January 2005

Google UI talk at CS547

BBC – Radio 4 In Our Time – The Mind/Body Problem – audio discussion on Descartes, current mind/body beliefs

A Nation of Faith and Religious Illiterates – “Although Americans are far more religious than Europeans, they know far less about religion…according to a 1997 poll, only one out of three U.S. citizens is able to name the most basic of Christian texts, the four Gospels, and 12% think Noah’s wife was Joan of Arc….more

Marginal Revolution: Who is James Buchanan? -“When all is said, I have faced few genuine choices between work and play because there is really no distinction.”

iStumbler – wifi finder for os x

ATI Developer – amazing screensavers including “animusic”, where virtual instruments play a song…

Digital Web Magazine – Web Design for All the Senses – design for more than just sight!

“Learning is work, work is about learning, and both are social” – John Seely Brown, Fast Company 1/05 p.16

bookofjoe: Stendig Calendar – great designer’s calendar; for my cubicle?

Don Norman’s jnd.org / books – “Turn Signals are the Facial Expressions of Automobiles” — interesting anti-tech beginning…