nonprofit interaction design by chris blow
On Teachers Moving from Web 0.5 to Web 3.0
David Warlick posts insightfully about the uses of technology in education. Right now he seems like a pretty stressed out guy.
I’m not an educator (though I do work in education via nonprofit evaluation). And I don’t get quite as excited as he does when discussing the latest crop of communication technologies.
But in one of [...]
Beautiful Packaging, Ugly Statistics
Recently in my commutes to work I’ve been using these incredible flash-based, interactive representations of development statistics. (Don’t worry, I ride the bus.) These modules, created by a Swedish group called Gapminder, are attractively designed and highly educational. I have long been a great fan of sharp design in the interest of development. These [...]
This Island Blog. (Or, What the Hell is a Blog?)
Your dear author recently posted about the ambivalence and misunderstanding that abounds with regard to the concept of RSS. Based on this weeks hilarious (in a laughing-at-you, not-with-you way) usability survey of blogging from Catalyst Group Design, blogging (yes, the entire concept) is about a mainstream as the Kabbalah.
The people they interviewed (about 25 [...]