Wednesday, April 17, 2002

Check out the "Interaction Designers Coffee Breaks" Interesting paper entitled "Theory for Practice" From the Abstract: "This paper discusses a constructionist approach to information design and contrasts it with the more widely used constructivist approach. The paper suggests that there are five principles of information design: politics, position, parsimony, politeness, and performance. Of these, politeness is the most important." From TaskZ comes a Formal Definition of User-Centered Design (UCD) PeterMe has put up an article/case-study on Using Conceptual Models in Design. Good stuff. Interesting Flash site for the new OQO -- the World's First "Ultra Personal Computer." I've linked to this before, but it's worth revisiting. "Winners don't take all" a power-law analysis of linking on the Web. Go ahead: Ask Moses 9:40:43 PM

Good Salon article on the history of game modding. Study Guide for RadioUserland Another Radio link to a discussion about the documentation. Paper: Met adata Mediation : Representation and Protocol Tom Tomorrow is snipping quotes and pieces about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. I really wish somebody could tell me what this is all about. Whoever wrote this is obviously not sharing the same world as you and me, but somehow, he got this issue debated at MIT? Good lord! Here's a story about a European ant colony that effective stretches for thousands of miles. I never did trust ants. The power of three in visual representation! 5:01:18 AM