Tuesday, December 16, 2003

Visual Vocabulary for Web Design This is a valuable reference by Jesse James Garrett about building and applying a visual vocabulary for web design. Garrett also has a new book out called The Elements of User Experience. "Diagrams are an essential tool for communicating information architecture and interaction design in Web development teams. This document discusses the considerations in development of such diagrams, outlines a basic symbology for diagramming information architecture and interaction design concepts, and provides guidelines for the use of these elements." JH [Re-posted from OLDaily where it was picked up from George Siemens (interconnections!).] _____ A Visual Vocabulary for Describing Information Architecture and Interaction Design. George Siemens picked up this nice paper describing a visual language for information architecture. Well written and clear, the paper makes enough sense that I am going to use its suggestions in my own site design diagrams from now on. By Jesse James Garrett, Jig.net, Mar`ch 6, 2002 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 3:36:04 PM    COMMENT []

Fastbuzz I'm continuing to search for free weblogging tools and news readers/aggregators to use with instructors and students. So far I like Movable Type the best as a blogging tool and Bloglines as a news reader, but Fastbuzz has some straightforward features: it's easy to sign on for a free account and easy to use the reader/subsciption functions. (I first noticed Fastbuzz in Dan Gilmor's eJournal.) _____ JH New Browser Based RSS Aggregator. I'm playing with the beta of Fastbuzz, an aggregator that runs in the browser. Not sure what separates it from... [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] 9:35:14 AM    COMMENT []