I was revisiting some archived links of mine and I noticed that the Design Observer had been redesigned. It’s a nice read :)
Eye tracking experiences by Seth Godin
Paul Love from work forwarded this great blog post by Seth Godin on his experiences from Eye Tracking. I think websurfing is a hunting activity. The eye is looking for …
Animations and films by Pleix, Paris
Some nice animations and films by Pleix http://pleix.net/filter/film Pleix is a virtual community of digital artists based in Paris.
Recordings from the IA Summit Redux in Washington, DC
Livia Labate has uploaded recording from the discussions in last weeks IA Summit 2006 Redux sessions. Here are a few recordings with the discussions: 1. IA Summit Redux Part 1 …
Referential & Experiential blog users
An interesting discussion and blog post about two identified types of blog users. Referential Experiential It’s interesting because when building blog and personalisation areas to websites, we can now identify …
MapCruncher: Interactive Web Maps Come to Life
MapCruncher – a prototype technology from Microsoft Research that makes it easy for users to create their own, personalized mash-ups – may revolutionize the way people use online maps. An …
The success of YouTube & MySpace
The secret to success is to make everything one-button easy, then get out of the way. If you think collaborative architecture matters more, Flickr, Digg and del.icio.us have plateaued with …
Flickr goes Gamma from an earlier Beta version
I was revisiting my Flickr account today to explore interestingness when I noticed that some of the interface had changed. It was a breath of refreshing air to see how …
The Wealth of Networks (PDF’s)
The Wealth of Networks – PDF’s Download PDF’s of the book under the Creative Commons Noncommercial Sharealike license. The wiki where the PDF’s reside is a collaborative and research website …
Sorting Things Out: Classification and its Consequences
Peter Merholz posted an interesting dicussion the other day on the classification of systems becoming invisible through use. Bowker and Star showed that classification systems become invisible through use, but …
What is a widget & how to create one in OS X 10.4
Apple have a useful website on developing OS X Dashboard Widgets. I’ve recently upgraded to OS X 10.4.5 from 10.3.9 and I’m fascinated by the widgets in OS X that …
Learning about the Sennheiser HD-25
Recently I’ve been looking at getting myself a new set of headphones for the iPod and I came across the Sennheiser HD-25. Here is a thorough and quite detailed review …
AJAX and Accessibility
I was catching up some RSS feeds I haven’t read in ages, and I came across an interesting article on the accessibility of AJAX. The post references an example by …
Task-based navigation vs. topic-based navigation
I’ve recently been working on a project with Grand Union where the discussion of task-based navigation vs. topic-based navigation came up. After a search on the Web, I came across …
The night sky is perhaps dimming further over time
I came across this interesting article by researchers with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington, who have discovered the amount of sunlight hitting the ground over China dropped by …