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EDT on June 18, 2008. It's time for the final voting for the 4 winners in the Comment Challenge. The survey is here. Our generous co-sponsors, Cocomment and Edublogs agreed to support us in awarding prizes in four categories: The most comments on a wide range of blogs (not just the "top†edubloggers). The most high quality comments that thoughtfully reflect on the topic. The comments that provoke and promote the most learning. Student category. MORE
From the NYT: WHY do some people reach their creative potential in business while other equally talented peers don't? After three decades of painstaking research, the Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck believes that the answer to the puzzle lies in how people think about intelligence and talent. MORE
The course is free and sponsored by Work Literacy and the eLearning Guild, from September 29 through November 7, 2008. Over at Work Literacy: Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals , the first module on social networking is up. We wanted to start with social networking because we're using Ning to run the course, but I will say that this is a BIG topic to cover right out of the gate. MORE
Presentation was by Reuben Tozman President of EdCetra Training. He started with Father Guido Sarducci's 5-Minute University, based on what people remember 5 years after they graduate from college. Response to this is Personalized, Just-in-Time, Performance Support Training. MORE
Dan Ostrower answers the question: Do any of your members or partners have any thoughts on how to think about the integration process for the internet of things MORE
Webinar on Blogging and Reflective Practice–October 14 We’re really excited to announce that Paul Lowe , Course Director, MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography, London College of Communication, will be conducting a li ve webinar for the Work Literacy Community on October 14, 2008 at 7 p.m. Week 2 of our Work Literacy course on Web 2.0 for Learning professionals has kicked off and this week we’re exploring social bookmarking. MORE
Illustrations by Leah Buley If you design user experiences for standards-based websites and applications (i.e. those built with XHTML , CSS, and JavaScript), there are several great reasons for adding XHTML prototyping to your UX tool kit. MORE
The “IDEA Conference&# :[link] took place in Chicago on October 7-9 at the Harold Washington Library Center. The speakers pushed the boundaries of what it means to design complex information spaces of all kinds. We can all expand our practice by absorbing their experiences and ideas. MORE
One of my favorite Steve Jobs stories is the one he told during this Stanford Commencement address a few years ago: Seventeen years later I did go to college. MORE
I want to go to this conference. Not sure I can - travel and expense freezes all over the place. It is 100% relevant to my job - sigh!! Authored by gminks. Hosted by Edublogs MORE
It starts with any number of scenarios: Design and development have taken too long to produce a prototype, you need to release in three weeks, and you suspect there may be design flaws. You are trying to incorporate usability testing into an Agile development process. Or maybe you simply want to pare down your process to make it shorter and less expensive. MORE
It was not an easy recruit. Directors of IT are busy people. Oddly, they’re hard to get hold of. They don’t answer calls from strangers. They don’t answer ads on web sites. The ones who do answer ads on web sites we had to double-check on by calling their company HR departments to verify they had the titles they said they did. And now this. “Hi! So we have some executives coming in tomorrow to observe the test sessions.&# This was the researcher phoning. MORE
I started writing this article with an emphasis on the financial domain. I then realized that I would like to broaden the focus because my findings are also applicable to a general domain like email account registrations, for example. MORE
Here are some basic rules of communication that could improve communication flow in a business. Some of them are fundamental "rules of engagement†that could set the overall tone for a company. Others are specific concepts for categorizing and measuring communication flow. The idea is that the link between communication and action can be measured and reported. We do this for financial and product flows: Why not do it for our communication? MORE
The "course" is sponsored by Work Literacy and the eLearning Guild , in part as a run-up to DevLearn 2008. On Monday, September 29, Harold Jarche , Tony Karrer and I are opening the doors on a free 6-week learning event that will help people get up to speed on social media and how it can be used to support learning. But don't worry--everyone is welcome. Each week we will share new activities that will allow you to explore different Web 2.0 MORE
Even if you’re trying to find one, the connections among Elliott Malkin ’s body of work are hard to see. Part family history, part science project, part home-movie, his projects span genres that, initially, seem incidental. Yet many of his web-based projects—whether they investigate “butterfly vision&# or install digital graffiti throughout lower Manhattan—are connected in one simple way: they all explore unofficial signals in public space. MORE
By any measure, Halo 3 is one of the most wildly-successful consumer software interfaces in recent memory: more than 1 million players played the game in its first 24 hours on Xbox Live; over 8 million copies sold to date; and “over 100,000 pieces of user generated content being uploaded daily [.] 30 percent higher than YouTube on a daily basis.&# It’s probably safe to say that more cumulative man-hours have already been spent in Halo gaming lobbies than in Microsoft Word! MORE
As IDEA 2008 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference. As Event Coordinator for IDEA , I fill a variety of roles, including the Interviewer of IDEA Presenters (which I proudly share with Liz Danzico). This is the third interview in the series, and I got to spend time with David Armano, VP Experience Design at Critical Mass. MORE
The Masie Center has just published the results of their most recent survey on how employees learn in 2008 and it's an interesting read. More people are learning independently in ad hoc, asynchronous fashion. "In a six-month period of time, 70% turned to reading, 58% searched the web and 58% participated in on-line e-Learning to gain new skills or information for their jobs." " I'm not sure if this a good or a bad sign. MORE
I will be speaking on a panel at this day-long conference to be held in New York on 13 May 2008. For more information and to register visit www.bdionline.com/globalcommunications and use promo code BDIEB to receive a discounted rate of $295 before April 15, 2008. Tuesday, May 13, 2008. MORE
UX Week Keynote Discussion – Peter Merholz and Don Norman UX Week 2008 kicked off with an on-stage conversation between the President and founder of Adaptive Path, Peter Merholz , and industry legend Don Norman. MORE
As IDEA 2008 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference. As Event Coordinator for IDEA , I fill a variety of roles, including the Interviewer of IDEA Presenters (which I proudly share with Liz Danzico). This is the second interview in the series, and this time I pulled the name of Andrew Hinton, Lead Information Architect at Vanguard, from the virtual hat. MORE
2008). Here’s how the game works: You’re on your computer, instant messaging away. One IM session is with a real person and the other is with an artificial intelligence (AI) program that’s designed to pose as a human being by using a casual conversational tone. MORE
I attended Penn State's 2008 TLT (Teaching & Learning with Technology) Symposium in March 2008 as a requirement for a graduate class I was taking, entitled "Disruptive Technology in the Teaching & Learning Process." MORE
One of the most frequent tasks on many intranets is finding people within the company. Providing an effective way to search people is thus a key goal in designing intranets. MORE
As IDEA 2008 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference. " RU: Last question, and this is a doozy: Over the course of 2008, you and I have become “friends&# —at least I’d say that, and I believe you’ve said that. As Event Coordinator for IDEA , I fill a variety of roles, including the Interviewer of IDEA Presenters (which I proudly share with Liz Danzico). MORE
We create software and websites to display and represent information to people. That information could be anything; a company’s product list, pictures of your vacation, or an instant message from a friend. MORE
Games are fun, addictive, beautiful, and immersive. Websites, for the most part, are not. Take a moment and think about what video games look like, what they sound like, the way you can move on the screen, what “you&# can be. Think of how you feel when you play and who you play with. MORE
As we discussed in “part one&# :[link] the skills in research, information architecture, interaction design, graphic design and writing define the recognized areas of User Experience design. However, there still remains much to discuss about what makes a UX team dreamy. MORE
It's likely that you haven't heard of this site yet, but I'm guessing you'll be hearing more and more about AddsYou.com in the coming months as they near their alpha release in late November 2008. Sean Callahan, one of my former students at Cal State San Marcos, is on his 4th entrepreneurial venture, AddsYou.com. MORE
The famed design firm, IDEO, has recently released a video of their Incredible Ideo Global Chain Reaction Experience. MORE
I got some great posts for September's version of the Working/Learning Carniva l. I'd hoped to have my own post ready to go by today, but that apparently will not be happening. Between getting myself ready for this week's Leadership Retreat and the Brandon Hall Innovations in Learning Conference next week, plus taking care of all the work that won't get done while I'm gone, I'm in a serious time crunch. My Working/Learning tip for the month is "learn when to say 'no.'" MORE
In Part I , I discussed how to make the first three steps of Quick Turnaround Usability Testing (QTUT)—Sales & Kickoff, Recruitment, and Preparation—as short and efficient as possible. In Part II, I discuss the final two steps: Testing and Analysis & Reporting. MORE
I’d like to talk specifics a bit. I’m sure there will be some readers at B&A who aren’t gamers, and probably even more who haven’t played Halo —so my apologies to those folks— but… describe in some detail exactly what you contributed to the finished product. When I look at Halo 3 , what ‘pieces’ of the experience did you work on? MORE
Today is Blog Action Day , and the topic is fighting poverty. One of my colleagues at EMC has already posted his Blog Action post (go see Steve Todd’s post). I thought I would just tell my story. I grew up in Northwest Florida. My father got out of the Air Force as a conscientious objector when I was 5 years old, right at the end of the Vietnam Conflict. MORE
What is information design? And in a world where, slowly but surely, everything is being translated into, and expressed as, information, how do you begin to think about organizing the massive amounts of information we’re generating every day? MORE
A CALL FOR VISUAL LITERACY. In many organizations, the beginning and end of any business activity is marked by the PowerPoint presentation. In the early stages of an initiative, PowerPoint is used in strategy sessions, to present proposals and put forth plans. Later, it's used for updates and progress reports. In the final stages, it's used to report back and to present findings and conclusions. PowerPoint is everywhere, and it shows no signs of going away anytime soon. Why is it used so broadly? MORE
In this short video (about seven minutes) I introduce some basic principles of visual language: Forms, fields and flows. I think of this as the “alphabet&# of visual language. This set of principles is the primary set of marks you need in order to create visual meaning. Did you like this? If so, please consider buying me a coffee MORE
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This quote (&# The half of knowledge, is knowing where to find knowledge&# ) is inscribed over the doors of Dodd Hall at FSU. Apparently no one knows who actually said this , but it seems very applicable to the conversation about the importance of the network in connectivism. Authored by gminks. MORE
This week on Work Literacy , we’re exploring how to use blogs for personal learning and as part of more structured formal events with learners. MORE
This week we’re exploring various strategies for using a blog to support personal and formal learning as part of the Work Literacy course’s focus on blogging. Today we’re going to discuss running a blog challenge. What is a Blog Challenge? MORE
Part of my exploration of visual literacy is looking at how we might teach people to express themselves visually. Part of this is learning how to draw simple objects. This video shows how you can draw a car using very simple shapes. Did you like this? If so, please consider buying me a coffee MORE
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OCTOBER 16, 2008
The “IDEA Conference&# :[link] took place in Chicago on October 7-9 at the Harold Washington Library Center. The speakers pushed the boundaries of what it means to design complex information spaces of all kinds. We can all expand our practice by absorbing their experiences and ideas.
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AUGUST 14, 2008
As IDEA 2008 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference. " RU: Last question, and this is a doozy: Over the course of 2008, you and I have become “friends&# —at least I’d say that, and I believe you’ve said that. As Event Coordinator for IDEA , I fill a variety of roles, including the Interviewer of IDEA Presenters (which I proudly share with Liz Danzico).
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Boxes and Arrows
AUGUST 28, 2008
As IDEA 2008 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference. As Event Coordinator for IDEA , I fill a variety of roles, including the Interviewer of IDEA Presenters (which I proudly share with Liz Danzico). This is the second interview in the series, and this time I pulled the name of Andrew Hinton, Lead Information Architect at Vanguard, from the virtual hat.
Boxes and Arrows
SEPTEMBER 4, 2008
As IDEA 2008 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference. As Event Coordinator for IDEA , I fill a variety of roles, including the Interviewer of IDEA Presenters (which I proudly share with Liz Danzico). This is the third interview in the series, and I got to spend time with David Armano, VP Experience Design at Critical Mass.
Boxes and Arrows
SEPTEMBER 12, 2008
Even if you’re trying to find one, the connections among Elliott Malkin ’s body of work are hard to see. Part family history, part science project, part home-movie, his projects span genres that, initially, seem incidental. Yet many of his web-based projects—whether they investigate “butterfly vision&# or install digital graffiti throughout lower Manhattan—are connected in one simple way: they all explore unofficial signals in public space.
Boxes and Arrows
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
I got some great posts for September's version of the Working/Learning Carniva l. I'd hoped to have my own post ready to go by today, but that apparently will not be happening. Between getting myself ready for this week's Leadership Retreat and the Brandon Hall Innovations in Learning Conference next week, plus taking care of all the work that won't get done while I'm gone, I'm in a serious time crunch. My Working/Learning tip for the month is "learn when to say 'no.'"
Xplaner
MAY 21, 2008
I want to go to this conference. Not sure I can - travel and expense freezes all over the place. It is 100% relevant to my job - sigh!! Authored by gminks. Hosted by Edublogs
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Boxes and Arrows
OCTOBER 31, 2008
Illustrations by Leah Buley If you design user experiences for standards-based websites and applications (i.e. those built with XHTML , CSS, and JavaScript), there are several great reasons for adding XHTML prototyping to your UX tool kit.
Xplaner
OCTOBER 15, 2008
Today is Blog Action Day , and the topic is fighting poverty. One of my colleagues at EMC has already posted his Blog Action post (go see Steve Todd’s post). I thought I would just tell my story. I grew up in Northwest Florida. My father got out of the Air Force as a conscientious objector when I was 5 years old, right at the end of the Vietnam Conflict.
Boxes and Arrows
SEPTEMBER 18, 2008
I started writing this article with an emphasis on the financial domain. I then realized that I would like to broaden the focus because my findings are also applicable to a general domain like email account registrations, for example.
Boxes and Arrows
AUGUST 14, 2008
One of the most frequent tasks on many intranets is finding people within the company. Providing an effective way to search people is thus a key goal in designing intranets.
Boxes and Arrows
JULY 10, 2008
As we discussed in “part one&# :[link] the skills in research, information architecture, interaction design, graphic design and writing define the recognized areas of User Experience design. However, there still remains much to discuss about what makes a UX team dreamy.
Boxes and Arrows
AUGUST 28, 2008
2008). Here’s how the game works: You’re on your computer, instant messaging away. One IM session is with a real person and the other is with an artificial intelligence (AI) program that’s designed to pose as a human being by using a casual conversational tone.
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Xplaner
JUNE 4, 2008
What is information design? And in a world where, slowly but surely, everything is being translated into, and expressed as, information, how do you begin to think about organizing the massive amounts of information we’re generating every day?
Boxes and Arrows
SEPTEMBER 4, 2008
UX Week Keynote Discussion – Peter Merholz and Don Norman UX Week 2008 kicked off with an on-stage conversation between the President and founder of Adaptive Path, Peter Merholz , and industry legend Don Norman.
Boxes and Arrows
DECEMBER 18, 2008
In Part I , I discussed how to make the first three steps of Quick Turnaround Usability Testing (QTUT)—Sales & Kickoff, Recruitment, and Preparation—as short and efficient as possible. In Part II, I discuss the final two steps: Testing and Analysis & Reporting.
Xplaner
MAY 22, 2008
A CALL FOR VISUAL LITERACY. In many organizations, the beginning and end of any business activity is marked by the PowerPoint presentation. In the early stages of an initiative, PowerPoint is used in strategy sessions, to present proposals and put forth plans. Later, it's used for updates and progress reports. In the final stages, it's used to report back and to present findings and conclusions. PowerPoint is everywhere, and it shows no signs of going away anytime soon. Why is it used so broadly?
Boxes and Arrows
OCTOBER 10, 2008
I attended Penn State's 2008 TLT (Teaching & Learning with Technology) Symposium in March 2008 as a requirement for a graduate class I was taking, entitled "Disruptive Technology in the Teaching & Learning Process."
Xplaner
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
This quote (&# The half of knowledge, is knowing where to find knowledge&# ) is inscribed over the doors of Dodd Hall at FSU. Apparently no one knows who actually said this , but it seems very applicable to the conversation about the importance of the network in connectivism. Authored by gminks.
Boxes and Arrows
AUGUST 7, 2008
Games are fun, addictive, beautiful, and immersive. Websites, for the most part, are not. Take a moment and think about what video games look like, what they sound like, the way you can move on the screen, what “you&# can be. Think of how you feel when you play and who you play with.
Xplaner
APRIL 8, 2008
In this short video (about seven minutes) I introduce some basic principles of visual language: Forms, fields and flows. I think of this as the “alphabet&# of visual language. This set of principles is the primary set of marks you need in order to create visual meaning. Did you like this? If so, please consider buying me a coffee
Bennett Cherry
OCTOBER 29, 2008
The famed design firm, IDEO, has recently released a video of their Incredible Ideo Global Chain Reaction Experience.
Boxes and Arrows
NOVEMBER 25, 2008
By any measure, Halo 3 is one of the most wildly-successful consumer software interfaces in recent memory: more than 1 million players played the game in its first 24 hours on Xbox Live; over 8 million copies sold to date; and “over 100,000 pieces of user generated content being uploaded daily [.] 30 percent higher than YouTube on a daily basis.&# It’s probably safe to say that more cumulative man-hours have already been spent in Halo gaming lobbies than in Microsoft Word!
Boxes and Arrows
OCTOBER 13, 2008
This week on Work Literacy , we’re exploring how to use blogs for personal learning and as part of more structured formal events with learners.
Boxes and Arrows
OCTOBER 13, 2008
This week we’re exploring various strategies for using a blog to support personal and formal learning as part of the Work Literacy course’s focus on blogging. Today we’re going to discuss running a blog challenge. What is a Blog Challenge?
Boxes and Arrows
SEPTEMBER 25, 2008
Presentation was by Reuben Tozman President of EdCetra Training. He started with Father Guido Sarducci's 5-Minute University, based on what people remember 5 years after they graduate from college. Response to this is Personalized, Just-in-Time, Performance Support Training.
Bennett Cherry
NOVEMBER 6, 2008
It's likely that you haven't heard of this site yet, but I'm guessing you'll be hearing more and more about AddsYou.com in the coming months as they near their alpha release in late November 2008. Sean Callahan, one of my former students at Cal State San Marcos, is on his 4th entrepreneurial venture, AddsYou.com.
Xplaner
NOVEMBER 20, 2008
Part of my exploration of visual literacy is looking at how we might teach people to express themselves visually. Part of this is learning how to draw simple objects. This video shows how you can draw a car using very simple shapes. Did you like this? If so, please consider buying me a coffee
Innovation Leader
AUGUST 21, 2008
Dan Ostrower answers the question: Do any of your members or partners have any thoughts on how to think about the integration process for the internet of things
Boxes and Arrows
JULY 9, 2008
One of my favorite Steve Jobs stories is the one he told during this Stanford Commencement address a few years ago: Seventeen years later I did go to college.
Boxes and Arrows
JULY 7, 2008
From the NYT: WHY do some people reach their creative potential in business while other equally talented peers don't? After three decades of painstaking research, the Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck believes that the answer to the puzzle lies in how people think about intelligence and talent.
Xplaner
APRIL 11, 2008
I talk about some of the cognitive challenges of the information age, and why visual language is an important tool for dealing with them. Did you like this? If so, please consider buying me a coffee
Boxes and Arrows
SEPTEMBER 18, 2008
It starts with any number of scenarios: Design and development have taken too long to produce a prototype, you need to release in three weeks, and you suspect there may be design flaws. You are trying to incorporate usability testing into an Agile development process. Or maybe you simply want to pare down your process to make it shorter and less expensive.
Boxes and Arrows
SEPTEMBER 29, 2008
The course is free and sponsored by Work Literacy and the eLearning Guild, from September 29 through November 7, 2008. Over at Work Literacy: Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals , the first module on social networking is up. We wanted to start with social networking because we're using Ning to run the course, but I will say that this is a BIG topic to cover right out of the gate.
Boxes and Arrows
JUNE 11, 2008
EDT on June 18, 2008. It's time for the final voting for the 4 winners in the Comment Challenge. The survey is here. Our generous co-sponsors, Cocomment and Edublogs agreed to support us in awarding prizes in four categories: The most comments on a wide range of blogs (not just the "top†edubloggers). The most high quality comments that thoughtfully reflect on the topic. The comments that provoke and promote the most learning. Student category.
Boxes and Arrows
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
The "course" is sponsored by Work Literacy and the eLearning Guild , in part as a run-up to DevLearn 2008. On Monday, September 29, Harold Jarche , Tony Karrer and I are opening the doors on a free 6-week learning event that will help people get up to speed on social media and how it can be used to support learning. But don't worry--everyone is welcome. Each week we will share new activities that will allow you to explore different Web 2.0
Boxes and Arrows
OCTOBER 6, 2008
Webinar on Blogging and Reflective Practice–October 14 We’re really excited to announce that Paul Lowe , Course Director, MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography, London College of Communication, will be conducting a li ve webinar for the Work Literacy Community on October 14, 2008 at 7 p.m. Week 2 of our Work Literacy course on Web 2.0 for Learning professionals has kicked off and this week we’re exploring social bookmarking.
Boxes and Arrows
NOVEMBER 25, 2008
It was not an easy recruit. Directors of IT are busy people. Oddly, they’re hard to get hold of. They don’t answer calls from strangers. They don’t answer ads on web sites. The ones who do answer ads on web sites we had to double-check on by calling their company HR departments to verify they had the titles they said they did. And now this. “Hi! So we have some executives coming in tomorrow to observe the test sessions.&# This was the researcher phoning.
Boxes and Arrows
AUGUST 22, 2008
The Masie Center has just published the results of their most recent survey on how employees learn in 2008 and it's an interesting read. More people are learning independently in ad hoc, asynchronous fashion. "In a six-month period of time, 70% turned to reading, 58% searched the web and 58% participated in on-line e-Learning to gain new skills or information for their jobs." " I'm not sure if this a good or a bad sign.
Boxes and Arrows
DECEMBER 18, 2008
I’d like to talk specifics a bit. I’m sure there will be some readers at B&A who aren’t gamers, and probably even more who haven’t played Halo —so my apologies to those folks— but… describe in some detail exactly what you contributed to the finished product. When I look at Halo 3 , what ‘pieces’ of the experience did you work on?
Xplaner
APRIL 4, 2008
I will be speaking on a panel at this day-long conference to be held in New York on 13 May 2008. For more information and to register visit www.bdionline.com/globalcommunications and use promo code BDIEB to receive a discounted rate of $295 before April 15, 2008. Tuesday, May 13, 2008.
Xplaner
JUNE 9, 2008
Here are some basic rules of communication that could improve communication flow in a business. Some of them are fundamental "rules of engagement†that could set the overall tone for a company. Others are specific concepts for categorizing and measuring communication flow. The idea is that the link between communication and action can be measured and reported. We do this for financial and product flows: Why not do it for our communication?
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