I have decided to focus my posts on Interaction Design only. This topic is very exciting and has a lot of resources for me to use. This will also be, I hope, informative to the readers and give them something useful. Check it out at The Mind’s Eye – An Interaction Design Blog. You are welcome to post your likes or dislikes about usability or websites, products or any type of design that you interact with in your daily life. Thanks.
Humanized Reader – Beta
Many people use RSS readers such as NewsGator, Google, and Bloglines just to name a few. They may work for some people and not for others. For me they do not work. It is hard to go through and read all the feeds that I subscribe to. Another reason I don’t like them is because I feel like I am reading emails and for me that is not a good way to browse through the posts. This is where the Humanized reader comes in. What would be a natural format of reading all your feeds from Blogs? It should be another blog according to the creators of the Humanized Reader. For now the downside is that the reader is still in Beta but check it out and see if you agree that this is a much better and user friendly way to read your feeds. It’s one of those ideas that just makes sense.
Personal DNA Map
Today I took the Personal DNA Map test and above is my personal dna map. Very nice and colorful. The test is about 10 pages with various personality questions. What I like about the aswers are they are given by using a slider wich is a bit more precise when answering tough questions. They also have a new way of answering a question where you have a bucket on the left and the choices on the right which are sliders. To answer that question you have to empty the bucket by adjusting the sliders accoding to your answer. After your recieve your report you can then invite your friends to take the test or ask them to rate you…which sounds a bit risky. Go ahead try it out. Here is my Personal DNA Map
Bornagain Doodler
In the August issue of HOW magazine, Danny Gregory has a great article on how to draw inspiration from everyday life. As we are starting to depend more and more on technology we may be losing a vital part that has been with us since we first picked up that Hot Magenta colored Crayola. That vital part in everyone’s life and especially designers is the imagination. Imagination comes for slowing down, taking a short break from our busy lives and simply noticing the world around us. The movement of a birds head, the shape of a leaf, and as Danny Gregory states in the article, in our closets.
Deja Vu
I get this feeling that I have done this before. My mind wouldn’t deceive me, or would it? Actually I did start a plethora of blogs unsuccessfully, that was then and this is now. I have recently been following a few blogs dealing with art, design and technology so I am confident that I will be able to keep this blog fresh. New semester, new blog, new ideas. Time to get busy!
