Tag: design
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1-2-10: NY DMV redesign
Our first assignment was to redesign the front page of the New York State Motor Vehicle Services website. I’ve recently had to navigate it to update my driver’s license, and found it very frustrating to use. The front page is overwhelming in the number of links and choices initially presented. In the spirit of John […]
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Spatial Media: Kitchen Interface
Spatial Media looks to be an interesting topic. One thing that I could really take away from Jared’s first presentation was: “It’s about context in space. It’s about information – all information has a space. Conversely, all places have information.” Assignment 1: The Kitchen What is the context of a kitchen? How do people really […]
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Thinking Physically: Experiment 1
Our first experiment for Thinking Physically is to “Create an interface or interaction that causes a person to ‘open up’.” This statement is intentionally vague – emotional, physical, literal? My initial notes: People seem to be aloof or wary of unfamiliar others. A shared experience seems to break down this distance. Observing a humorous or […]
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Visualizing infographic
Here’s a really interesting infographic. I can’t recall the source, but if someone points me to it I’ll credit them appropriately. I really appreciate how probability is immediately comparable via the relative sizes of the ellipses. Update: Apparently it was published in the National Geographic in August 2006 based on data from the National Safety […]
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perspective
After the days of hacking away at Golden Cheetah and C++ on Windows, doing some html/css/php/js coding is like a breath of fresh air. There is something somewhat comforting about how rigid C++ is…I can quickly find where I’ve messed up, even if it takes me a bit to figure out how to correct my […]