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- "Design has to be honest, otherwise it's dangerous" Dieter Rams, The Greatest Designer Alive [Video] fastcodesign.com/node/1663906 via @FastCoDesign 39 minutes ago
- And do you create voices for those you haven't met? And when you eventually meet them, do they sound in any way similar? 2 hours ago
- When you read a message/email/tweet etc. from someone you know, do you "hear" their voice? Do you project intonation? 2 hours ago
- Brain-computer interface. Awesome and moving story... BBC News - Paralysed patients use thoughts to control robotic arm bbc.in/JN0l0x 1 day ago
- Considering GQueues to manage tasks. Have solved inbox zero, but "to do list" could probably stretch round the world three times... 1 day ago
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Where to put stuff
Chatting to my friend Claire earlier about having cleared my inbox thanks to Mark Hurst’s very handy guide to Managing incoming email. We talked about how, because of the tools we’ve been given to deal with our information, we’ve been … Continue reading
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Loosability
Buttons to operate toilet door on board train today… Just wondering… how do you know when it’s locked?
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Tagged Communication, Design, How things work, User experience, User interfaces, WorkLifeBlur
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Getting there…
I’m starting to narrow in on what to write about when I do my Masters At the moment it’s looking like: The application of Gestalt theory in user interface and information design for web-based applications More later.
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Form and function: for better or worse
“Form follows function – that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.” Frank Lloyd Wright, US Architect, 1867-1959 Many everyday designs in use in the synthetic world are like moments of harmony during … Continue reading
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6 degrees
Flickr Graph is a brilliant use of the Flickr API concept Flickr Graph is an application that explores the social relationships inside flickr.com. It makes use of the classic attraction-repulsion algorithm for graphs. Start exploring your contacts by entering your … Continue reading
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Fontastic
Just came across this nifty gizmo called What the font?! – nice idea, very easy to use, and it works pretty well If you want to know what font someone’s used for, say, an advertisement, a book, an album cover… … Continue reading
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Chip and PIN
Chip and PIN as a method of payment has been in the UK for a couple of months now, and according to all the major card companies is the most secure system so far. According to this info on UK … Continue reading
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Tagged chip and pin, Geeknic, How things work, pin codes, security, User experience, User interfaces
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If content is king…
…context is god! Now… which categories to put this post in?
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Tagged Communication, content, context, Language, User interfaces, WorkLifeBlur
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It was the chicken’s day off
This from razorhead’s blog which I stumbled on the other day and is well worth a read. There are five types of road crossing in use on UK roads: Refuge: these are the islands in the centre of the road … Continue reading