Here is a great tool I saw a friend developer using the other day, VisiBone’s HTML, HEX colour and Decimal Color Popups. You might think, “how old skool!”, but they …
What is meant by Captcha?
For a few months now I’ve been visiting a site called Word Spy, if you haven’t heard of it, it’s a great site by Paul McFedries which identifies recently coined …
Identified trends from the CHI 2003 conference
Here is a nice summary by SAP Design Guild of the new and old trends identified from CHI 2003 New Horizons Conference held in Florida, US in May. Some identified …
IBM’s Exploratory user interface design website
I came across the other day IBM’s Exploratory user interface design microsite, which shows examples of interface solutions that extend beyond the traditional graphical user interface (GUI) models and explores …
Cognitive & Heuristics books I would like to read
I’ve just completed a HCI post-graduate subject which taught me a lot about the process of Heuristical Analysis and Usability of interfaces and devices. I did a little search online …
Does new Mobile camera technology change our behaviour?
Recently I read an interesting article in the Sydney Morning Herald which commented on the problems new Mobile camera technology is causing social environments. Some of the concerns involved the …
Beautiful digital photography at Digiteyesed
There are some beautiful digital photographs in Sean David McCormick’s – Digiteyesed online portfolio site. The collection includes, Black-White and Colour stills, people, architecture, landscape, animals, nature and macros. The …
Web Standards in Content Management
One of the key areas of delivery for the Web today is the compliance of Standards. Initiatives such as the WebStandards.org Project among many others help build awareness and help …
World Press Photos 2003
Andrew Francois from my post-graduate class forwarded this message about the World Press Photos exhibit which is visiting Sydney until the 22 June 2003 at the Mitchell Galleries. It is …
Five Lessons learnt from DUX conference
Boxes and Arrows posts a summary of Five Lessons learnt from the recent Designing for User Experiences conference (DUX) held in San Francisco, June 6-8. The article has been written …
ABC’s Four Corners presents Australian Connections
Pete let me know of an interesting documentary tonight on ABC’s Four Corners which reveals the current extent of the threat of terrorism in Australia. Four Corners reporter Sally Neighbour …
James Elkins lecture on What is Visual Literacy?
There is a public lecture this coming Wednesday 11th June, 6-8pm by Professor James Elkins from the Department of Art History, Theory and Criticism at the Art Institute in Chicago. …
PBS Frontline’s documentary on Cyber War
The entire 52 minute program by PBS Frontline on Cyber War can be downloaded from the programs website.
A photo from space of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings
The International Space Station’s science officer Don Pettit took this photo of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, near Luxor.
Portability takes a new form as a USB Watch
Ok, so you’ve heard of portable storage devices (key rings, etc.) and their convenience at storing and moving around large amounts of data… Well, here’s the next best thing, a …