mission perfectly clear to anyone who asks? ... One small company called XPLANE Corp. — a startup itself — has grown dramatically in the last year, creating visual representations of companies for business plans, meetings and corporate presentations. According to the company's [former] CEO, Ted Elsas, XPLANE is succeeding on its ability to boil down complex business ideas into simple visual representations.” » 10 Aug 2000 | Published by CNNfn
Trends: Software, Reinvented | “Software makers aren't moving away from the air-filled cardboard box model of product distribution because they've been stricken with a renewed sense of environmental awareness. They're doing it because people have moved onto the Web... [The] XPLANE [xBlog] offers detailed descriptions of Web-based applications it's found useful and interesting.” » Sep 2000 | Published by MacWorld
Extra!-Net, magazine of Infonomía | Translated from Spanish: “Regarding information visualization, see the excellent graphics of XPLANE in each Business 2.0.” » 29 Jul 2000 | Published by Infonomía
Comix: An explainer of process | “Some people learn and understand better from words, others from images. You cover all your bases. Case in point: XPLANE, best-known for their editorial illustrations in Business 2.0. XPLANE's stick figures, combined with a few choice sentences, meet any definition of comix, including McCloud's. The stickperson format adds a light-hearted air to the subject-matter, hardcore technology. (XPLANE's xBlog, incidentally, is frighteningly chock-full of well-categorized information.) Where does illustration end and comix begin? It has to do with telling a story. An illo or a photo can exist by itself. Comix are sequential (hence the term 'sequential art'). An illo or a photo lends itself to a single thought, to epitomization. Comix lend themselves to processes, to eXPLANATiON.” » 26 Jul 2000 | Published by Contenu
Best Places To Work: XPLANE | “There are statistics that illustrate why XPLANE, a visual marketing firm that designs graphics and cartoons to explain complex business and science ideas and issues, succeeds. 1) Revenue is increasing so rapidly that founder Dave Gray keeps track in terms of monthly income ($250,000 in April, a projected $400,000 in May.) 2) XPLANE has four times the number of employees it did two years ago. 3) It has been featured in articles in magazines as diverse as Discovery and Rolling Stone.” » 29 May 2000 | Published by St. Louis Business Journal
Globalstreams Launches Monthly Broadband Guide | “GlobalStreams Magazine is media guide that features stories on broadband entertainment and media available on the Internet, listings of live and on-demand streaming content, product reviews, industry insight and more. The magazine was designed in conjunction with XPLANE | The visual thinking company.” » 22 May 2000 | Published by InternetNews.com
Visual Masters | “XPLANE graphics embody the principle that an image conveys the message better than words.” » 15 May 2000 | Published by Office.com
For-profit incubators help start-up companies take off | “Dot-com age has spawned a new breed that provides a broad range of services ... to assist emerging companies.” » 15 May 2000 | Published by St. Louis Business Journal
Torture testing Business 2.0 | “...where Fast Company concerns itself with broader issues in business, Business 2.0 is single minded in its coverage of the web. Big job, made harder by the blistering pace of change and development. One of the tools this title uses to outstanding effect are the graphics developed by XPLANE to help us mortals to understand portals and the mechanics of the web. Simplification of anything is a worthwhile endeavour...” » Apr 2000 | Published by eMALE
A Highly Usable and Informative Publication | “Some publications take pride in confusing readers — but not Business 2.0. They generously pepper the magazine with XPLANE.com's concise, yet friendly, information graphics. XPLANE.com is a consultancy specializing in 'Visual Thinking,' which is essentially the art of representing complex tasks and processes with simple and easy to understand graphics. I would venture to say that these supporting images enhance my understanding of some articles by well over 50%. It's one of the reasons that I am such a loyal reader.” » 5 Nov 1999 | Published by Epinions.com
Internet guru launches trivia cartoon | “E-Trivia is a one-panel cartoon with four components: a little-known fact about the Internet, a trivia question and answer, a Web address for a related site and a computer-generated illustration by St. Louis-based XPLANE.com graphics.” » 7 Oct 1999 | Published by CANOE
