Informatie-architecten doen van krantje

Lees eerst dit: iA, mannen die door de band — als het niet hun akelige Web Trends Map is — goed werk leveren, doen een pitch voor de nieuwe layout van de Zwitserse krant Tages-Anzeiger. Met een paar vernieuwende ideeën erin, en veel goeie moed. Anderen zouden zeggen, met veel hubris. En dan halen ze het niet; …

Del.icio.us op 30 september 2009

1 – Frutiger Serif – Font News It isn’t every day that one of the world’s most popular sans serif typeface families receives a new serif companion. When this happens, it is certainly reason to celebrate. Linotype is proud to release Frutiger® Serif, a new typeface family from Adrian Frutiger and Akira Kobayashi. (tags: typography …

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Oh man, talk about hitting all the buttons: [audio:http://www.vuijlsteke.be/blog/2009/09/Walkthrough.mp3] “SOUTH”“EAST”“OPEN WINDOW”“ENTER HOUSE”“WEST”“GET THE LAMP”“MOVE THE RUG”“OPEN THE TRAP DOOR” “LIGHT LAMP”,”D”,”S”,”E”, “GET THE PAINTING”, “N”, “U”, “U”, “GET KNIFE AND ROPE”, “D”, “W”, “OPEN CASE”, “PUT PAINTING IN CASE”, “DROP KNIFE”, “GET SWORD”, “OPEN TRAP DOOR”, “D”, “N”, “KILL TROLL WITH SWORD”, “DROP SWORD”, “E”, …

Del.icio.us op 27 september 2009

1 – DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly: Somewhere Nearby is Colossal Cave: Examining Will Crowther's Original Adventure in Code and in Kentucky While today's young computer professionals may have only passing familiarity with "Adventure", the game had a tremendous effect on an earlier generation of programmers. Lines from "Adventure", such as "You are in a maze …

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Baimurat Allaberiyev, a diminutive native of Tajikistan who has herded sheep, picked cotton and toiled in construction, hardly looks like Russia’s latest musical sensation. But Allaberiyev has remarkable talent sets him apart from the millions of Central Asians who come to Russia to escape crushing poverty at home. A musical prodigy, he can perform Bollywood …