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Uchidachi & Shidachi
by Takwann
(via)
The following text has as its core a translation of a chapter in Nishioka Tsuneo's book Budo-teki na Mono no Kangaekata: Shu, Ha, Ri (Budo Way of Thinking: Shu, Ha, Ri). Direct translations from the Japanese are frequently problematic because of the ambiguity inherent in the traditional Japanese style of essay writing. In order to clarify the author's ideas and best present his thoughts in English, we have supplemented the original text with a series of personal conversations.[1] The result thus intentionally suggests the flavor of teachings passed down from master to disciple.
User Experience Deliverables
by Spone
& 1 other
(via)
It's an exhilarating time for the user experience community. Rising awareness of our value plus emerging technologies and transmedia trends have created conditions for a step change in our practice.
As an information architect, I'm enjoying the new challenges immensely, even as they sweep me outside my comfort zone. I've designed social software and rich user interfaces. I've sketched scenarios for the future of mobile search. I've mapped the user experience across channels and applications. And, I've increasingly found myself striving to clarify ideas for folks in the executive suite.
2008
Screen reader software support for the TITLE attribute.
by greut
This testing [ongoing] has been motivated by the desire to clarify how and if screen reading software renders text content contained within the TITLE attribute.
following a debate about alt="" vs title=""
Design Your Life - DIY Information Design
by karlcow
Design steps up as both an art of rhetoric -- how can you use design to tell a story and promote a cause? -- and a tool of analysis: how can information graphics help you analyze data, make a plan, and clarify your ideas?
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2007
» Best picture quality with 6 megapixels!
by rmaltete
(via)
Best picture quality with 6 megapixels!
The best compromise for a compact camera is a sensor with 6 million pixels or better a sensor with a pixel size of >3µm .
A digital camera with 12 million pixels is better than one with 6 million. ‘That is correct’ is what you would say probably because you’ve always heard more pixels are better.
It’s not true(!!!), we have to say when it comes to compact cameras. We, the staff of Image Engineering, an independent testing laboratory that, amongst other things, tests digital camera for the German magazines Color Photo and c’t. Quite a while ago we noticed that image quality of digital cameras gets worse instead of better. The reason is that todays sensors are devided into more and therefore smaller pixels. We want to clarify the consequences on this website.
The reason we bring this up is the vicious circle we are in and have to break out of. Most people heard that a lot of pixels make a good camera hence they buy cameras with the most pixels. Therefore the manufacturers produce cameras with more and more pixels so that they sell better. But this does not improve the quality of the pictures.
This website is our little contribution for clarification and will hopefully get noticed by the public and the manufacturers.
C# 3.0 and LINQ Misunderstandings
by ms_michel
(via)
Apparently, there is some considerable confusion over all the new C# language features. People who I would hope are reasonably intelligent are completely misunderstanding some C# fundamentals. Agreed, a lot of the new concepts introduced to C# 3.0 are might seem relatively foreign to C# users. Microsoft's marketing related to LINQ doesn't help much either. I'm going to try to clarify the top few things I've seen.
OLPC Human Interface Guidelines/Design Fundamentals - OLPCWiki
by sbrothier
(via)
The goal of OLPC is to provide children with new opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves. Many children in need of such opportunities have previously had little or no access to computing, and so will be unfamiliar with the laptop and how to interact with it. This will undoubtedly have effects on some aspects of activity development. On the one hand, it means that developers must focus energy into making interfaces discoverable, wholly intuitive, and building metaphors that strengthen and clarify the interface. On the other hand, since the laptop will be the first experience of computing for many children, activities do not have to be overly true to legacy behaviors or expectations. This frees developers to innovate.
PNG color mismatch on the web: an easy fix
by fastclemmy
To clarify, this is an easy fix if you have saved your png files from Photoshop and, of course, still have access to the software. I stumbled across this fix in PS and haven't tested in any other applications.
Internet marketing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
by rossgellor
To clarify, while internet marketing can cover any facet of online marketing as described above, current use of the term internet marketing commonly refers ...
Reading Between the Lines of Steve Jobs's 'Thoughts on Music'
by marco
Is it a challenge to the major record labels? An answer to the increasingly hostile European governments (Norway, France, Germany) that are pressuring Apple to 'open up' the iTunes Store? A message to the press to clarify Apple’s stance on DRM? A big fuck-you to Microsoft?
2006
The Ask.com Blog: You Do and/or May, In Fact, "Ask" (or "ask")
by kuroyagi
(via)
As our colleagues at Google work to protect their brand from becoming a generic term for Web search, we're receiving lots of mail and calls asking us to clarify the difference between "ask" and "Ask" (as in "Ask.com®")
SIOC FOAF SKOS | sioc-project.org
by karlcow
& 1 other
(via)
Alex mentioned that may be some confusion between foaf:Person and sioc:User - I hope that this picture showing the alignments between SIOC, FOAF and SKOS will help to clarify that a foaf:Person can own many sioc:User profiles (via the foaf:holdsOnlineAccount relationship). I have also included some connections from SIOC to the SKOS ontology
2005
Amazon.com: Wonders of Numbers: Adventures in Mathematics, Mind, and Meaning: Books: Clifford A. Pickover
by bcpbcp
(via)
Who were the five strangest mathematicians in history? What are the ten most interesting numbers? Jam-packed with thought-provoking mathematical mysteries, puzzles, and games, Wonders of Numbers will enchant even the most left-brained of readers. Hosted by the quirky Dr. Googol--who resides on a remote island and occasionally collaborates with Clifford Pickover--Wonders of Numbers focuses on creativity and the delight of discovery. Here is a potpourri of common and unusual number theory problems of varying difficulty--each presented in brief chapters that convey to readers the essence of the problem rather than its extraneous history. Peppered throughout with illustrations that clarify the problems, Wonders of Numbers also includes fascinating "math gossip." How would we use numbers to communicate with aliens? Check out Chapter 30. Did you know that there is a Numerical Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? You'll find it in Chapter 45. From the beautiful formula of India's most famous mathematician to the Leviathan number so big it makes a trillion look small, Dr. Googol's witty and straightforward approach to numbers will entice students, educators, and scientists alike to pick up a pencil and work a problem.
SynchroEdit
by pyxosledisciple
& 5 others
(via)
SynchroEdit is a browser-based simultaneous multiuser editor, a form of same-time, different-place groupware. It allows multiple users to edit a single web-based document at the same time, and it continuously synchronizes all changes so that users always have the same version.
SynchroEdit's main editor is fully WYSIWYG, dynamically displaying bolds, italics, underlines, strikethroughs, with various justifications, indents and listing styles as an author inputs them. SynchroEdit also supports a simple, text-only editor for more basic documents. To clarify the multiuser experience, the editor window clearly depicts every user's changes in a specific color and also marks where each user is currently editing with a colored flag listing the user's name.
SynchroEdit
by cherbourg
& 5 others
(via)
SynchroEdit is a browser-based simultaneous multiuser editor, a form of same-time, different-place groupware. It allows multiple users to edit a single web-based document at the same time, and it continuously synchronizes all changes so that users always have the same version.
SynchroEdit's main editor is fully WYSIWYG, dynamically displaying bolds, italics, underlines, strikethroughs, with various justifications, indents and listing styles as an author inputs them. SynchroEdit also supports a simple, text-only editor for more basic documents. To clarify the multiuser experience, the editor window clearly depicts every user's changes in a specific color and also marks where each user is currently editing with a colored flag listing the user's name.
SynchroEdit
by Riduidel
& 5 others
SynchroEdit is a browser-based simultaneous multiuser editor, a form of same-time, different-place groupware. It allows multiple users to edit a single web-based document at the same time, and it continuously synchronizes all changes so that users always have the same version.
SynchroEdit's main editor is fully WYSIWYG, dynamically displaying bolds, italics, underlines, strikethroughs, with various justifications, indents and listing styles as an author inputs them. SynchroEdit also supports a simple, text-only editor for more basic documents. To clarify the multiuser experience, the editor window clearly depicts every user's changes in a specific color and also marks where each user is currently editing with a colored flag listing the user's name.
CSS2.1 is CSS2
by znarf
(via)
Just to clarify something about CSS2.1. The name "CSS2.1" is short for "CSS Level 2, Revision 1". It's an update of the earlier W3C CSS2 Recomendation. CSS2.1 is still "CSS2", it's just the revised version.
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