Noise Between Stations

January 2004

  • Web Internationalization

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    I started collecting some notes on Web Internationalization.

  • Store Front as Display

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    Bank of America tried using its store window as a web browser. It’s a great idea. I could imagine a few improvements: locating it where people are already standing, waiting, like in line at the ATM; use really useful content, like the locations of public restrooms; and try to develop the perceivable affordance so it’s…

  • Recognizing Digital Genre

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    Recognizing Digital Genre, a short 2001 paper by Elaine Toms at the University of Toronto continues (for me, at least) Dillon’s work on the shape of information, although it strangely doesn’t reference Dillon. It does include one super neato experiment. Highlights: ‘Creating Web documents is a cookie-cutter affair as documents of differing types are formatted…

  • Iris

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    Iris Rachel Rosenfeld has arrived. Yay!