which mentions: Invent! Refine! Design!
which reminded me of my silly image on the units intranet page
:b
Social Network Thoughtwander
Peter sort of describes (and then there is a link to) ContactMap which I (wish I hadn't) mentioned...
A comment led to a recording of Rethinking The Modern Operating System
By Richard Rashid, VP Research, Microsoft Corp [2002-05-17]
which I think I'll listen to
and a link in the article to this
Social Network Analysis of the 9-11 Terrorist Network
what with comments by [interconnected] Matt in one of the following entries and all this got me thinking about connectedness - and how it can be used to help understand an issue/situation - which led back to my idea for visualising the learning process - and how ideas were formed and the reactions they received (within a group) over time...
Peter sort of describes (and then there is a link to) ContactMap which I (wish I hadn't) mentioned...
A comment led to a recording of Rethinking The Modern Operating System
By Richard Rashid, VP Research, Microsoft Corp [2002-05-17]
which I think I'll listen to
and a link in the article to this
Social Network Analysis of the 9-11 Terrorist Network
what with comments by [interconnected] Matt in one of the following entries and all this got me thinking about connectedness - and how it can be used to help understand an issue/situation - which led back to my idea for visualising the learning process - and how ideas were formed and the reactions they received (within a group) over time...
On Systems Architecture
"It is my thesis that though
we think of the inhibitors of successful architecture as entirely
technological, they are much more likely to be economic,
political and sociological."
by Tom De Marco
author of peopleware - recommended book about software development from my LGU days
"It is my thesis that though
we think of the inhibitors of successful architecture as entirely
technological, they are much more likely to be economic,
political and sociological."
by Tom De Marco
author of peopleware - recommended book about software development from my LGU days
Web Development
don't know when this arived - got to it via a link to the last issue of CMC mag (by John December)
came across whilst looking for RRE link in my totally >>unsorted<< bookmarks
>> cameacross <<
>> domain - or new blog <<
must post something about ackba-langsa
all the descriptions I found on the web seemed to be mostly wrong!
I learnt when I was a boy 'nia outhsa ondonla' - bakslang is contructed by : 'ovingma heta astla etterla ota heta ndea ndaa ddinga naa a!'
(not sure what the rule is for words starting or ending with 'naa aa')
www.mnftiu.cc | home
passed a link to 'get your war on' at this site to Phil Agre which may apear in his RRE pointers I guess?
it is quite funny (from matt - again!!! !-)
Fourth World - Net Apps: Beyond the Browser
quite an old article about the need for desktop web-enabled apps as oposed to browser based systems
it also has some good links to other articles and the key interface design guidlines (for some reason)
:b
This is a Magazine
simple - with some very nice imagery
yet another
top tip
from
matt [interconnected-daily]
simple - with some very nice imagery
yet another
top tip
from
matt [interconnected-daily]
Words Drive Action - User Interface 7 East Conference - Interview with Gerry McGovern
who calls for a shift from software and design to editting (content)
and therefore there is a need to understand who the user is and what they are looking for
a common approach to metadata is needed or XML provides minimal benefit
quality metadata means people will be able to find something and have confidence about exactly what they have found (details, date, author, references, popularity, etc...)
he raises the issue of following navigation standards - e.g. the sign for a motorway is fairly universal ( two lanes and a bridge ) - web conventions can provide similar benefits - some fundemental content publishing rules have developed over a long time and should be followed by web designers but will also need further refinement (as it is harder to read and behavior is different - requires chunking)
I just came across two items of note
good enough to pass on to the infoD café.
One is very useful, both are informative!
Page Size Chart
http://www.robertcharlton.dial.pipex.com/06notes/061.htm
How big is a web page?
What do most people see on their monitors?
Whats the best size page to print?
The Golden Mean A series of pages from Looking and Seeing, Kurt Rowland.
http://www.robertcharlton.dial.pipex.com/06notes/size/gm01.htm
[note: this is designed to open in a new fixed size/no menu window from another page]
These are both on the web site of Robert Charlton
who is currently a student on the
MA Communication Design course at CSM
and the footer reads:
Win the hearts and minds ,
Make a difference not just a profit
which I thought was nice too :)
- shame about the CSM site
-- the course link is to the plain text version ;-)
MONKEYmedia - REFERENCE: Domains of Design
great break down of information, interface and interaction design - the 'five styles of interaction' piece is also worth checking
[this is the text only version - as you can't link to right bit of the frames/flash vers :-]
great break down of information, interface and interaction design - the 'five styles of interaction' piece is also worth checking
[this is the text only version - as you can't link to right bit of the frames/flash vers :-]
the undesigners - phil patiris
great rant (amoungst others) about how the 'mass media culture infects, replaces, and trivializes the reality, variety, and genuineness of life with a monolithic consumerist fantasy'
phil has a site with some great movies
which are used to demonstrate issues relating to fair use :)
great rant (amoungst others) about how the 'mass media culture infects, replaces, and trivializes the reality, variety, and genuineness of life with a monolithic consumerist fantasy'
phil has a site with some great movies
which are used to demonstrate issues relating to fair use :)
Volere Requirements Specification Template
looks like a very useful tool to guide the requirements gathering process!
mentioned in
The emperor has no lab coat
an article by George (interactionbydesign) Olsen
looks like a very useful tool to guide the requirements gathering process!
mentioned in
The emperor has no lab coat
an article by George (interactionbydesign) Olsen
ACM: Ubiquity - Talking with Terry Winograd > snip >> I also think people will carry devices with them that have various powers. They'll use a mixture of modalities. << snipped <
tset :hcraeS elgooG
tset : test
hcraes : search
no : on
sdrawkcab : backwards
elgoog : google
sseltniop : pointless
tub : but
nuf : fun
and whilst on the subject of mirrored meaning
:bd:
touching tongues
maybe I should start a
sseltniop tob nuf ... golb?
tset : test
hcraes : search
no : on
sdrawkcab : backwards
elgoog : google
sseltniop : pointless
tub : but
nuf : fun
and whilst on the subject of mirrored meaning
:bd:
touching tongues
maybe I should start a
sseltniop tob nuf ... golb?
Web Style Guide, 2nd Edition
a new version of the brilliant Yale style guide
loads of new content, lots with visual examples!
would be v. good to have a pdf version...
and accessibility (which is threaded through the chapters) could have been given it's own chapter aswell maybe?
a new version of the brilliant Yale style guide
loads of new content, lots with visual examples!
would be v. good to have a pdf version...
and accessibility (which is threaded through the chapters) could have been given it's own chapter aswell maybe?
Productsphere: The Shape of Information | Metropolis Magazine | July 2002
nice visual essay with examples of information design in the round (i.e. mainly physical objects)
our library doesn't have the book mentioned as a seminal work by graphic designer Ladislav Sutnar and architect Knud Lönberg-Holm -- Catalog Design Progress [1950]
will keep looking...
nice visual essay with examples of information design in the round (i.e. mainly physical objects)
our library doesn't have the book mentioned as a seminal work by graphic designer Ladislav Sutnar and architect Knud Lönberg-Holm -- Catalog Design Progress [1950]
will keep looking...
i wrote another brief review on GUUUI of software design and usability what I consider to be a really worthwhile read for anyone pomdering the issues surrounding successful interaction design
After the Dot-Bomb
everyone else is linking to this (so I thought, why not join them ¿-) - from the author of The Design of Browsing and Berrypicking Techniques which is well worth reading too
The final piece of advice is that "If you develop a site with any information retrieval component at all, then hire information expertise." So this maybe bodes well for budding InfoDs and InterDs.
everyone else is linking to this (so I thought, why not join them ¿-) - from the author of The Design of Browsing and Berrypicking Techniques which is well worth reading too
The final piece of advice is that "If you develop a site with any information retrieval component at all, then hire information expertise." So this maybe bodes well for budding InfoDs and InterDs.
The Limits to User-Centeredness
interesting report from the Design + Culture 02 conference by James Woudhuysen who was one of the speakers
the rest of the design institute site looks worth checking
came across this via Marc Retig's site - which I won't link to as he is in hte process of moving ;-)
interesting report from the Design + Culture 02 conference by James Woudhuysen who was one of the speakers
the rest of the design institute site looks worth checking
came across this via Marc Retig's site - which I won't link to as he is in hte process of moving ;-)
Mental Models
excellent Motion Induced Blindness (MIB) demonstration!
in the latest InfoVis
- now what impact do all those roll-over button with animated gifs have I wonder...?
excellent Motion Induced Blindness (MIB) demonstration!
in the latest InfoVis
- now what impact do all those roll-over button with animated gifs have I wonder...?
Loop: AIGA Journal of Interaction Design Education - The Media Design Graduate Program
re-design by Brenda Laurel - so not surprising to see they have achieved a very complete course!
this mirrors what I have said about multimedia design for ages - no point teaching tools - we should be teaching techniques - and the term multimedia is itself rather defunct (as what type of computing doesn't include aspects of mm?)
other articles in this issue are good too - particularly one by Mark Retig about designing his UID course!
re-design by Brenda Laurel - so not surprising to see they have achieved a very complete course!
this mirrors what I have said about multimedia design for ages - no point teaching tools - we should be teaching techniques - and the term multimedia is itself rather defunct (as what type of computing doesn't include aspects of mm?)
other articles in this issue are good too - particularly one by Mark Retig about designing his UID course!
Best of CHI-WEB and SIGIA-L - UIWEB.COM
>> summaries of summaries <<
interesting this constant re-grouping of prevous groups of links or posts - just goes to show how important being able to find things is!
this also came from GUUUI and is on InfoD too
>> summaries of summaries <<
interesting this constant re-grouping of prevous groups of links or posts - just goes to show how important being able to find things is!
this also came from GUUUI and is on InfoD too
Visual Metaphors
another interesting (if rather short and simplistic) piece from Inf@Vis! the digital magazine of InfoVis.net
where there is a link to:
The Myth of Metaphor by Alan Cooper
these provide a good companion to:
Metaphor: A Double-Edged Sword (May 2000) from the ACM digital library (which for some reason I can still access!)
or can be requested for personal use from:
http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/articles.htm where there are lots of other interesting articles written by William Hudson
another interesting (if rather short and simplistic) piece from Inf@Vis! the digital magazine of InfoVis.net
where there is a link to:
The Myth of Metaphor by Alan Cooper
these provide a good companion to:
Metaphor: A Double-Edged Sword (May 2000) from the ACM digital library (which for some reason I can still access!)
or can be requested for personal use from:
http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/articles.htm where there are lots of other interesting articles written by William Hudson
Interactivity in the context of designed experiences
covers a lot of ground (and well)
found this having followed a reference to Heeter in a LGU QD300 lecture
covers a lot of ground (and well)
found this having followed a reference to Heeter in a LGU QD300 lecture
GUUUI - The Interaction Designer's Coffee Break
This is new - and contains some quite interesting articless - I surprised myself by posting a 'review' of Where the Action Is by Paul Dourish.
This is new - and contains some quite interesting articless - I surprised myself by posting a 'review' of Where the Action Is by Paul Dourish.
Kaliber10000 :. Front
back on the block - but not for poor old browsers...
actually - it is interesting to see quite how bad it looks in NS4.7
interesting to see the url containing layout descriptions - now how does that work...?
back on the block - but not for poor old browsers...
actually - it is interesting to see quite how bad it looks in NS4.7
interesting to see the url containing layout descriptions - now how does that work...?
stumbleupon.com - personalized websurfing
from [ic] daily - this collaborative filtering thing is what I have been raving about for ages - interesting to see how you/they identify associations
I wanted to do this - but it doesn't work in NS4.7 - so will have to access via IE!
one day I will upgrade to a standards supporting modern browser...
maybe next week ¿-)
from [ic] daily - this collaborative filtering thing is what I have been raving about for ages - interesting to see how you/they identify associations
I wanted to do this - but it doesn't work in NS4.7 - so will have to access via IE!
one day I will upgrade to a standards supporting modern browser...
maybe next week ¿-)
liked this piece about Prices so i posted a reponse - about the gift economy
Matt writes some craazy shit
and posts cool llinks
daily
long time no posts
been thinking about having the ' bottle to blag '
and accessibility stuff for a report :(
as James says -to paraphrase- reports are a sign of lack of action
- will find the think to that quote in the cafe one day...
Matt writes some craazy shit
and posts cool llinks
daily
long time no posts
been thinking about having the ' bottle to blag '
and accessibility stuff for a report :(
as James says -to paraphrase- reports are a sign of lack of action
- will find the think to that quote in the cafe one day...
Boxes and Arrows: The CHI/AIGA Experience Design Forum
interesting report from 1st ever ED Forum - written by George Olson
one talk was about a research project looking at two-hnaded interaction using mouse and track-ball with menus or icons
see: M. Beaudouin-Lafon, W.E. Mackay, Reification, Polymorphism and Reuse: Three Principles for Designing Visual Interfaces, In Proc. Advanced Visual Interfaces, Palermo, Italy, May 2000, ACM Press, pages 102-109. [pdf]
interesting report from 1st ever ED Forum - written by George Olson
one talk was about a research project looking at two-hnaded interaction using mouse and track-ball with menus or icons
see: M. Beaudouin-Lafon, W.E. Mackay, Reification, Polymorphism and Reuse: Three Principles for Designing Visual Interfaces, In Proc. Advanced Visual Interfaces, Palermo, Italy, May 2000, ACM Press, pages 102-109. [pdf]
White Paper | Analyzing the Analysts
went back here - and thought why not
haven't blogged much meself for ages
been to busy BbBlogging!
went back here - and thought why not
haven't blogged much meself for ages
been to busy BbBlogging!
XML.com: The Semantic Web: A Primer [Nov. 01, 2000]
a good clear primer - with lots of other useful stuff at useful Inc
a good clear primer - with lots of other useful stuff at useful Inc
Interaction
on user centred virtual architecture (uce's)
an article from : Special Issue on Designing Virtual Worlds Vol. 4 of Int. Journal of Design Computing
on user centred virtual architecture (uce's)
an article from : Special Issue on Designing Virtual Worlds Vol. 4 of Int. Journal of Design Computing
went to this talk by Jared Spool - tother day
was not mightily impressed - a lot fo the content had already been sent out as part of UIE's free newsletter - I even sent a mail to complain... haven't had a repsonse as yet - these design events that cannot practice what they preach - reminds me of the design for usability event - with no handouts or info on the web site - and a discussion board that was promised by never materialised :(
Information Foraging in Information Access Environments
old but interesting foraging article by Peter Pirolli and Stuart Card
found via - Usability: Jared Spool Presents Hard Evidence
which is also worth revisiting
old but interesting foraging article by Peter Pirolli and Stuart Card
found via - Usability: Jared Spool Presents Hard Evidence
which is also worth revisiting
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