From: Gleanings
To: vday sufferers
Subject: Gleanings: IA and me
OPENING THANG
It’s a light day in glean land, as we had a party last night and I’m feeling “delicate”
but my article got published!
feel free to write me and tell me how I got it wrong.
IA MATTERS
Peterme points at
“Designing for Information Foragers: A Behavioral Model for Information Seeking on the World Wide Web”.
This paper explains and elaborates a behavioral model for understanding how people look for information on the Web. The first half briefly reviews a wide range key research to provide a broader context for understanding human information seeking behavior and a starting point for further exploration. The second part proposes a model for organizing design ideas based on this research.
NEWS AND COMMENTARY
Editor & Publisher: Yes, Interactivity Really Is Good for Your Site.
Steve Outing. New research offers some rationale for making your site more
interactive. Studies of the psychological aspects of new media suggest that
empowering online users can make them trust and feel better about content as
presented in online media.
Useit.Com: From January 24, 1999; Differences Between Print Design and Web
Design
NY Times: Fighting Free Music, Europeans Take Aim at Personal Computers.
While American music producers pursue their marathon court battle against
Napster, European composers and record companies are opening an entirely
different front in the war against unauthorized copying: the personal
computers that do the actual work.
APRPOS OF NOTHING