-
ah, there are some pearlers in there… and a few particularly of interest to those who have the word ‘design’ in there job title
-
deliciously cheesy! ‘a dim brain is understandable, but a dim smile is unforgiveable’.
great concept, beautifully executed. -
Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. A really interesting way to put global statistics into perspective(tags: informationdesign maps)
Author: Leisa Reichelt
links for 29 March 2006
-
via 37Signals blog – here is a *great* example of information design for a information rich site. (Disclaimer: not being a finance type, I’ve not really used it much – but mmmmm… that layout is delish)
-
oooh! i haven’t played with this yet but it may well be one of my new favourite web apps. I have a bazillion books and I love them all (well, almost all). I ‘ve been meaning to catalog them for as long as I’ve owned a computer (many moons). I wonder if th
-
swipr is a toolset that allows Information Architects to create an integrated and interactive deliverable from standard Visio files. Apparently they showed this at IA Summit recently. Has anyone had a play? What do you think?
-
Bill Scott has developed an interesting looking document called an Interaction Storyboard Matrix. He uses it to track all the different visual states or animations providing feedback or affordances during an interaction. Looks like a tool that’s worth exp
tag cloud interface for list selection (hello Jobby!)
Via TechCrunch today I came across a new beta site – Jobby. This is a site that allows you to upload your resume and create a bit of a personal profile (if you’re hunting down work), or if you’re a potential employer, to search for suitable talent.
There’s nothing particularly special about that but – as Michael Arrington points out – the interface is worth a second look, if you’re into that kind of thing. Michael says:
The interface is exceptional and you don’t have to do more than click a couple of times on a tag cloud to set up tags. You’ll have to try it to fully understand how it works.
I think that might be a *bit* of an overstatement, but it certainly is a *very* efficient implementation of the ‘tag cloud’ as a interaction device, in this case, for creating lists.
Ajaxian is similarly impressed and says that Jobby:
combines a solid combination of interface and functionality to create an easy to use kind of user experience
The interface designers at Jobby do need to be congratulated for taking a new ‘web 2.0’ interaction concept that has been poorly implemented in so many places, and applying it in a new environment where it solves old interaction design problems. So, let’s check it out…
Continue reading “tag cloud interface for list selection (hello Jobby!)”
blogging milestones (2 months)
In the last few days I’ve seen a few blogs I read celebrating their 4th birthday. I’m not sure what was going on this time 4 yrs ago, but it must have been blogworthy :) Congrats to you guys…. sorry I can’t remember who you are just now! (that’s the hazard of reading so many feeds, I’ve found!)
On the other hand, I’m celebrating a 2 months of blogging. The first thing is to say that it seems like so much more time than that! At the risk of sounding like an utter dork, blogging has become an integral part of my everyday. Even when I’m not actually writing a lot of posts, I’m often thinking about them. I’ve discovered that it’s relatively rare for me to blog ‘off the cuff’ in response to something I’ve just happened upon. Although, I guess, that’s what my daily links do, in a way. Blog posts actually take some time for me to craft… longer than I’d originally expected, but not so long that I actually go back and proof read them before I send them live…! Maybe next month (when WordPress launches its spellchecker!)
So, two months down and I’m still here… clearly this is not a fad. And I’m addicted to more than Google Analytics now. I finally put down some cash for BlogBeat. As I’ve discussed in the past, it’s far from a perfect stats package, but compared to other alternatives I’ve tried (paid and free), it gives me most of what I want. I still use it in combination with Google Analytics, and will continue to do so. And, I’m still waiting for the day that MeasureMap finally send out their beta invitations. I have high hopes…!