It has only been a few days since the broadcast of the first 2 episodes of the FX Networks ‘Shogun’, an adaptation the the 1975 James Clavell’s novel, and I …
V&A 2021 re-opening day & the Alice Curiouser & Curiouser Exhibition
I had the wonderful pleasure of visiting the V&A (Victoria and Albert) museum for re-opening day on the 19th of May 2021 following the UK lockdowns and restrictions. It was …
Started reading Hippo & The Best Interface is No Interface
If there are 2 books that come recommended in a time when we are all talking about Machine Learning, AI and Conversational Bots, it is these two, which I’ve just …
Don Norman on Design Portfolios in Breaking-In excerpt
An interview excerpt of Don Norman on Design Portfolios has been published today in the Breaking-In book blog. The book is the compiled interviews by Amina Horozić of 100 Design legends …
Universal Dimensions for evaluating Social & Physical spaces
Today I revisited the Universal Dimensions described in the Kevin Lynch book Good City Form for evaluating Social & Physical spaces. If you haven’t heard of this book, I totally …
Cooper diagrams from the book About Face 4
Cooper has shared a number of diagrams from the work in About Face 4. The slides and diagrams are shared via a Creative Commons 4.0 BY-ND license. https://web.archive.org/web/20141123031904/http://www.slideshare.net/ChrisNoessel/cooper-about-face-4-diagrams The first …
Business books of the Decade by the FT
The Financial Times has created a micro-site which lists the best business books of the Decade across a number of areas including History, Economics, Behavioural Science, Technology, Innovation and others. …
IDEO’s vision on the Future of Books
IDEO have created a nice concept video on their visions for the future of the book. Meet Alice and Nelson – different experiences linking diverse discussions, connected readers, multiple stories and community building around books.
Freakonomics documentary trailer
A documentary of the Steven Levitt book, Freakonomics is due for release on October 1st in the US.
An interview with Barry Schwartz on the Paradox of Choice
UIE’s Jared M. Spool has recently had the opportunity to speak with Professor Barry Schwartz about his research on how people make choices, his book The Paradox of Choice: Why …
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web – 3rd Edition
Peter Morville and Louis Rosenfeld have signed with O’Reilly to write the 3rd edition of their book, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web.
Peter Morville’s new book Ambient Findability
I’ve ordered the new Peter Morville book, Ambient Findability earlier today from Amazon UK. His new book covers the intriguing convergence of information and connectivity within Human Information Interaction (HII). …
Barry Schwartz and The Paradox of Choice
Mark Hurst has written an informative summary of his conversation with Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice, a new book which discusses excessive choice, choice overload, anxiety, and …
The new ISBN 13-digit numbers and the history of ISBN
I was reading up on the introduction of the new 13-digit ISBN numbers and I was curious about its history. Here are some articles which comment on the history of …
Turning the Pages a project by the British library
Turning the Pages is a digital project by the The British Library that allows museums and libraries to give members of the public access to precious books. Initially developed by …