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The Ludologist » A History of Matching tile Games: Am I Missing Something?
I am working on an article about the most disrespected and despised game genre there is. That’s right, matching tile games . For that, I am looking at tracing the innovations and developments of the last 20 or so years. The following tree is an attempt at illustrating the lineages of gameplay innovations from roughly Tetris to Chuzzle . For each game you can see the year of publication plus the innovations of that game listed with a “+” to the side.
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No one can really debate the functionality of Google Maps, nor doubt its engine power, but as to the question of its graphic design, that’s another matter entirely. Yet, it’s leagues ahead of OpenStreetMap (OSM) and further still ahead of the other “competition” (Bing Maps)–that is, until now. Stamen Design has developed unique map skins which make OSM the most aesthetically pleasing digital maps available. With three different styles, including Toner and Watercolor options, Stamen Maps add a sheen to OSM that had not previously existed before, turning a standard (i.e. unpretty) interface into a graphically subtle, yet sumptuous medium of transport.
This page collects all my published work related to experience design and information architecture. This conceptual model of the considerations involved in designing successful user experiences for Web sites is the foundation for all my subsequent work in this field.
Jesse James Garrett: experience design and information architecture resources
Visualisation Magazine | collates the most creative and innovative visualisations of information
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Intel has released What About Me? , an automatic infographic generator that connects to your own Twitter, Facebook and YouTube accounts to create a profile infographic about you.UX Booth: User Experience & Usability Blog
Many designers rely on pattern libraries to create simple, intuitive interfaces. Vladimir Oane shows us how uberVU deconstructed a common design pattern to produce a more robust result. Read More
Information Design Watch | Dynamic Diagrams' take on the world of visual explanation, information architecture, design, and technology
In an acknowledgment of the realities of the digital age — and of competition from the Web site Wikipedia — Encyclopaedia Britannica will focus primarily on its online encyclopedias and educational curriculum for schools. The last print version is the 32-volume 2010 edition, which weighs 129 pounds and includes new entries on global warming and the Human Genome Project. Given the well-known collaborative editing model of Wikipedia , Gary Marchionini, the dean of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, makes an interesting claim about not only the competitive difference, but about the nature of knowledge itself:Bush's imagined solution to this problem was something he called Memex. Memex was envisioned as a system for manipulating and annotating microfilm (computers were just then being invented). The system would contain a vast library of scholarly text that could be indexed by associations and personalized to the user Although Memex was never built, the World Wide Web, which burst onto the scene half a century later, is a rough approximation of it.
ARISTOTLE" (THE KNOWLEDGE WEB) By W. Daniel Hillis
"Start with needs; Do less; Design with data; Do the hard work to make it simple; Iterate; Then iterate again; Build for inclusion; Understand context; Build digital services, not websites; Be consistent, not uniform; Make things open: it makes things better."
InfoDesign: Understanding by Design
Geo-location was a hot topic in 2009.
Maps In Modern Web Design: Showcase and Examples - Smashing Magazine | Smashing Magazine
Traditional linear search methods often prove unsuitable for large sets of data, which applies particularly for multi-faceted information (data consisting of items that can be ordered by multiple criteria). Facet browsing helps the user to extract information from a multi-faceted database by letting him limit the range of results gradually as he determines search criteria step by step.