Friday, August 15, 2003

New desktop and mobile keyboards: ugly but ergonomic?   Softava's Q12 seems to be the first cousin of Unitap and Fastap before it. Looks like it has privileged button and keypress simplicity at the cost of requiring great digit precision [via MobileBurn] Fingerworks seems to move mouse gesturing away form mouse-and-screen, and place it on the keyboard [via DarrenHobbs] [rodcorp] comments? [] 10:47:24 PM     Visualizing Argumentation   The book site for Visualizing Argumentation is an impressive use of the web to supplement the dead tree version.  The figures and references are reproduced with linkage. But why the frames?  And clunkily implemented at that -- Springer, get a clue. [Surf*Mind*Musings] comments? [] 10:43:21 PM     Understanding Spectrum   The New America Foundation explains spectrum policy--graphically!: A researcher at the foundation, which describes itself as an independent, non-partisan, non-profit public policy institute, alerted me to their new (and free) report, The Citizen's Guide to the Airwaves. This handsomely and expertly produced set of writings and graphics clearly shows the disproportionate value assigned to segments of spectrum, and the lumpiness and irregular approach taken by regulatory, legislative, and executive approaches to spectrum management. The U.S. has a crisis in spectrum because of how it's been distributed, sold, given away, allowed to be used on an unlicensed basis. This document goes a long way towards explaining the fix we're in and presents ideas about how to solve it. Even better, it quantifies so much: current value of various chunks of the frequency dial, and the potential value that could be realized.... [Wi-Fi Networking News] comments? [] 10:42:40 PM

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