GooFresh, the Google date-based search engine. Oh yeah! Goofresh is a way to search for sites added today, yesterday, within the last seven days, or last 30 days.
Converting photos into 3D models
Antonio Criminisi and Andrew Blake from Microsoft’s research labs in Cambridge have found a way to extract 3D information from an image such as a photograph. The method determines what …
Language, Biology, and the Mind by Gary Marcus
I came across an interesting scientific interview with Gary Marcus, in Edge.org titled, Language, Biology, and the Mind. The interview looks at the interesting process of language acquisition, cognitive development, …
AIGA Design Forum
AIGA have launched their new Design Forum the other day, an area where you can read discussions about design and a place to say it online within a graphic design …
Key Research Findings in User-Centered Design (2002-2003)
I was reading a few newsletters and I came across the December 2003 UI Design Newsletter from Human Factors International. The newsletter includes some interesting findings by, Dr. Kath Straub, …
Start of final semester
As the final week of uni break approaches and the beginning of my last semester at uni commences, I’ve once again started revising notes and catching up on readings and …
IA Sydney Meet (February 2004)
There is a meet this coming Thursday for Sydney based IA’s. More information on the meet can be found at the Cocktail Hour IAWiki page. See you then. :) As …
The HCI Rap: We Got It
Da hommies down at OK/Cancel are da bomb with the world exclusive HCI Rap and totally “sic” beats, “We Got It”. Respecta for representing da HCI, Usability, and Interaction Design …
REELISE project wins an AIMIA
Congratulations goes out to some of my friends from UTS, Phil, Ailin, Peter, Jess and Anna, who last night won an AIMIA award for Best Student Developed Content for their …
Michael Lim Showreel
One of my good friends currently in Singapore, Michael Lim, has uploaded a copy of his 2004 Showreel.
Ubiquitous Computing – Vodafone’s vision of the future
Last year I had the opportunity to study a post-grad subject called Interaction Design at UTS with Dr. Toni Robertson. The subject taught us about usability, HCI, heuristics and touched …
Dynabook Revisited – a conversation with Alan Kay
Peter J. Bogaards from BogieLand has posted an interesting link to a series of essays by Alan Kay from Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). One of the essays is …
Animals: The Inside Story on ABC
There was an amazing documentary on ABC tonight titled, Animals: The Inside Story. Part 2 of a 3 part series explored the birth of new animal life – from baby …
IAThink on colour blindness and usability
Heidi Adkisson from IA Think has posted an interesting blog entry on some of the usability concerns with colour blindness and the hyperlink.
IA and User Experience books from 2003
Jess McMullin from IAslash has post a list of some of the User Experience and Information Architecture books from 2003. Below is the list Universal Principles of Design Condensed design …