We visited the physical Blog Mode exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC today. The exhibit itself is nice, with some really gorgeous fashion. Technically the exhibit was kind of dark, and some of the labels were in shadow and therefore hard to read. It would have also been nice to be able to see more of the items in a 360 view. But very much worth a visit. Read the rest of this entry »
The Christmas holiday is a great time to enjoy some peace and quite — time for reflection and for catching up on my reading. I enjoyed Peter Pezzelli’s new book Italian Lessons, started Bill Bryson’s book Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (so far not as fun as some of his others), and a book on making your own electric car (too complex, too expensive, technology not quite ready for home use.) Magazine reading counts too, and on top of catching up on my back issues of Wired, I caught Steve Levy’s wonderful Newweek article (11/26/07) on Amazon’s new Kindle e-book device.
Yes they do, but there will be plenty of resistance. When I see comments such as that from Mr. Bugeja below I wonder if they’ve ever participated seriously in a game-driven learning situation as a student. It is certainly true that you can’t stick a bunch of kids in front of a game — no matter how educational — without structure, goals, guidance, and all the other things a good teacher provides. But that’s the same in any structured learning situation. A literature course is more than just reading books — the teacher prepares the class before, guides discussion during the reading, and invites reflection after. You do similar things with an educational game experience.
A new fashion exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art invites viewer comment. In the exhibition notes they explain that fashion reflects the current culture, and is so much a part of people’s immediate experience, that they are more likely to feel comfortable rendering an opinion. If the rash of fashion based reality shows is any indication, I think the Met is spot-on.
A resource recommended by Eric Meyer — and if he thinks its good, its gotta be good. My quick look through turned up a lot of helpful references for me!
Yes, this is all stuff we should all know already, but its always good to be reminded. Precedence, Spacing, Navigation, Design to Build, Typography, Usability, Alignment, Clarity, and Consistency — all great points to keep in mind. And even better each point is succinctly described, with nice illustration and links to external references. And with a nice page design too.
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