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Emotion and Design F.A.Q
Art Swanson on why
emotional design is not just a current fad. Q: Are form, feel, and emotion things that everyone in product development needs to worry about? A:Yes. All products incite emotion. There are no emotionless product experiences. You can ignore the emotional impact of your product, but that doesn't mean it's not there. The emotional experiences people have with products can impact return rates, long-term customer satisfaction, word of mouth referrals, and brand and product quality perceptio From
elearningpost on October 4, 2004 at 10:47 p.m..
Information Hunters
This is a brilliant synthesis of research on
information foraging -- the finding that the human behaviour when searching for information was similar to that of the hunter-gatherers and animals in search for food. Here are some recommendations:create representations of information with a strong information scentoptimise the information architecture to produce short, direct, optimal paths andcreate informational regions where the information supply balances the consumption ratio (relevant informat From
elearningpost on October 4, 2004 at 10:47 p.m..
Brain Links
Via elearnspace, a whole bunch of links to sites about the brain. Something to think on. By Various Authors, October, 2004 [
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OLDaily on October 4, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Oct 5
Today's highlights: SBC Unified Communications; Citadon ProjectNet Small Team Edition; Tungsten T5; Visto Mobile 5.0; Sproqit Personal Edition; SBC Communications released SBC Unified Communications, a network-based service that combines voice mail, email and fax mail into a single service. Features... From
Kolabora.com on October 4, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..
Collaborative knowledge gardening
John Udell on 'folksonomy' or user-driven taxonomy of
Flickr and
del.icio.us and the problems of adapting it to an enterprise environment. "These systems offer lots of ways to visualize and refine the tag space. It's easy to know whether a tag you've used is unique or, conversely, popular. It's easy to rename a tag across a set of items. It's easy to perform queries that combine tags. Armed with such powerful tools, people can collectively enrich shared data. But will they? The succe From
elearningpost on October 4, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..
Macromedia Captivate
"Macromedia
Captivate (formerly RoboDemo) automatically records all on-screen actions and instantly creates an interactive Flash simulation. Point-and-click to add text captions, narration, and e-learning interactions without programming knowledge." From
elearningpost on October 4, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..
Brain Links
Via elearnspace, a whole bunch of links to sites about the brain. Something to think on. By Various Authors, October, 2004 [
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OLDaily on October 4, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
ibm improves tivoli...
Clint Boulton writes for internetnews.com:
IBM Improves Transaction Monitoring in Tivoli. "...Thanks to major advancements in its autonomic computing technology, IBM has updated its Tivoli management software, offering customers a map that identifies failures in Web transactions. IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Transaction Performance 5.3 allows organizations to see business transactions as they flow through an IT environment, as well as discover what systems From
judith meskill's knowledge notes... on October 4, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..
Indigenous Training Guide Gets Into It
"It's really cool" - that's the verdict on a new guide for teachers and trainers working with Indigenous learners. Gettin' into it! Working with Indigenous learners provides practical advice on designing teaching and learning strategies relevant to Indigenous people. The guide is an Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) initiative funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training. It contains creative teaching and learning strategies that can be used in classroom, workplace and community settings, as well as a range of professional devel From
EdNA Online on October 4, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
Brain Links
Via elearnspace, a whole bunch of links to sites about the brain. Something to think on. By Various Authors, October, 2004 [
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OLDaily on October 4, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
Children's Advodates Call for New Definition of Tech Literacy
Tech Tonic: Towards a New Literacy of Technology:In a lengthy (124 pages!) and scathing report a group know as the Alliance for Childhood calls for a profound shift in the way we look at technology in schools. Particularly geared towards elementary age students, the authors make the case that: We remain convinced that, at the elementary school level and below, there is little evidence of lasting gains and much evidence of harm from the hours spent in front of screens. For us, the decision... From
Brain Frieze on October 4, 2004 at 7:59 p.m..