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24th February 2000

Automating Web Graphics With Generator

“Generator 2 is the powerful and flexible extension of Macromedia’s Flash 4 Web media product. It lets you mail-merge data and media objects within reusable templates created with Flash. Along with the ability to dynamically insert text, sounds, and images, Generator packs a set of prebuilt graph, list, and table objects for you to use. Because Generator relies so heavily on Flash, it’s a little tough at first to distinguish where Flash ends and Generator begins. These ten tips will help you get up to speed…”

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24th February 2000

An audience with Alan Cooper

“…what was intended to be an Interview immediately became an audience with the master. It became difficult to slide in the questions as Cooper began to tear up the rule book for the technology industry and throw it out. He discusses why Interaction Design is about complete systems architecture and he hits on what’s wrong with relational databases; what’s wrong with file systems; why Interaction Design is a lot more than Interface Design; and why he really doesn’t like Usability much either.”

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24th February 2000

MONKEYmedia

Interaction Nice stuff. Excerpts from several articles written by creative director Eric Justin Gould. “We at MONKEYmedia believe that an important component of our work involves educating others as to what we do, and supporting a broader vision of the human-te

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24th February 2000

Informationmatrix.com

“Informationmatrix.com is a free comprehensive directory of IT products and services” for consumers and vendors.

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24th February 2000

404s Are Sexy

“Jenni Ripley of the 404 Research Lab wants you to stop cursing every time that dreaded ‘File-Not-Found’ error message pops up in your browser. Ripley is a writer and technical aficionado who has collected the Web’s best 404s into a site which showcases outrageous messages and provides tips for dealing with the resulting frustration — both as a user and an administrator.”

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24th February 2000

Automating Web Graphics With Generator

“Generator 2 is the powerful and flexible extension of Macromedia’s Flash 4 Web media product. It lets you mail-merge data and media objects within reusable templates created with Flash. Along with the ability to dynamically insert text, sounds, and images, Generator packs a set of prebuilt graph, list, and table objects for you to use. Because Generator relies so heavily on Flash, it’s a little tough at first to distinguish where Flash ends and Generator begins. These ten tips will help you get up to speed…”

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