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IDEO’s Method Cards
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I received my IDEO Method Cards, and they’re big, twice as big as your usual playing cards. The writing is good; short and sweet with funky photos on the reverse. The content isn’t earth shattering – each features a user research technique – but the format is quite handy and sure to stir up some…
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Assembly Line Information
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One of those whoa things I find in search results and must go back and read later: Information on the Assembly Line: A Review of Information Design and Its Implications for Technical Communicators a master’s thesis by Jason Nichols. See, for example, chapter 8 where he compares info design schools of thought (Wurman vs. Redish).…
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Bush Refridgerator Poetry
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Make Your Own Bush Speech is a hilarious and well-executed piece of Flash.
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Open House New York
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Open House New York is a city-wide celebration of New York City’s greatest architecture and design. New York City’s most intriguing buildings and sites will be open at scheduled times throughout our October 11-12 weekend event. Each site will offer different experiences, including self-guided and guided tours, informal talks and conversations with the designers…
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Paris, New York
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The Parisian waitress at Le Gamin says, ‘I love Paris, and I love New York. If I had to choose, I think I would want Paris, but in America.‘ Not likely. But isn’t that sweet?
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Extra-Company Resource Management
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Walking down 87th St this morning I passed some construction workers hanging out on the sidewalk, as if they’re waiting for someone to pick them up for a job. This makes me think about new media workers…is there a reason we haven’t moved to a project-based model of employment like the movie industry uses, employing…
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Ulrike Lechert
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Ulrike Lechert
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Ongepatsht
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…is our Yiddish word of the day. Pronounced UUN-ge-poch, it means ‘a little too much,‘ as in ‘all the shmuz around my blog was ongepatsht, so I deleted a few things.‘
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AIfIA Tools
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Back in the day we dreamed about exchanging deliverables so we could stop reinventing the wheel and start standing on each other’s shoulders. It’s odd something so basic as a repository hadn’t been established (I don’t think competitive advantage explains it in our open community). There is a collection of links on the IAwiki, and…
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The UL Mark
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One of my favorites.
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Design Deal
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IDEO’s Method Cards look quite cool. I’m planning a research-and-testing class for newbies at work, and these could be more effective and engaging than slides or a handout.
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Equifax Opt-Out Language
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Privacy Policy and Opt Out: By clicking below you may exercise your right to instruct us not to provide your non-public personal information to non-affiliated third parties, except as permitted by law. [checkbox checked by default] I choose to opt out. Huh? They must not have had my 7th grade teacher who warned us against…
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Web Practices and Decentralized Companies
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Developing Best Practices for Distributed Networks of Sites: Heuristics, Design, and Politics (PDF) by Jeffrey Veen of Adaptive Path and Carolyn Gibson Smith of PBS sets a great example of improving web design and encouraging certain practices across a large, decentralized organization. One particular aspect I like is that by distributing templates and building examples…
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Inside the Mauve Cubicle
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You can relive 5 minutes of Thom Haller’s Information Overload: A Love Story (quicktime) which explores multiple and unexpected facets of labels.
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Luscious Lists
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Check out the CSS-powered lists.