xBlog: The visual thinking weblog
25th November 1999

Mike’s Weblog

Anyone who used to do a ‘zine (or just read them), knows Mike Gunderloy. Or should. The man who ran the awesome Factsheet 5 is now blogging. Yes!

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25th November 1999

The On-Line Visual Literacy Project

“From the beginnings of human culture, visual awareness has been a key element to communication. Just as information conveyed by the written word holds a significance for humanity in the 20th century, the symbols of early cave paintings held a deep significance for the artists and cultures that produced them. Over time these symbols and meanings changed into the alphabets of the world of today; which are the basis for verbal literacy.”

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25th November 1999

Evaluating Visuals

“Composition guidelines are concerned with ways of achieving pictorial emphasis. Selections, emphasis, and subordination are among the methods by which a center of interest can be effectively communicated to others. Thus, photograph and graphic composition is to help the viewer see relationships.”

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25th November 1999

Oingo

“Oingo is the Internet’s first meaning-based search engine. By going beyond searching for just simple text characters, Oingo brings the most relevant information to you. Oingo is the first search engine on the web that allows you to refine your search based on the actual meaning of your search words or search phrase.” This cannot be recommended highly enough. It’s great.

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25th November 1999

History-of-Hypertext Timeline

A very broad view of what hypertext might include, beginning around c3000BCE.

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25th November 1999

History-of-Hypertext Timeline

A very broad view of what hypertext might include, beginning around c3000BCE.

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25th November 1999

Evaluating Visuals

“Composition guidelines are concerned with ways of achieving pictorial emphasis. Selections, emphasis, and subordination are among the methods by which a center of interest can be effectively communicated to others. Thus, photograph and graphic composition is to help the viewer see relationships.”

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25th November 1999

Tofurky

It’s Thanksgiving.

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25th November 1999

User Friendly the Comic Strip

Requirements for using the internet.

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