12 March 2007

Primera : http://primera.sebastian.it/ multiplayer environment where you control an avatar that moves around an isometric-scrollable map, and you are able to see what other people are doing/saying ( runs entirely on dhtml). Discussed Via

Mind Matrix (PDF) - View as HTML features the Mind Matrix mapping application.

Key advantages of well-designed information maps are:
1. ‘a sense of the whole’: the ability to summarise and meaningfully convey a
large amount of information in a limited space (usually a single PC screen).
2. ‘revealing hidden connections’: show the underlying semantic structures of a
collection of documents through shared concepts and the similarity between
them.
3. ‘exploration’: support users to easily and intuitively browse and forage
through the information space. Via Information Maps: Tools for Document Exploration (PDF) - View as HTML

Concept map for art/design/visual communication/visual studies : http://www-personal.si.umich.edu/~jinah/uploaded_images/conceptMap3-723741.jpg Via

A practical guide to web typography : http://webtypography.net/toc/

Advanced math of quasi crystals ; the tessellation approach was combined with self-similar transformations to construct nearly perfect quasi-crystalline Penrose patterns, five centuries before their discovery in the West.

Innovative phonetic interfaces for electronic dictionaries : http://elex.amu.edu.pl/~sobkow/Copen04c.html innovative data visualization GUIs.

The world generated 161 billion gigabytes (161 exabytes) of digital information last year : by 2010, about 70 percent of the world's digital data will be created by individuals.

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"If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, then you are an excellent leader." - Dolly Parton
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." - Unknown
"I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep trying." - Tom Hopkins, trainer and motivator Via
"Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes." - Kenneth Hildebrand
"Life leads us to many roads, all of which we can take." - Thomas Michlich Via

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