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The grammar of social media « j a s o n o k e

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:32:25 -0000

Article about the way Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton have been using Twitter as part of their campaigns.

Tags: social twitter theory

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Interactive Gestures: Designing Gestural Interfaces

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:22:56 -0000

A New O’Reilly Book by Dan Saffer coming in Fall 2008

Tags: design interface gestural ui

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Amazon.co.uk: Ambient Findability: What We Find Changes Who We Become: Peter Morville: Books

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:51:40 -0000

How do you find your way in an age of information overload? How can you filter streams of complex information to pull out only what you want? Why does it matter how information is structured when Google seems to magically bring up the right answer to your questions? What does it mean to be 'findable' in this day and age? This eye-opening new book examines the convergence of information and connectivity. Written by Peter Morville, author of the groundbreaking "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web", the book defines our current age as a state of unlimited findability. In other words, anyone can find anything at any time. Complete navigability. Morville discusses the Internet, GIS, and other network technologies that are coming together to make unlimited findability possible. He explores how the melding of these innovations impacts society, since Web access is now a standard requirement for successful people and businesses. But before he does that, Morville looks back at the history of way finding and human evolution, suggesting that our fear of being lost has driven us to create maps, charts, and now, the mobile Internet.

Tags: books ia architecture theory inspiration

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Rosenfeld Media - Mental Models Book Site

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:57:44 -0000

"Indi Young’s mental models are the perfect way for your team to integrate your user’s perspective into your design. Indi has written a comprehensive guide for anyone who wants to make use of this power design technique. I’ll be giving this book out to all of our important clients and insisting they make it part of their process."
—Jared Spool, CEO & Founding Principal, User Interface Engineering

Tags: usability design ux

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