The Spectrum of User Experience
Another Venn Diagram on UX. This one from Nishant Kothary. The identity crisis persists…
These days, user experience professionals look down on the word “designer” because it implies that their primary role is to paint pretty pixels. UX is more than that, they clarify. Much more!
Just how much? Well, here’s a diagram (that uses pretty pixels) to explain how much more—
The Spectrum of User Experience
In: DataViz, Software Design, UX
Der Mensch als Industriepalast
Combine Fritz Kahn’s 1926 modernist visualization of the digestive and respiratory system with Designer Henning Lederer’s command of animation and interactive form and you get visualization magic.
Der Mensch als Industriepalast [Man as Industrial Palace] from Henning Lederer on Vimeo.
Successful Information Design
Successful Information Design
Ignite my butt!
Two presentations to prepare–start to finish–over the next two weeks!
Ignite. What it is and how to give one (as per the famed Scott Berkun)
Urisa: The Association of GIS Professionals
In: DataViz, Design, GIS, Technology
Final Patent from HP
At least, I am not aware of any others in the hopper. This one took nearly 4 years from the date of filing! Looks like it is now listed at the European Patent Office as well.
| Abstract of US 2007172151 (A1) Translate this text |
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| Methods and apparatus are disclosed for guiding a camera user to take an appropriate set of component photographs to be stitched into a stitched panoramic photograph of a scene. In one example embodiment, the camera constructs and displays a video mosaic while the user sweeps the field of view of the camera over the scene. The camera computes the number and locations of a set of component photographs that will tile the scene, and then guides the user to sweep field of view of the camera over the scene a second time, visiting each component photograph location. A high-resolution component photograph may be taken at each location. Optionally, the camera gathers information from frames used to construct the video mosaic and uses the information to select settings for focus, exposure, or both to be used during the taking of the component photographs. | ||
In: Creativity, Photography, Technology
Productive Creativity
Great ideas are conceived and lost in the hands of creative geniuses, across all disciplines, every day
Scott Belsky’s in development Productive Creativity Manuscript looks very promising.
User Experience Designer
An excellent Venn diagram from Robby Ingebretsen
Snow Day. Again? Evan is in Heaven.
Snow Day!
The Windows franchise. A retrospective
Some thoughts gathered in preparation for hosting a Windows 7 Launch Party
Click and drag this timeline:
Windows 1.0
Released: 20 November 1985
info wiki
Trivia: Windows 1.01 replaced 1.0 a few weeks after release due to a keyboard input problem. A few months after release, Balmer was in true form selling Windows 1.0. Screenshots.
IBM/MS OS/2
Released: Apr 1987
The development of OS/2 began when IBM and Microsoft signed the Joint Development Agreement in August 1985.[3] It was code-named “CP/DOS” and it took two years for the first product to be delivered.
Windows 2.0
Released: 9 Dec 1987
info wiki
The first Windows versions of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel run on Windows 2.0.
Windows 3.0
Released: 22 May 1990
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And episode of The Computer Chronicles describes the major advances in Windows 3.0 which is now serious competition for OS/2;
Windows 3.1
Released: 6 April 1992 info
A Japanese Windows 3.1 commercial;
Windows 3.1 Launch Party
Windows 95
Released: 24 August 1995 info
Windows 95 launched by Jay Leno
Bill Gates and Brad Silverberg launch Windows 95
Windows NT
Released: 24 August 1996 info
Windows 98
Released: 25 June 1998 info
Windows 98 Launch and the famous Blue Screen of Death demo
Windows 2000
Released: 17 Feb 2000 info
Windows Me
Released: September 14, 2000 info
Windows XP
Released: 24 AUG 2001 info
Balmer on XP
Windows Vista
Released: 8 NOV 2006 info
Windows Vista Launch in Tokyo
Windows Vista Launch in Manhattan
Gates Keynote in Brussels on 9 Nov 2006
Windows 7
Released: 22 Oct 2009 info
And Finally, a bit more Kylie
Here’s how we were told to do it
Of course, someone had to crash the party
and the requisite Hitler parady
And lets wrap it up with a SNAP, PEEK and SHAKE demo!
So where’s the Windows Franchise heading?
Let’s look at Moore’s Law…
In a whitepaper dated September of 2009, Intel is coming out bullish on Moore’s Law: “Intel currently has visibility on how to extend Moore’s Law for several more generations.”
Ray Kurzweil’s take on Moore’s Law
And its extension into the future singularity
