This spring the Media Lab will begin offering access to BeeDocs Timelines, a new application that allows users to create interactive, 3D timelines. A strong tool for presenting chronology in a visual way, not only are users employing the software to study history, but to illustrate their employment history, chart literary characters to examine interactions and connections, and even summarizing a 5-year plan to illustrate upcoming milestones. With features that allow the user to send his or her timeline to a mobile device, iPod, Quicktime, Email, or Keynote, BeeDocs Timelines really serves its niche powerfully.

BeeDocs Timeline demo

Timelines go mobile

Last month Adam at BeeDocs published a short video introducing what they’ve been working on recently. One new feature of particular interest is the ability to export timelines to the web in a format that displays well on a desktop or on mobile devices like the iPhone.

Stop by the Digital Media Center to experience BeeDocs 3D Timelines or drop by the Bee Docs blog for more concrete ideas of  how to introduce timelines into your podcast or presentation.