June 2008
56 posts
“…everything we see in the universe is history.”
– Eye on the Universe (July-August 2008)
Applying Laban Movement Analysis to Interaction... →
How can movement analysis and documentation systems contribute to the creation of new and better interfaces?
Quick and Easy Flash Prototypes - Boxes and... →
“To tackle the classic ‘how to prototype rich interactions’ problem, I developed a process for translating static screen designs (from wireframes to visual comps) into interactive experiences using…
The Green Guide - Guide To Safe and Natural... →
Doodle forerunners for Flickr, Twitter, etc -... →
Deeplinking has collected the paper sketches that gave birth to Twitter, Flickr, Vimeo, Abiword, mySociety, and others.
Adobe - Developer Center : Flash ActionScript 2.0... →
NPR On Point - Amazon's Jeff Bezos →
“Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, has plenty to say about the future of reading, e-commerce, the economy, and the Internet.”
“” ‘In conclusion, frogs are a scientific wonder of biology.’...”
– Shouts & Murmurs: Animal Tales: Humor: The New Yorker
“I had to park my car at [Seattle’s] SeaTac on Saturday-Sunday and this...”
– George Dyson (via Kevin Kelly — The Technium)
LIT 101 CLASS IN THREE LINES OR LESS.
1984
WINSTON: Don’t tell the Party, but sex is way better than totalitarianism.
EVERYONE: Surprise! We’re the Party.
WINSTON: Oh, rats.
[McSweeneys]
Dougie Lampkin rides through Goodwood House -... →
Dougie Lampkin, the 12-times world trials champion, takes us on a tour of Goodwood House on his motorbike to promote the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Professor: Web 2.0 an awkward fit for the academic... →
“…universities act as aggregators: they form collections of students with similar interests, and put them in contact with relevant material and experts.
A List Apart: Articles: Sketching in Code: the... →
So if your next project can benefit from increased collaboration, consider prototypes. If you want to increase the odds of providing a better end result to customers and visitors, consider…
Symbols and Signs (by Vladimir Nabokov): The New... →
The silhouettes of his blood corpuscles, magnified a million times, flit over vast plains; and still farther away, great mountains of unbearable solidity and height sum up, in terms of granite and…
“Hulk take all effort of cinema, effort getting babysitter, effort finding...”
– The Incredible Hulk | Reviews | guardian.co.uk Film
Aaron Cannon's Web Accessibility Checklist (w/link... →
“When I wrote the below checklist, I attempted to answer the question, ‘What concise pieces of advice can I give to designers that will have the greatest impact on accessibility in the majority of…
Adapting Websites to Users →
“Websites that change to fit the cognitive style of the user could be more effective at selling products online.” Interesting idea, but i’m skeptical of wholesale change based on limited information…
“Picture a lonely AI popping into superconsciousness in the last research lab in...”
– WorldChanging: No Time for the Singularity
WatchReporter Swallows Bug is Today’s BIG Thing - JUN 10, 2008
The Atlantic Online | July/August 2008 | Is Google... →
“It is clear that users are not reading online in the traditional sense; indeed there are signs that new forms of âreadingâ are emerging as users ‘power browse’ horizontally through titles,…
To The Best Of Our Knowledge - Generation We →
From Facebook to Wikipedia, World of Warcraft to YouTube, the life of the community has moved on line. And taken on a life of its own. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, the power of we,…
IEEE Spectrum: Special Report: The Singularity →
I love this stuff…