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guidelines for making pretty interactive maps friendly and accessible
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why are these so compelling? Is it the joy of immediacy after so many years of slow, clunky websites? Or perhaps it is the pleasure of the fluid movement, with information overlaying the maps.
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The most frustrating thing in localized applications is when you can’t find the way to change the language it uses, to the one of your choice. Language and localisation (what (not) to do)
Author: Leisa Reichelt
gender differences in usability professional salaries
have you seen the UPA 2005 Salary Survey? [warning – PDF]. Paul Sherman, who authored the report made a note in his summary that ‘The average salary for males was $82,882; for females, $74,316’. I’m not even sure if I’m surprised or disappointed. Any thoughts? (via WebWord) ALSO: via Lela: Google in need of the feminine touch
Who’s coming to see Cory?
assuming I can get out of work in time, I’m hoping to go over to Bondi Junction and see Cory Doctorow talk about ‘the digital future’. Reviews of the Melbourne talk sound good. Details of the Sydney talk are here.
links for 18 April 2006
Today is all about interactive timelines. Here’s a few you might want to look at if you’re ever after some precedents/benchmarks etc. (And a few accidentally found cool interactive maps).
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Golan Levin’s. Not quite an interactive timeline but v. cool
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from the Smithsonian Institution
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Includes an interactive timeline, but also a great method for browsing *lots* of content using multiple filters