4th
May
2001
“An Information Architecture Analysis of Top Business Analysts’ Web Sites: The sites we examined are: Delphi Group, Forrester Research, Gartner, Giga Information Group, IDC, META Group. We selected these six analyst sites because of their excellent reputation for insightful research and analysis of the IT world. We assumed that these sites would be exemplars of strong information architecture and web site design. As a whole, we were disappointed in the sophistication of the information architecture of the analyst sites…”
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4th
May
2001
“There is an Aristotelic tradition in cognitive psychology, information design and artificial intelligence, to understand human information processing as a mechanism, that is, as a complicated system, ultimately explainable on the basis of the understanding of every one of its multiple components and their interactions. Instead of looking at human information processing as a complicated system, I propose to look at it as a complex system, distinguishing for this paper the complicated from the complex; the first being composed by a high number of discrete parts with many interconnections: as in a computer circuit, the second being an integrated system where everything affects everything: as in the relation between two people.”
posted in Learning | Permalink |
4th
May
2001
“Roxane is an original typeface designed by the author in response to a design analysis of visual attributes that enhance the legibility of font characteristics. The author takes issue with scientific legibility studies which focus on isolating variables to obtain verifiable results, but which are not useful in the more complex and holistic design of specific type faces. Visual analysis of type form attributes and visual principles provide the framework for this more holistic enterprise. The principles and attributes are demonstrated visually throughout the article, ending with Roxane, a type face developed with these principles in mind.”
posted in Typography | Permalink |
4th
May
2001
23 May 2001: Copenhagen. Guess what? XPLANE founder Dave Gray will be a speaker. Say hi to him. Other speakers include Mark Hurst, Justin Hall, Douglas Rushkoff, Evan Williams and Dave Winer. More information (and translations) coming… “Revolutionen fortsætter. I en tid hvor mange tvivlsomme dromme om millioner og aktiemarkeder er slut, er det igen tid til reboot. Tid til at tage en fridag og genstarte den indre computer. Tid til at fokusere på den langsigtede digitale revolution af samfund, erhvervsliv, livsstil, design og kommunikation.”
posted in Visual thinking, XPLANE | Permalink |
