Sep 16th 09
Help, we’re drowning in wireframing apps!
Back in the 1990s, when wireframing was a niche activity, you were pretty much limited to Visio or Illustrator. Nowadays there are a huge number of alternatives. If you want an online app, you can choose from Balsamiq, Just in Mind, iPlots, iZotz, ForeUI, Pidoco, Mockup screens, Wireframe sketcher, Gliffy, Project Draw, Creately, Napkee among zillions of others. Offline the situation is equally messy,...
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Sep 16th 09
Mapping The Archive: 30 Years of Ars Electronica Visualized in Huge Scale
The Ars Electronica festival has finally finished. As I mentioned in my previous “quick look” post before the festival, the most interesting data visualization project exhibited in this year’s Ars Electronica was the 10m by 3m wall print titled “Mapping The Archive: 30 Years of Ars Electronica”, developed by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute (LBI) for Media.Art.Research.
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Sep 15th 09
Electoral Commission votes for User Vision and Usability
Voters across the UK will find voting easier when Electoral Commission design guidelines are published later this year, following comprehensive research by the independent body. Initial findings from the examination have already been published online on the Electoral Commission’s website.
The Electoral Commission wants to ensure that voters are put first when election materials are being designed,...
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Sep 15th 09
Make History: Aggregating Experiences for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum
Make History [national911memorial.org] is a collection of stories, videos, and photos submitted by people who experienced 9/11. The website visualizes user-generated 9/11 stories temporally, geographically and by overlaid Google Streetview images. The images create a “double-vision” contrast between the intensity of the past, and the banality of the present. An interactive timeline and...
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Sep 14th 09
Data Monday: Networked Consumer Devices
Recent numbers on the growth and use of networked consumer device platforms.
In the second quarter of 2009, netbooks accounted for 22.5% of all portable computer shipments worldwide. That is up from 5.6 percent a year ago. (source)
34% of students buying laptops are planning on purchasing small, lightweight netbooks. Another 49% are buying full-sized PC laptops. (source)
During 2nd Quarter 2009, the...
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Patrick is an accomplished Sr. User Interface Developer and Architect specializing in Web Applications, Web 2.0 and eLearning with extensive experience in the full life cycle of the software design process including project planning, design, testing, client communications, training, de-bugging, implementation and maintenance. His book, Modern Ui, Social Usability for Web 2.0 and Beyond is in production and will be available at Barnes and Noble, Borders, Amazon as well as many other fine retailers in Winter 2009-2010.
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