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CNN.Com: What is the Point? Boxes.2 comments

tobilouise wrote 2 weeks ago: To Begin: I’m a news junkie. I think that figures into why I would analyze CNN.com as a user, … more →

Tags: Project, Design

Montreal Metro - Usability part 2

Markus wrote 2 weeks ago: Last year I wrote about the insufficient affordances in the design of the emergency breaks in Montre … more →

Tags: Usability, montreal metro, STM, Subway

Kress and WebKinz1 comment

allisonjcass wrote 2 weeks ago: The Webkinz website design relies heavily on the use of images. Because the design was created with … more →

Tags: Rhetoric Project, Children, COLOR, Design, development, Images, Kress, webkinz

jadkatierinhof wrote 1 month ago: Wipe the slate clean, abandon scanty data and computations. Seize the opportunity focusing on univer … more →

Tags: two steps twice, Art, computation, human, clean

Ontobranding: how reality promotes itself

kaipata wrote 2 months ago: Yesterday we had a meeting with Nello Barile and Andrea Miconi from Universitá IULM. Nello’s p … more →

Tags: Hybrid Ecology, ontology, spaces, ontobrand, ontospace

Modelling spaces for self-organized learners

kaipata wrote 2 months ago: Today i found that the special number of Journal of Educational Technology & Society “Tech … more →

Tags: Communities, elearning2.0, spaces

thinking about the play button

gravitymax wrote 3 months ago: a wonderful piece by the multi-talented momus. using the play button as both symbol and pattern, mom … more →

Tags: Design, Music, Video, echo-nest-remix, facebook, Momus, Play, status, Theory

Cup

gany44 wrote 4 months ago: A very common example on unconscious behavior. This kind of a cup on a small pillar could be found i … more →

Tags: Alignment, unconcious, Environment, Street, Cup

Scary Hand dryer2 comments

gany44 wrote 4 months ago: A start button of an automatic hand dryer, like an emergency button to make alert sound. In fact, I … more →

Tags: Button, Accessibility, Mental Model, appliance, bathroom

Swarming to write narratives in hybrid ecosystem3 comments

kaipata wrote 4 months ago: Recent month i have been trying to write together with Mauri Kaipainen about the “Narrative ec … more →

Tags: Communities, Community, Ecology, elearning2.0, Embodiment, Hybrid Ecology, ontology, storytelling 2.0

"Social Affordance"

ilya wrote 6 months ago: Ecological Design Tuesday morning Jerry had mentioned to me about the term “social affordance … more →

Tags: Blogroll, ecological design, Design, social affordance

Usability of a table lamp

Markus wrote 8 months ago: After another work-week with a dizzying amount of overtime, its a good opportunity to think back to … more →

Tags: Usability, table lamp

Random Icons - The Making Of2 comments

Anatole Pierre Fuksas wrote 8 months ago: Random Icons – The Making Of EPVS exposition in Roma Spoliaculture Spazio Bloomsbury Vernissag … more →

Tags: Action, action planning, action potential, Activity Plan, Ecological Art, Ecological Setting, Ecology, EPVS, Goal-Oriented Action

28 Things Everybody Should Know, Part XVII1 comment

maxticket wrote 9 months ago: Don’t fight the operating system. While they continue to offer more than just a starting point … more →

Tags: 1, 28 things, COLOR, Human-computer interaction

28 Things Everybody Should Know, Part XIV

maxticket wrote 9 months ago: Navigation layout should reflect the movement it represents. When the blueprints for information arc … more →

Tags: 1, 28 things, Buttons, Human-computer interaction, user experience

28 Things Everybody Should Know, Part IX

maxticket wrote 9 months ago: Door handles should look like door handles. I used to work at a bar and music venue in Seattle calle … more →

Tags: 1, 28 things, Human Error, Safety, Usability

28 Things Everybody Should Know, Part II

maxticket wrote 9 months ago: Respect the Hand Cursor. In the early days of UI development, the mouse cursor transformed from a fu … more →

Tags: 1, 28 things, interactivity, mouse cursor

When is copy not just copy?

vanita wrote 9 months ago: When it affects the interactional affordance of the element; what a user thinks the element does, wh … more →

Tags: Copy, interaction, Interactive Elements

Binding affordances and GIS in hybrid places

kaipata wrote 10 months ago: There is an interesting paper that provides some ideas how to use affordances together with geograph … more →

Tags: activity space, spaces, Hybrid Ecology


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