5th
May
2004
“A recent article on document design in the WSJ shakily raised the question: Is a poorly designed memo at fault for not warning the president the nature of the terrorist threat? In many ways it’s a retread of the butterfly ballot controversy, and the Challenger controversy, but I think it’s a controversy worth raising again and again until careless attention to design stops killing people.”
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5th
May
2004
“dincTYPE let us know that they are having a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ day today. ‘Today only, 5/5 dincTYPE has made available five of our most requested commercial typefaces. We are no longer a commercial type foundry, so these fonts are unavailable anywhere. Except for today. There are five fonts, all with international character sets archived together for your downloading convenience. They include: Bachelorette, Boxboy, Funtime, Lady Luck, and Spotlight. Get them today, tomorrow they’ll be gone.’”
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5th
May
2004
“The mind-boggling speed and reach of Internet search engines mask a severe limitation: They are powered by words alone… In hopes of wrapping their arms around more of that stuff, computing researchers have developed new search engines that can mine catalogs of three-dimensional objects, like airplane parts or architectural features.”
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5th
May
2004
“The article starts off by citing Greg Storey’s work to redesign the infamous Bin Laden President’s Daily Brief. It then moves on to describe what Information Architecture/Design is and how it can make a difference in understanding information and in the bottom-line for a business. IA/ID also is mentioned in the decision-making process for the Columbia disaster, and Tufte gets to rail a bit against Powerpoint. Tufte also dismisses Mr. Storey’s redesign of the PDB (way to exhibit solidarity, Ed). The article then moves onto another favorite pundit, Nielsen, and he gets to quote his $71B in lost productvity sound-bite.”
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