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  • What Should Drive Site Organization And Design: Consistency Or Flow?



    Should a site navigation be driven by principles of consistency and accessibility to all "other" information available on the site, or should it be directed by flow principles? Photo credit:Renato Cardoso Though we have all been designing small and large sites with complete faith in the principles ...
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    Robin Good -- February 1




    What Is Experience Design?



    I have had much difficulty in the past making partners and customers understand my role as an Interaction Designer. While they could all fully grasp the roles of Information Designer, Communication Strategist, Design and Information Architect, they would feel uncomfortable in accepting the idea of a ...
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    Robin Good -- March 23




    From 28.8 To Broadband: Web Site Speed Access Emulator



    This is something I have been awaiting for a looooong time. A Web speed emulator allowing me to simulate access to any Web page (being that page on my hard disk or on the Internet) at any possible speed from 28.8 Kbps to a full broadband. ...
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    Robin Good -- March 6





    The State Of Collaboration Technologies



    I am just back from a week-long trip to the US where I have truly enjoyed working with a fast-moving, forward-looking team of young developers and businessmen, crafting the newest generation of secure online shared spaces collaboration tool. If they can pull and execute the plan we ...
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    Robin Good -- January 21




    How To Select Appropriate Images For Publication


    Though most non-specialists approach the selection of images from a purely subjective standpoint, electing some to be nicer or more "appropriate” than others, there are indeed better and more objective methods to identify images that suit best the need to communicate, present or visualize an idea, ...
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    Robin Good -- January 21




    Desktop Visual Search Engine Extends Researchers' Information View



    Grokker 2.0 http://www.groxis.com/service/grok/ = breakthrough tool Desktop Software (Win & Mac) Free to try - USD $ 49 to buy Grokker is a phenomenal search tool ahead of its time. Visual metaphors that simplify and expand our ability wade and sift through information are starting to appear in mainstream applications and ...
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    Robin Good -- December 17




    Separate Design From Content Publishing



    It is through pure coincidence that I have stumbled upon these interface designs I had created three years ago for FAO, an organization of the UN. Click to enlarge Click to enlarge These designs were created for the Fisheries Department and were the consequence ...
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    Robin Good -- December 15




    Must-Have RSS Newsfeed For Communication Experts


    I have just finished testing a new RSS newsfeed that I have created for all of you, communication experts in need of staying up-to-date with cutting-edge and cost-effective tools, ideas and resources that can make a difference when looking for a sound communication strategy or solution. The ...
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    Robin Good -- December 9





    Interface Design For Online Collaboration Tools


    Here is an edited version of a letter I recently sent to a promising US-based Web conferencing start-up when asked to suggest a strategic approach to the improvement of the overall user interface utilized. The situation that this company finds itself in is typical of many ...
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    Robin Good -- December 3




    Online Learning Through Multimedia Investigation



    An excellent educational resource is the one that Lisa Neal (editor-in-Chief of eLearn Magazine), as a project leader, carried out for Plimoth Plantation's new site: "You Are the Historian: Investigating the First Thanksgiving." The site does an excellent job of guiding children to an understanding of what ...
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    Robin Good -- November 19





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