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Category Archives: interaction_design
Object-oriented design principles
I’m exploring how to present object-oriented principles to non-programmers. An overview of some of the basic OOP principles from Robert Lewallen was an inspiration for the following brief descriptions. A parallel illustration below expands on a metaphor from Modelling the … Continue reading
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light software
I’ve been using open office for a few months, and it has just occurred to me that I like using google docs better: – it loads faster – the interface is not as cluttered – it doesn’t have those annoying … Continue reading
Adobe Hotkeys
In the past few months I’ve finally solved a few longstanding recurrent malfunctions with my creative suite software, and the fact that I’ve now experienced at least 3 of these tells me that it’s something software designers should consider. – … Continue reading
I do and I understand
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html?src=me&ref=homepage This may be the first interactive feature I’ve ever seen in the new york times that uses the medium to its full extent.
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Unusable Contract
Confusing, confounding, and contradictory contracts have been a fascination of mine for several years. The various transgressions of credit card companies are widely reported, and the end-user license agreements that accompany most software are quickly becoming notorious. But I came … Continue reading
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invisible data storage
I’m far more involved in customizing, maintaining, and learning more about my software than most people, but I got a glimpse of the casual user’s experience today when I briefly thought firefox was doing more than I knew it could. … Continue reading
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I recently got a new phone and glanced at the Facebook EULA when I was installing its app. It’s pretty horrific as they claim an irrevocable license to whatever I post. ” Sharing Your Content and Information You own all … Continue reading
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internet privacy
I want to hold some kinda workshop/collaborative brainstorming to help sort out ways to build confidence in a web anonymity and/or verification bank. A list of issues I’ve personally seen this apply to: – how to get gang members and/or … Continue reading
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rga interactive
“interactive designers aren’t just telling one 30-second linear story—they’re telling hundreds of interwoven stories as well as non-stories” – from a story about R|GA on their website in comm arts magazine This writer seems to have found another path to … Continue reading
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drexler on nanotech
drexler sums up a lot of big ideas in the foreward to his updated version of “Engines of Creation”. – mass media treat debate as a sport; he doesn’t make explicit the implication that they take out authenticity and blow … Continue reading
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