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26th April 2004

Movement in Visualisation

“The correct perception of movement has been an important routine of everyday life since the beginning of humanity. It is also an important resource in visualisation.”

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26th April 2004

Visualisation Patterns

“Alexander et. al. (1977) proposed patterns as a method for capturing the knowledge underlying successful solutions to recurring architectural design problems. There have been various pattern definitions but each of these shares a common theme, which is that patterns describe a proven solution to a recurring problem in a given context. The software community adopted the idea of patterns as a means of documenting and sharing solutions to recurring software design problems. More recently the HCI community has also adopted the idea of patterns as a method of capturing user interface design knowledge. Patterns consist of a number of attributes that Borchers (2000) defines as…”

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26th April 2004

Ex-Hilarator

“The cartoon with its sheer endless humoristic allegories is among the oldest of trades, and a creative one at that. We want to breathe new life into all those used and out-laughed witnesses of human tragedy ó but how? We have asked our friend algorithmic random generator to give us a hand. We split the image from the text and shove the gag into a new interpretation (with an element of sadism, one might add).”

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26th April 2004

The Business of Understanding

“The ways of organizing information are finite. It can only be organized by location, alphabet, time, category, or hierarchy. These modes are applicable to almost any endeavorófrom your personal file cabinets to multinational corporations. They are the framework upon which annual reports, books, conversations, exhibitions, directories, conventions, and even warehouses are arranged.” (Thanks Elegant Hack

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26th April 2004

PictureEditor.com: Photography News and Galleries

“PictureEditor.com is intended to be an online resource for photographers and photo editors, to provide a forum for diverse photographic work as well as promote the interests of photographers and journalists worldwide.”

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