The London Underground: A metaphor for explaining IA. I've been meaning to read Jason Hobbs' description of what IA's do using the analogy of the design of wayfinding maps and signage for the London Underground. His nine photo examples are where the metaphor comes to life. Jason draws examples from the design system employed throughout… Continue reading The London Underground: A metaphor for explaining IA

The ultimate compilation of Guru tips on Web design. It seems that almost everyday a new and original idea is expressed from a top Internet Guru. So, I decided to compile and compress all their top ideas, so that I can share with you the ultimate answer to the question What make a good web… Continue reading The ultimate compilation of Guru tips on Web design

SJ Mercury: SonicBlue ordered to track ReplayTV users' viewing choices. Central District Court Magistrate Charles F. Eick told SonicBlue to gather “all available information'' about how consumers use the Santa Clara company's latest generation ReplayTV 4000 video recorders, and turn the information over to the film studios and television networks suing it for contributing to… Continue reading SonicBlue ordered to track ReplayTV users' viewing choices

Usability On The Cheap. “You can't afford usability testing! …Or can you? Suneet puts usable design in the hands of the masses as she explains discount usability techniques.” [Usability News by CodingTheWeb.com] I'm hoping to get in some usability testing on the current SLS web site in order to start planning for the future one,… Continue reading Usability On The Cheap

Human Factors for Librarians. “I love libraries and applaud every step they make into the digital age. But I wish they knew something about interface design and human-computer interaction…. The standard library catalog interface dates way back; I used to see it running on Vax/VMS systems. Everything about it is counter-intuitive, unforgiving, and obstructive. At… Continue reading Human Factors for Librarians

Codeless Googlebox. “Create a googlebox on your website without having to know a single bit of code.” [via …useless miscellany] Cool – so now any library could put one on its site! I suggest using related searches in webliographies and author searches in reader's advisory pages for starters. [The Shifted Librarian]

Macromedia Unveils MX Family. Release represents the first fruit of Macromedia's merger with Allaire. [Internet Product News]

2002 'warmest for 1,000 years'. “The first three months of this year were the warmest globally since records began in 1860 and probably for 1,000 years, scientists said yesterday. Dr Geoff Jenkins, director of the Meteorological Office's Hadley Centre, said the record on land and sea was consistent with computer predictions of the effects of… Continue reading 2002 'warmest for 1,000 years'

Jenny continues the conversation on next gen devices and PCs.  I stretched my mind a little more on this topic.  The fight is clearly between three hardware platforms:  PCs, phones, and TVs.  Everything else is peripheral.  Only PCs are getting the full benefit of doubling rates in processor power and storage capacity.   Here is how I think the battle will evolve in… Continue reading Jenny

Zoe is doing stuff to email that I want “Radio” to be able to do. I played around with it for 30 minutes and am impressed! First glance shows major promise. Zoe is a Java Desktop Website Application [Hack the Planet] [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]