Lucidchart https://www.lucidchart.com/blog Finally, diagrams done right. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:00:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Lucid Roundup – How P&ID software can save the Earth https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/31/lucid-roundup-p-and-id-software/ https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/31/lucid-roundup-p-and-id-software/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 22:19:14 +0000 eliza https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/?p=3883 If you’ve ever been on a cruise ship, you know the usual sights and smells: sparkling blue water, salty sea breezes, tropical music floating through the air. What you might not realize is that this vessel, whether it’s a cruise … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/30/introducing-embedded-videos-and-new-shape-libraries/feed/ 0 Should you be using SWOT analysis software? https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/28/how-to-improve-swot-analysis/ https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/28/how-to-improve-swot-analysis/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 18:36:44 +0000 eliza https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/?p=3893 Does SWOT stand for Stupid Waste of Time? It’s a question many a business student, knee-deep in market research and PowerPoint slides, has posed. Although SWOT analysis is a time-honored tool, it often feels like regressive busy work. So how … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/28/how-to-improve-swot-analysis/feed/ 0 7 unexpected ways to use sitemaps https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/14/7-unexpected-ways-to-use-sitemaps/ https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/14/7-unexpected-ways-to-use-sitemaps/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 22:24:44 +0000 eliza https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/?p=3813 As the head of webspam at Google, Matt Cutts is a pretty powerful figure in the SEO world. So when he tweets, people listen. Last week, he confirmed via Twitter that Penguin–Google’s search algorithm update designed to punish spammy sites–was … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/14/7-unexpected-ways-to-use-sitemaps/feed/ 0 Lucid Roundup – Visio alternative for Linux https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/10/lucid-roundup-visio-alternative-for-linux/ https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/10/lucid-roundup-visio-alternative-for-linux/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 20:49:49 +0000 eliza https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/?p=3763 Is the world eschewing Windows in favor of Linux? It’s starting to look that way–we were pumped to read that astronauts on the International Space Station will be making the switch to laptops running Linux rather than Windows. Linux has an … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/10/lucid-roundup-visio-alternative-for-linux/feed/ 0 What a rooftop grill says about your startup culture https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/09/what-a-rooftop-grill-says-about-your-startup-culture/ https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/09/what-a-rooftop-grill-says-about-your-startup-culture/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 14:46:41 +0000 mitch https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/?p=3729 If you’re thinking, “That looks like a worker’s comp claim waiting to happen”, you probably shouldn’t work at a startup. So why is our VP of Sales and Marketing atop a 30-foot scissor lift? We decided that our new building … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/09/what-a-rooftop-grill-says-about-your-startup-culture/feed/ 5 Introducing free Visio viewers for all https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/04/17/introducing-free-visio-viewers-for-all/ https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/04/17/introducing-free-visio-viewers-for-all/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:22:50 +0000 dave https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/?p=3435 After months of work, our team is excited to introduce a suite of free Visio Viewers across 4 popular channels: Chrome, Firefox, Confluence, and any other web application (with our exclusive API). Each viewer is completely free to download and … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/04/10/is-social-media-worthless/feed/ 13 How to pitch anything with visual aids https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/04/03/how-to-pitch-anything-with-visual-aids/ https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/04/03/how-to-pitch-anything-with-visual-aids/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:08:24 +0000 eliza https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/?p=2979 Time is money. The medium is the message. A picture is worth a thousand words. Our society has a lot of ingrained ideas about communication. But whether you’re trying to convince your boss to implement a new software feature or … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/04/03/how-to-pitch-anything-with-visual-aids/feed/ 0 Announcing colorful themes and new org charts https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/03/26/announcing-colorful-themes-and-new-org-charts/ https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/03/26/announcing-colorful-themes-and-new-org-charts/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:35:05 +0000 eliza https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/?p=3137 Nearly 3,000 of you responded to our call for survey respondents, and we listened. You asked for better-looking diagrams, more robust web development tools, and enhanced shape libraries, among other requests. We took action on the most pressing issues and … Continue reading →

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