Search Radar
Around 1980 Nicholas Belkin proposed a new model for understanding information seeking, called ASK: Anomalous States of Knowledge. (See Part 1 and Part 11 of this landmark article). A key tenant of this model is that information needs are difficult
Search Radar
Around 1980 Nicholas Belkin proposed a new model for understanding information seeking, called ASK: Anomalous States of Knowledge. (See Part 1 and Part 11 of this landmark article). A key tenant of this model is that information needs are difficult
Exploratory Search
Mark Nolan has a nice article in the April/May 2008 issue of the ASIST Bulletin called “Exploring Exploratory Search.” Citing an article by Gary Marchionini (“Exploratory search: From finding to understanding.), Mark points to three larger classes of behavior: Lookup,
Exploratory Search
Mark Nolan has a nice article in the April/May 2008 issue of the ASIST Bulletin called “Exploring Exploratory Search.” Citing an article by Gary Marchionini (“Exploratory search: From finding to understanding.), Mark points to three larger classes of behavior: Lookup,
Google Graphs and Visualizations
In case you haven’t seen it yet, you can add graphs to your Google Docs spreadsheets. Particularly cool is the Gapminder motion graph. I couldn’t get the attributes on the right of the graph to show up from my spreadsheet,
Google Graphs and Visualizations
In case you haven’t seen it yet, you can add graphs to your Google Docs spreadsheets. Particularly cool is the Gapminder motion graph. I couldn’t get the attributes on the right of the graph to show up from my spreadsheet,
Tag Cloud Usage
Garrick Schmitt from Avenue A | Razorfish is giving a presentation at the IA Summit called “Do People Really Use Tag Clouds.” See the description in Summit program or the slides for the presentation on SlideShare. Seems like much of
Tag Cloud Usage
Garrick Schmitt from Avenue A | Razorfish is giving a presentation at the IA Summit called “Do People Really Use Tag Clouds.” See the description in Summit program or the slides for the presentation on SlideShare. Seems like much of
Designing Web Navigation in Korean!
Thanks to Soy Kim, a translator for O’Reilly Asia, Designing Web Navigation is now available in Korean. Here it is as seen on Yes24.com. They’ve promised to send me a copy. Will be interesting to see it in an Asian
Designing Web Navigation in Korean!
Thanks to Soy Kim, a translator for O’Reilly Asia, Designing Web Navigation is now available in Korean. Here it is as seen on Yes24.com. They’ve promised to send me a copy. Will be interesting to see it in an Asian
Peter Morville’s Search Patterns on Flickr
If you haven’t seen Peter Morville’s collection of search interfaces on flickr, check them out.
Peter Morville’s Search Patterns on Flickr
If you haven’t seen Peter Morville’s collection of search interfaces on flickr, check them out.
Google Sitelinks and In-Site Search
In Designing Web Navigation, I have a whole chapter on integrating search and browse. The point is that from a user’s perspective navigating and searching aren’t different things. People just want to find information. And we know from berrypicking theory
Google Sitelinks and In-Site Search
In Designing Web Navigation, I have a whole chapter on integrating search and browse. The point is that from a user’s perspective navigating and searching aren’t different things. People just want to find information. And we know from berrypicking theory
Viewdle – Face Recognize Search
Viewdle offers a cool, new technology: face recognition search. From the site: “Viewdle automatically looks inside the video, frame-by-frame, to create a real-time index of true on-screen appearances with unrivaled accuracy and relevance.” Looks like it’s pretty accurate, too. Reuters
Viewdle – Face Recognize Search
Viewdle offers a cool, new technology: face recognition search. From the site: “Viewdle automatically looks inside the video, frame-by-frame, to create a real-time index of true on-screen appearances with unrivaled accuracy and relevance.” Looks like it’s pretty accurate, too. Reuters
London Business School Study on Innovation in Experiential Services
Chris Voss and Leonieke Zomerdijk of the London Business School released a long-ish paper back in June 2007 about the role of customer experience in designing innovative services. See the full report online: Innovation in Experiential Services: An Empirical View
London Business School Study on Innovation in Experiential Services
Chris Voss and Leonieke Zomerdijk of the London Business School released a long-ish paper back in June 2007 about the role of customer experience in designing innovative services. See the full report online: Innovation in Experiential Services: An Empirical View
Bumptop Interface
Paul Sherman has a good article in UX Matters called Where’s My Stuff? Beyond the Nested Folder Metaphor. It includes a video of the Bumptop Interface, which was developed by Anand Agarawala and Ravin Balakrishnan. See the video of the
Bumptop Interface
Paul Sherman has a good article in UX Matters called Where’s My Stuff? Beyond the Nested Folder Metaphor. It includes a video of the Bumptop Interface, which was developed by Anand Agarawala and Ravin Balakrishnan. See the video of the
Wii Remote Hacks
Johnny Chung Lee is a real creative person. Check out his hack of a Wii remote to get a “Minority Report” style of interaction. No real practical application shown, but it’s quite fascinating nonetheless.
Wii Remote Hacks
Johnny Chung Lee is a real creative person. Check out his hack of a Wii remote to get a “Minority Report” style of interaction. No real practical application shown, but it’s quite fascinating nonetheless.
GapCasts – Information Visualizations
I previously blogged about Gapminder and Hans Roslings talk at TED demonstrating this tool. I learned that you can see more eye-opening visualizations on a regular basis with GapCasts, a video blog from Hans and Co. These short videos really
GapCasts – Information Visualizations
I previously blogged about Gapminder and Hans Roslings talk at TED demonstrating this tool. I learned that you can see more eye-opening visualizations on a regular basis with GapCasts, a video blog from Hans and Co. These short videos really
PreCYdent Legal Search
Just got wind of a relatively new open web legal called PreCYdent. Their mission is clear: “PreCYdent is based on two fundamental principles. First, we at PreCYdent believe that all lawyers, law librarians, law students, and the general public should
PreCYdent Legal Search
Just got wind of a relatively new open web legal called PreCYdent. Their mission is clear: “PreCYdent is based on two fundamental principles. First, we at PreCYdent believe that all lawyers, law librarians, law students, and the general public should
Managed Q Search
Just came across Managed Q, a search application the inventors describe as “dedicated to helping you manage your entire Search Experience: from the keyword, to results, to previewing, to refinement and repeating with a new query.” The entity extraction around
Managed Q Search
Just came across Managed Q, a search application the inventors describe as “dedicated to helping you manage your entire Search Experience: from the keyword, to results, to previewing, to refinement and repeating with a new query.” The entity extraction around
Better Than Free
Kevin Kelly has a very interesting post in his book in progress The Technium. Victor tipped me off to this (thanks Victor). Check out Better Than Free. The internet allows for easily made and distributed copies: copies of documents, music,
Better Than Free
Kevin Kelly has a very interesting post in his book in progress The Technium. Victor tipped me off to this (thanks Victor). Check out Better Than Free. The internet allows for easily made and distributed copies: copies of documents, music,
EXPERIENCING INFORMATION 