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24th January 2001

The 1000 Journals Project

“The1000journalproject is an independent, privately funded social experiment. We are attempting to follow 1000 journals throughout their travels, to see where they go, who adds to them, and what happens after that. This is for you. For everybody. To share thoughts and opinions and to be a part of something greater than the individual.”

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24th January 2001

CHEX UR SPELLIN!

“Our web based Spell Checker, called WBOSS (Web Based Open Source SpellChecker) is designed to work with any text input form on any web page. It is called from a second form, opens a pop-up window, allows the user to check the text, then inserts the text back in the main window’s form field.”

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24th January 2001

The Gestalt Archive

“Gestalt theory is a broadly interdisciplinary general theory which provides a framework for a wide variety of psychological phenomena, processes, and applications. Human beings are viewed as open systems in active interaction with their environment. It is especially suited for the understanding of order and structure in psychological events…” GESTALT THEORY by Max Wertheimer (1924).

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24th January 2001

Measuring User Experience

“We’ve all seen the stats. Almost half of a site’s visitors go elsewhere due to poor navigability, slow download times, or confusing content. If users have problems on your site, they jump to competitors en masse. Fortunately, there are several useful ways to evaluate user experience.”

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24th January 2001

The Problem With Presentations

“Nothing is more interesting than a story. In fact, just about everything interesting is a story of some kind. Stories are what make news. They are also what make war, sports, love and money. You have a story to tell. If you don’t tell it, you’ll lose your audience. Fortunately, all stories come with exactly three parts: character, problem and movement toward a resolution. Characters are identities the audience can care about…”

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