July 2000

Behavioral Model of Visual Perception and Recognition

(Ilya Rybak et al. - A.B. Kogan Research Institute for Neurocybernetics, Russia)

Posted by PJB on July 31, 2000 | Classification: InfoViz | Comments (0) | Permalink

Big Architect, Little Architect

Strange Connections in ACIA (Peter Morville's bi-weekly column on InfoArch - Argus Associates)

Posted by PJB on July 28, 2000 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink

XML Information Set

A description of the information available in a well-formed XML document (W3C Working Draft)

Posted by PJB on July 28, 2000 | Classification: Technology | Comments (0) | Permalink

Image and Meaning

Envisioning and Communicating Science and Technology (Felice Frankel et al. - MIT Cambridge Mass., USA)

Posted by PJB on July 27, 2000 | Classification: Events | Comments (0) | Permalink

Deep Web

"A vast reservoir of Internet content that is 500 times larger than the known WWW" (Bright Planet: The Internet Content Company)

Posted by PJB on July 27, 2000 | Classification: Information design | Comments (0) | Permalink

What is Information?

The Flow of Bits and the Control of Chaos (David Sholle of Miami University - Media in Transition)

Posted by PJB on July 27, 2000 | Classification: Information design | Comments (0) | Permalink

Web Page Design

Implications of Memory, Structure and Scent for Information Retrieval (Kevin Larson & Mary Czerwinski - Adaptive Systems and Interaction/Microsoft Research)

Posted by PJB on July 25, 2000 | Classification: Search | Comments (0) | Permalink

Structured Information: Navigation, Access and Control

"Structured information is information that is analyzed." (Steve J. DeRose 1995)

Posted by PJB on July 21, 2000 | Classification: Navigation | Comments (0) | Permalink

Bright Ideas

"The modern history of statistical graphics has been driven by many important ideas. (...) how to improve graphical communication." (Michael Friendly - Gallery of Data Visualisation)

Posted by PJB on July 21, 2000 | Classification: Information graphics | Comments (0) | Permalink

Cartographic Communication

"Maps are perhaps as fundamental to society as language and the written word." (Kenneth E. Foote& Shannon Crum - The Geographer's Craft Project)

Posted by PJB on July 20, 2000 | Classification: Information graphics | Comments (0) | Permalink

'Seven Issues' Revisited

"(...) the slides from this landmark talk on the web." (HT'91 Keynote - Frank Halasz / RealVideoStream)

Posted by PJB on July 20, 2000 | Classification: Classics | Comments (0) | Permalink

Perceptual and Fluid

"(...) extracting visual structure in document images..." & "(...) a new technique for annotation." (Systems and Practice Lab - XEROX PARC)

Posted by PJB on July 20, 2000 | Classification: Information design | Comments (0) | Permalink

Technical Writing and the Macintosh

"Technical writing is one of those activities that historians of technology have almost completely ignored." (Making the Macintosh - Alex Pang/Stanford University Library)

Posted by PJB on July 19, 2000 | Classification: TechCom | Comments (0) | Permalink

VisCog.net

"(...) links to researchers and resources in the field of visual cognition." (Maintained by Daniel Simons)

Posted by PJB on July 17, 2000 | Classification: Information graphics | Comments (0) | Permalink

What Does It All Mean?

"Making sense of the terms 'architecture' and 'design'" (Nick Kraly - Design Shops)

Posted by PJB on July 17, 2000 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink

Archimedes Palimpsest

"(...) how Archimedes used inaccurate diagrams accurately" (Physics Today on the Web - courtesy of Pat Hayes)

Posted by PJB on July 14, 2000 | Classification: Information graphics | Comments (0) | Permalink

Explanation Architecture Group

"(...) technological and conceptual architectures around imagery that allow people to construct and communicate their understandings in new ways." (MIT Media Laboratory)

Posted by PJB on July 13, 2000 | Classification: Information design | Comments (0) | Permalink

Design by Numbers

"(...) for visual designers and artists as an introduction to computational design." (Developed by John Maeda of the Aesthetics and Computation Group at the MIT Media Laboratory)

Posted by PJB on July 12, 2000 | Classification: Visual design | Comments (0) | Permalink

Navigation Design

"(...) how to improve the architecture of Web Information Systems using design patterns" (Gustavo Rossi et al. in WWW8 Conference Refereed Papers)

Posted by PJB on July 12, 2000 | Classification: Navigation | Comments (0) | Permalink

Information Visualization

"(...) the application of VR to abstract worlds like Information Visualization" (Maintained by Jerry Isdale)

Posted by PJB on July 12, 2000 | Classification: InfoViz | Comments (0) | Permalink

Online Presentation

"The Value of Information Architecture in Redesigning Your Web Site" (Thom Haller&Marion Summerville of Info.Design)

Posted by PJB on July 12, 2000 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink

Design ... Keep it simple

Reference for designing the total user experience (IBM's Ease of Use)

Posted by PJB on July 10, 2000 | Classification: User experience | Comments (0) | Permalink

Little Blue Folders

Strange Connections in ACIA (Peter Morville's bi-weekly column on InfoArch - Argus Associates)

Posted by PJB on July 10, 2000 | Classification: Information architecture | Comments (0) | Permalink

OLIVE

Online Library of Information Visualization Environments (Class project for Ben Shneiderman's Graduate Course on InfoViz - Dept of CS/Univ. of Maryland)

Posted by PJB on July 06, 2000 | Classification: InfoViz | Comments (0) | Permalink

Information Visualisation

"(...) the process of incorporation of knowledge through the perception of information" (Juan Carlos Dürsteler)

Posted by PJB on July 06, 2000 | Classification: InfoViz | Comments (0) | Permalink

eLab Research on Flow

Project 2000 was renamed "eLab" (Donna L. Hoffman - Associate Professor, Marketing and Co-Director eLab / Thomas P. Novak - Associate Professor, Marketing and Co-Director eLab)

Posted by PJB on July 06, 2000 | Classification: User experience | Comments (0) | Permalink

Visual and Online Journalism

"Everything you need to know to be a better journalist" (The Poynter Institute)

Posted by PJB on July 05, 2000 | Classification: Information graphics | Comments (0) | Permalink

Alan M. MacEachren

Research on the representation of geographic information (Author of How Maps Work)

Posted by PJB on July 05, 2000 | Classification: Information graphics | Comments (0) | Permalink

Form Meets Function in Cyberspace

An information designer's view of website development (Companion site of 'Writing For The Technical Professions' by Kristin R. Woolever)

Posted by PJB on July 04, 2000 | Classification: Information design | Comments (0) | Permalink

Society for News Design

"International professional organization with more than 2,500 members" (Contact SND)

Posted by PJB on July 03, 2000 | Classification: Visual design | Comments (0) | Permalink

XML Schemas

Needed Rules for XML Documents (Simon St. Laurent at XML DevCon 2000 NYC)

Posted by PJB on July 01, 2000 | Classification: Technology | Comments (0) | Permalink

Symbols

An encyclopedia of Western signs and ideograms (A Melody ISProduction)

Posted by PJB on July 01, 2000 | Classification: Information graphics | Comments (0) | Permalink