Wikipedia Roll
Here’s an interesting mashup: Wikipedia Roll. I’m pointing to the page for “Usability” but you can search on any term. Looks like they are doing some type of entity extraction to cluster facet-like groupings of concepts on the fly. That’s
Wikipedia Roll
Here’s an interesting mashup: Wikipedia Roll. I’m pointing to the page for “Usability” but you can search on any term. Looks like they are doing some type of entity extraction to cluster facet-like groupings of concepts on the fly. That’s
Misconceptions in UX – Whitney Hess Post
Whitney Hess has done her homework and talked to a sampling of thought leaders in UX about misconceptions in the field. See her post “10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design.” There’s not too much new here in terms
Misconceptions in UX – Whitney Hess Post
Whitney Hess has done her homework and talked to a sampling of thought leaders in UX about misconceptions in the field. See her post “10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design.” There’s not too much new here in terms
Rotating Navigation – Examples
Previously I pointed out how rotating navigation mechanisms are on the rise. These are content areas that show multiple items within the same space on the page. There is often an automatic part of the mechanism that “plays” through all
Rotating Navigation – Examples
Previously I pointed out how rotating navigation mechanisms are on the rise. These are content areas that show multiple items within the same space on the page. There is often an automatic part of the mechanism that “plays” through all
Information Search Experience Revisted
The name of this blog–Experiencing Information–was inspired by two people. First, Andrew Dillon is quoted as saying “data is stored, information is experienced.” He’s done a lot of work on the concept of information shape and document genre to show
Information Search Experience Revisted
The name of this blog–Experiencing Information–was inspired by two people. First, Andrew Dillon is quoted as saying “data is stored, information is experienced.” He’s done a lot of work on the concept of information shape and document genre to show
The Myth of the Myth of the Paperless Office
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the role of paper and offline information resources in our overall information experience as humans interact with information. Some recent projects and research at work put the topic back on my plate. It
The Myth of the Myth of the Paperless Office
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the role of paper and offline information resources in our overall information experience as humans interact with information. Some recent projects and research at work put the topic back on my plate. It
Amazon Window Shopping
Here’s another example of a cross-dimensional display of information: Amazon’s Window shop. It’s not nearly as good as Sea Dragon or other zooming interfaces I’ve seen, but it shows there’ll probably be more and more of this kind of information
Amazon Window Shopping
Here’s another example of a cross-dimensional display of information: Amazon’s Window shop. It’s not nearly as good as Sea Dragon or other zooming interfaces I’ve seen, but it shows there’ll probably be more and more of this kind of information
Deep Zoom
This isn’t new, but I just came across Deep Zoom from MS. It’s based on their Seadragon technology, and it requires Silverlight. Check out the Hard Rock Cafe collection of memorabilia. Combined with a faceted navigation on the left, you
Deep Zoom
This isn’t new, but I just came across Deep Zoom from MS. It’s based on their Seadragon technology, and it requires Silverlight. Check out the Hard Rock Cafe collection of memorabilia. Combined with a faceted navigation on the left, you
Separate Tags with Commas
Tagging, in general, leverages natural language. You tag as you would normally speak or use language in every-day life. And that’s a strength of tagging–one that makes it popular and scalable and usable and all that good stuff. Why, then,
Separate Tags with Commas
Tagging, in general, leverages natural language. You tag as you would normally speak or use language in every-day life. And that’s a strength of tagging–one that makes it popular and scalable and usable and all that good stuff. Why, then,
Veranstaltung in Hamburg, 2009
Aufgrund der positiven Resonanz und zahlreicher Nachfragen veranstaltet NetFlow zwei Workshops mit mir auch in 2009. Die Workshops werden auf Deutsch gehalten. 26. Januar 09 – Workshop I: “Prinzipien der Informationsarchitektur“ 27. Januar 09 – Workshop II: “Elemente des Navigationsdesigns“
Veranstaltung in Hamburg, 2009
Aufgrund der positiven Resonanz und zahlreicher Nachfragen veranstaltet NetFlow zwei Workshops mit mir auch in 2009. Die Workshops werden auf Deutsch gehalten. 26. Januar 09 – Workshop I: “Prinzipien der Informationsarchitektur“ 27. Januar 09 – Workshop II: “Elemente des Navigationsdesigns“
Open Shevles Classification
This isn’t exactly new, but I wanted to post on it anyway. Library Thing is trying to get an open-source-like project for classification for to replace Dewey going. It’s called the Open Shelves Classification. Back in my library days, I
Open Shevles Classification
This isn’t exactly new, but I wanted to post on it anyway. Library Thing is trying to get an open-source-like project for classification for to replace Dewey going. It’s called the Open Shelves Classification. Back in my library days, I
Designing Web Navigation in Polish
I’m just back from the Euro IA conference in Amsterdam. More on that later. Seems the Designing Web Navigation has been translated to Polish–unbeknowst to me–under the title Projektowanie nawigacji strony WWW. Optymalizacja funkcjonalności witryny.
Designing Web Navigation in Polish
I’m just back from the Euro IA conference in Amsterdam. More on that later. Seems the Designing Web Navigation has been translated to Polish–unbeknowst to me–under the title Projektowanie nawigacji strony WWW. Optymalizacja funkcjonalności witryny.
Persona Case Study in D-LIB Magazine
Came across this interesting case study of using personas in D-LIB Magazine: “Using Personas to Understand the Needs and Goals of Institutional Repository Users,” by Jack M. Maness, Tomasz Miaskiewicz, and Tamara Sumner from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Persona Case Study in D-LIB Magazine
Came across this interesting case study of using personas in D-LIB Magazine: “Using Personas to Understand the Needs and Goals of Institutional Repository Users,” by Jack M. Maness, Tomasz Miaskiewicz, and Tamara Sumner from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Syntopicon
My previous post pointed to activities at Google for automatically extracting quotes from books and linking them together. In his talk in this project, Google research Bill Schilit mentioned the Great Books of the Western World project and the Syntopicon.
Syntopicon
My previous post pointed to activities at Google for automatically extracting quotes from books and linking them together. In his talk in this project, Google research Bill Schilit mentioned the Great Books of the Western World project and the Syntopicon.
Quotation Mining at Google
Folks at the IAI mailing list pointed to an interesting talk by Bill Schilit of Google Research called “Navigating the network of knowledge: Mining quotations from massive-scale digital libraries of books.” Check out the video. Or, see a couple of
Quotation Mining at Google
Folks at the IAI mailing list pointed to an interesting talk by Bill Schilit of Google Research called “Navigating the network of knowledge: Mining quotations from massive-scale digital libraries of books.” Check out the video. Or, see a couple of
Growth Leaders and Personas
I came across an article in the Sloan Management Review from July 2008 entitled “In Search of Growth Leaders” by Sean D. Carr, Jeanne M. Liedtka, Robert Rosen, and Robert E. Wiltbank. The authors discuss key qualitities of growth leaders,
Growth Leaders and Personas
I came across an article in the Sloan Management Review from July 2008 entitled “In Search of Growth Leaders” by Sean D. Carr, Jeanne M. Liedtka, Robert Rosen, and Robert E. Wiltbank. The authors discuss key qualitities of growth leaders,
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