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16th December 1999

The Evolution of Communication

“Our site is an educational [i.e. basic] web site that takes visitors on a journey of discovery through the fascinating world of communication. It is about the development of verbal and non-verbal communication through human history, covering prehistoric cave drawings and hieroglyphics; the more sophisticated semaphore, telegraph, telephone, radio, and television; and today’s advanced computer and satellite based systems. It shows how developments in the field of communication have affected our lives and how they have continuously been changing the world in which we live.” Note: Watch out for the nasty Java nav on the left.

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16th December 1999

GroupBoard

Ever needed to sketch someone something, then scan it in and fax or email the file, or FTP what you’d done? Then have a phone conversation? Then do the same thing in reverse? No more. GroupBoard — a shared Java-based whiteboard with chat — lets you draw with others over the Web in real time. It’s quite neat. You can buy private versions, too.

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16th December 1999

The Elephant’s Memory

“The Elephant’s Memory is a pictorial language consisting of more than a hundred and a fifty combinable graphic elements (pictograms and ideograms). It invites people from various cultural backgrounds to communicate and explore a new means of expression.”

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16th December 1999

The Elephant’s Memory

“The Elephant’s Memory is a pictorial language consisting of more than a hundred and a fifty combinable graphic elements (pictograms and ideograms). It invites people from various cultural backgrounds to communicate and explore a new means of expression.”

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16th December 1999

The Degree Confluence Project

“The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take at least one picture at each location. The pictures and stories will then be posted here.”

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16th December 1999

GroupBoard

Ever needed to sketch someone something, then scan it in and fax or email the file, or FTP what you’d done? Then have a phone conversation? Then do the same thing in reverse? No more. GroupBoard — a shared Java-based whiteboard with chat — lets you draw with others over the Web in real time. It’s quite neat. You can buy private versions, too.

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