Check out Vodafone’s receiver mag – Vodafone’s cool think tank, on Art, Music, Communication, Interaction and technology. The archives are separated into various topics: Receiver1: The Information Society of the …
Comparing Google and Yahoo search results
I was reading Elegant Hack and I came across this interesting visualisation search engine which, compares the results of Google and Yahoo! Talking search engines, here is one I use …
NNG Usability Week 2004
The Nielsen Norman Group, have just added a Sydney usability leg to the upcoming Melbourne, Australia conference. The Usability Week 2004 conference focuses on a variety of areas, including practical …
CSS tutorials and presentations by Russ Weakley
A great collection of CSS tutorials and presentations by Russ Weakley. Russ is an advocate to CSS design and layout and is a member of the local Sydney chapter, the …
Researchers re-grow optic nerves
Researchers at the Harvard Medical School, have published a paper in the Journal of Neuroscience, that describes the regeneration of optic nerves. Although the research describes the enhancing and reproduction …
Furl – an interesting bookmark manager
Earl Mardle has written a blog post to a really cool tool called, Furl, that helps organise manage and tidy up your bookmarks. Although currently in Beta there are some …
GooFresh, the date-based search tool for Google
GooFresh, the Google date-based search engine. Oh yeah! Goofresh is a way to search for sites added today, yesterday, within the last seven days, or last 30 days.
Converting photos into 3D models
Antonio Criminisi and Andrew Blake from Microsoft’s research labs in Cambridge have found a way to extract 3D information from an image such as a photograph. The method determines what …
Language, Biology, and the Mind by Gary Marcus
I came across an interesting scientific interview with Gary Marcus, in Edge.org titled, Language, Biology, and the Mind. The interview looks at the interesting process of language acquisition, cognitive development, …
AIGA Design Forum
AIGA have launched their new Design Forum the other day, an area where you can read discussions about design and a place to say it online within a graphic design …
Key Research Findings in User-Centered Design (2002-2003)
I was reading a few newsletters and I came across the December 2003 UI Design Newsletter from Human Factors International. The newsletter includes some interesting findings by, Dr. Kath Straub, …
Start of final semester
As the final week of uni break approaches and the beginning of my last semester at uni commences, I’ve once again started revising notes and catching up on readings and …
IA Sydney Meet (February 2004)
There is a meet this coming Thursday for Sydney based IA’s. More information on the meet can be found at the Cocktail Hour IAWiki page. See you then. :) As …
The HCI Rap: We Got It
Da hommies down at OK/Cancel are da bomb with the world exclusive HCI Rap and totally “sic” beats, “We Got It”. Respecta for representing da HCI, Usability, and Interaction Design …
REELISE project wins an AIMIA
Congratulations goes out to some of my friends from UTS, Phil, Ailin, Peter, Jess and Anna, who last night won an AIMIA award for Best Student Developed Content for their …