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7th December 2000

Surprise.com gifts

“Surprise.com is a directory of the top-rated gifts that exist anywhere on the Web. The gift ideas are submitted by users, and the most popular gift ideas earn money.” Happy holidays!

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7th December 2000

design history in a box

“I was bumbling along … when I came upon the most fantastic thing. It was an old type box, and in it was a funky relic of a watch, a couple penguin bath gels, a stale Oreo cookie and a moon. As I fidgeted with the dials on the watch I found I could travel through design history.” Note: This is a Shockwave site.

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7th December 2000

The Revenge of the Library Scientist

“It’s not the title of the latest Hollywood movie. Not yet. Much like the work of aircraft mechanics, library scientists don’t get enough respect. Twenty years ago, library scientists ruled the information retrieval world; they just didn’t know it. Now they are poised to return to the top of the far more lucrative Web world, and my hunch is they still don’t know it. If you are a Master of Library Science (MLS) or similar, you have a great opportunity in front of you. But to take advantage of it, you will have to change your ways.”

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7th December 2000

universalusability.org

“universalusability.org provides the definition and foundation for the topic of universal usability in addition to introducing researchers and practitioners to five perspectives on universal usability. Universal usability involves understanding how users attempt to accomplish tasks using a variety of technologies in different organizational and social contexts. And researchers and practitioners have a wide range of approaches and methods available to apply to this range of user-system interactions.”

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