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some videos to help illustrate the development of Computer Interfaces (tags: design interaction interface ui)

Indianizing the Facebook “Like” button « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa In India, we do things differently. And in keeping with the rich tradition of orally imparted knowledge and MMS scandals, we rarely like to write things down, and that is why when we go to “foreign”, we spare no chances in pontificating, elucidating and…

The new Gawker Media: Analysis & Opinion by Felix Salmon Ik wens hem veel succes, want gemakkelijk zal het niet zijn: Denton’s vision is for a single big, moving ad right in the stream of content—just like TV—but he’s not going to go straight there, because it’s going to take him (and his new sales…

Facebook Co-Founder Launches Social Network for Social Good, Jumo [IMAGE] Today, users can start connecting with all their favorite social causes in one online sphere, as Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes has launched his much-buzzed-about social network, Jumo. (tags: socialnetworking social) Why Gawker is moving beyond the blog The 2011 template represents the most significant change…

The Official Webpage of The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Welcome to the Official Webpage of The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) (tags: humour propaganda north-korea) Download MacSaber for Mac – Uses Mac laptop sudden motion sensor, makes lightsaber sounds. MacUpdate Mac Software Downloads MacSaber uses your Mac's sudden motion sensor to detect…

Mouse cursor skipping (jumping) bug on Mac OS X | Dae’s blog Ha, nog zoiets waarbij het gewoon dik péch is als het niet werkt op Mac. (tags: mouse mac)

Vai.com > Little Black Dots > Tempomental You might say, "Why, Steve?" And I might say, "I don't know". You might say, "Who's gonna play it, Steve?" And I might say, "I don't know". (tags: guitar rhythm zappa) Dashboard Design 101 :: UXmatters The purpose of this column is to investigate how UX professionals can…

Goddard – the state of Semantic Web This paper examines the state of Semantic Web (also known as Linked Data) tools and infrastructure to determine whether semantic technologies are sufficiently mature for non–expert use, and to identify some of the obstacles to global Linked Data implementation. (tags: semanticweb research)

Design View / Andy Rutledge – The UX Design Education Scam If you emerge from university today with a web design degree, chances are rather slim that you’re employable as a user experience (UX) or web designer. Maybe you learned a lot of stuff; it’s just probably the wrong stuff. Congratulations, you’ve been defrauded. Hope…

India Microcredit Sector Faces Collapse From Defaults – NYTimes.com India’s rapidly growing private microcredit industry faces imminent collapse as almost all borrowers in one of India’s largest states have stopped repaying their loans, egged on by politicians who accuse the industry of earning outsize profits on the backs of the poor. (tags: microfinance)

Lost Garden: The Cutest Kindle Game Ever: Panda Poet It really doesn't seem to matter how much thought I put into it.  Some designs have been honed by days of thinking, some by months, some by minutes.   Some designs are peer reviewed by programmers, by producers, by other designers.  Some are not.  And in…

How To Prototype And Influence People « Aza on Design One of the strongest tools we have our repertoire in convincing others is prototyping and video: turning ideas into high-bandwidth communication artifacts. The goal of a prototype is to sketch an idea and to inspire participation: you are creating a narrative. (tags: development design ux…

CSS3 presentation A short overview (tags: css3 presentation)

Voyager Golden Record | Sounds and Music of Earth Best part: Kurt Waldheim. (tags: aliens communication voyager)

The Breakup of Belgium, or: 15 ways to crack an egg Highly entertaining read. (tags: belgium cartography)