From: Gleanings
To: gui ues
Subject: Gleanings: short clean glean
IA MATTERS
Appeared in my inbox
“In an effort to help build a robust, standardized notation scheme for
information architecture, silverboots has recently published a new white
paper on information architecture notation for managing multiple browser
windows, frames and embedded objects.”
The white paper is called Geography Maps and Notation and can be found at
http://www.silverboots.com/whitepapers.html
USABILITY MATTERS
http://www.nada.kth.se/cid/usor/
“This web site contains descriptions of different user oriented methods.
These descriptions are not meant to be exhaustive descriptions that you
could use right after you have visited this web site. They are rather
short summaries with references to more thorough descriptions of these
methods. The purpose of this web-site is to encourage the usage of user
oriented methods in both industry and research projects.”
http://monstro.com/presents/versus/
Warning: Online PowerPoint presentation (short). “What we do is all about
communication, right?”
both from xblog.com
NEWS
Inside: The Revolution Is Glorious, and the Sky Is Falling. Get Used To It.
The de facto mission of both journalists and Wall Street analysts and traders
is to oversimplify very complicated subjects, and technology is one
complicated subject that most members of both groups understand dimly. For
both, exaggeration is tempting, an occupational hazard.
http://www.inside.com/jcs/Story?article_id=16873&pod_id=13
Walmart stifles critism
This is what is called autocracy – look it up.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/15419.html
Goodbye Problems, Hello Benefits.
Donald Norman.
http://www.informationweek.com/767/67uwdn.htm
We seldom brag that our home has electricity, indoor toilets, or a paved road to the door. Similarly, we’ll someday take computing and communication for granted. All our devices will be interconnected. We will no longer speak of the PC or of the Internet. Hurrah and good riddance.