Monday, November 17, 2003

From the Tufte Site - A list of interesting books concerning Drawing and the mind: Drawing: A Creative Process, by Francis D.K. Ching Stephen M. Kosslyn's 'Elements of Graph Design' (W.H. Freeman, New York, 1994). From the Preface: 'This is a how-to book: How to present information effectively in graphs. Right behind the how is the why: The same principles that govern how we make sense of the world also govern how we make sense of graphs, and the advice I offer here is rooted in research results. In this book I show that an understanding of the workings of the eye and mind can be used profitably to design good displays.' "The Campaign for Drawing" (www.drawingpower.org.uk) 10:10:55 PM    comment []

Technology Review: The Web's New Currency. These companies' founders are well aware of the string of defunct e-payment companies whose virtual currencies have gone the way of the Confederate dollar. But they've got something new up their sleeves: easier-to-use technology that allows Web sites to accept tiny payments by effectively processing them in batches, thereby cutting down on bank fees. [Tomalak's Realm] 10:00:35 PM    comment []

News.Com: Microsoft tests Web news service. Described as being in competition with Google News. 10:00:04 PM    comment []

Let Them Sing It For You: a Swedish site that takes a phrase as its input, and then "sings" it by playing it back, word-by-word, from a library of sampled words from pop songs. Insanely Great! 9:45:54 PM    comment []

I just registered this blog with tinyurl.com http://tinyurl.com/vfxb 9:25:04 PM    comment []