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Lowering the threshold of mulltiplied…

Lowering the threshold of mulltiplied genius. George Siemens on The Art of Blogging: But what bloggers do is completely new – and cannot be replicated on any other medium. It’s somewhere in between writing a column and talk radio. It’s genuinely new. And it harnesses the web’s real genius – its ability to empower anyone to do what only a…

Information needs analysis [1]. Lou…

Information needs analysis. Lou Rosenfeld has written an excellent blog entry on information needs analysis, which looks at user’s “information-seeking behaviours” and matches interfaces designs to those. For example, he came up with the following table, which I found very useful: This Information… [Column Two]

Information architecture theses [1].

Information architecture theses. Theses Information Architecture. 25 Theses of Information Architecture via LucDesk Comment: Each of the 25 points is quotable…space doesn’t allow…sample: “Shaping information to… [elearnspace blog] Here is thesis #18 as an example: Just as the Copernican revolution changed the paradigm for more than astronomy, the Internet has changed our paradigm for more than just technology. We now…

OS X Software: Still Life…

OS X Software: Still Life. Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has made a career out of panning and scanning – the act of taking a series of still photographs and sliding, zooming, and cross-fading them together with music and narration. Sure, good editing and solid storytelling skills certainly help, but technically Burns’ style is easy to emulate, and you don’t need…

Engelbart 1968 demo video [1].

Engelbart 1968 demo video. Doug Engelbart 1968 Demo. Phil sez: “A video of a demo given by Doug Engelbart at SRI in 1968, of their online computer system. The first appearance of the mouse and includes hyperlinking, collaboration over a network and input by a chording keyboard. It’s fascinating to watch the guy demo this groundbreaking stuff live.” Link Discuss…