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5th February 2004

Unison

“Usenet. It’s a global network filled with vivid discussions, unique music, pictures, and more. And Unison? It’s the second coming of Usenet: A fun, powerful, and Mac-like newsreader.”

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5th February 2004

Building a Vision of Design Success

“Alone, the pain that triggers a redesign is not enough of a guide to build something useful to the company. You have to build a shared vision.”

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5th February 2004

Louis Rosenfeld: The InfoDesign interview

“Each month, InfoDesign interviews a thought leader in the design industry, focusing on people who are identified with or show strong sensibilities to the design of information and experiences. This month, Dirk Knemeyer interviews Louis Rosenfeld. Lou helped create the profession of information architecture, co-authored its leading text, and was president of its best-known consulting firm for seven years. He is a director and co-founder of the Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture (AIfIA).”

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5th February 2004

HourWorld World Clock: Sun Time at a Glance

“The HourWorld interactive world clock is a Macintosh product for timing international phone calls, finding sun and moon information, lighting, shadows, and much more. Attractive and functional, PSE products provide a wealth of information in well-integrated, interactive graphical presentations. See the time and lighting conditions anywhere in the world at a glance.”

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5th February 2004

RSSTop55

“Where To Submit My RSS Feeds And Weblog URLs To Get More Exposure, Visibility And Reach: As more and more people get involved with the Internet and as more Web sites, blogs, news services and other online resources continue to grow in number and variety it becomes increasingly important to maintain high visibility and exposure for the content being generated by closely following the major distribution media.”

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5th February 2004

Scaling Counties in a Checkerboard State

“A caucus is a closed meeting of equals, the word probably derived from the Algonquin cau-cau-asu, translated as ‘proponent’ or ‘advisor.’ At 6:30 pm on January 19th, Iowaís 1,993 precinct caucuses were called to order, beginning the first step of an elaborate six-month process… Although the count of state delegate equivalents is at least two steps removed from the actual votes cast by caucus attendees, the count is about as close as we can get to actual voting data, and deserves some study. Iowa is an interesting state because its 99 counties are all roughly the same size and shape.”

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