Jun
9
Data Visualization
June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
As a researcher and professional working with accessibility, special needs, education, usability and interaction design, I am constantly searching for better ways to present information. Especially complex and dynamic information.
Web 2.0 has introduced cloud sourced information that defies traditional representations (graphs and pie charts). We as an industry of information technology specialists need to find [...]
May
21
Usability, Design and User Interface Feed
May 21, 2009 | 2 Comments
A real time feed about usability and Interaction Design discussions resulting from Twitter, Facebook, IxDA, Usability Professionals Association, Professional Online magazines and other sources from around the web.
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May
5
Educational Technology Twitter Feed
May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I am creating several RSS, social network and Twitter feeds for Achieve Kids. I thought this was a particularly interesting result.
I funneled it through Yahoo Pipes, which I am finding to be particularly useful when merging several search parameters into one feed.
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Mar
25
The Twitter Experience
March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment
Somehow, I don’t know if I’ll be twittering as much in the future after watching this.
Jan
21
New Tools for Visualizing Information
January 21, 2009 | 2 Comments
Visualization of Obama’s Inaugural Speech. You are able to interact and adjust the visualization, not just a static image.
This is just one of many visualizations available on the IBM Many Eyes site.
I am intrigued with the dynamic abilities of programs and powerful computers to integrate and display complex relational databases as well as simpler data [...]
Nov
6
A New Age: Internet Presidency
November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The 2008 presidential election marked two great changes to the U.S. Presidency. The most obvious, of course, was the election of an African-American as the next president of the United States.
But the bigger change over the long term was the crowning of the Internet as the king of all political media. It was the end [...]
Sep
17
Twitter Keys
September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Twitter accepts the UTF-8 codes which works out well considering we only get 140 characters. It can also make your micro-blog more interesting and artistic.
Until now, though it has been tough to remember all those codes (unless you were an Uber-geek). Now The Next Web has provided this handy Twitter Key that is in a [...]
