“As Web development evolves, it becomes more clear that open-source, standards-based approaches are needed in order to achieve the six A’s of pervasive computing — authorized access to anyone, anytime, anyplace, on any device. Thus, the six A’s are becoming the marching orders for IT shops large and small, and Web delivery is on the agenda for most IT organizations.”

“In this issue, InCA covers the juicy topic of Design Research — how it’s done, why it’s done, and why you should do it, too… All design-related research can be described as a blend of these two underlying dimensions and can be placed conceptually within the space defined by these two dimensions. Methods that are close together in this space are conceptually more similar than those that are farther apart. Often, researchers will draw upon different kinds of research for different stages of design. Indeed, Spool and his colleagues argue that user-centered design is most effective when user research is used at every stage of the design process.”

“Most posters in our collection are originals (exceptions are clearly marked), political posters, made in the period 1960-1990, published with the supervision of the Communist Party, and were designed to make people work harder, be better communists and good patriots… These pages were made with the goal to establish an online museum of posters. Since we have multiple pieces of many (original) posters in our collection, we can sell the surplus. We also welcome trade — if you have any interesting posters, be they Russian, Chinese, American, old, new, home-made, political, movie, circus, ANY posters… let us know.”

“The word ‘affordance’ was invented by the perceptual psychologist J. J. Gibson (1977, 1979) to refer to the actionable properties between the world and an actor (a person or animal). To Gibson, affordances are relationships. They exist naturally: they do not have to be visible, known, or desirable. I originally hated the idea: it didn’t make sense.”

“In this issue, InCA covers the juicy topic of Design Research — how it’s done, why it’s done, and why you should do it, too… All design-related research can be described as a blend of these two underlying dimensions and can be placed conceptually within the space defined by these two dimensions. Methods that are close together in this space are conceptually more similar than those that are farther apart. Often, researchers will draw upon different kinds of research for different stages of design. Indeed, Spool and his colleagues argue that user-centered design is most effective when user research is used at every stage of the design process.”

“Most posters in our collection are originals (exceptions are clearly marked), political posters, made in the period 1960-1990, published with the supervision of the Communist Party, and were designed to make people work harder, be better communists and good patriots… These pages were made with the goal to establish an online museum of posters. Since we have multiple pieces of many (original) posters in our collection, we can sell the surplus. We also welcome trade — if you have any interesting posters,-be they Russian, Chinese, American, old, new, home-made, political, movie, circus, ANY posters… let us know.”

“It’s not that we don’t want to explain to you what this site is about, it’s that we think it must be obvious. We have a big list, and we put things onto this list. Sometimes we find things that should be near the top of other lists, but in general we only pay attention to the date when these certain things are brought to our attention. Then we give them to you.” What’s that mean? I think it means you’ll find reviews of good, well-designed things here. Nice stuff.