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Low-fidelity user prototypes

Fidelity has to do with how realistic the prototype looks. A low or even medium-fidelity user prototype doesn’t look real – it is essentially an interactive…

Flavors Of Prototypes #prototype #user-prototypes #usability-issues #visual-design

Visualization as a form of information architecture

For my purposes in this book, information graphics and visualization is a form of information architecture. But how can we be more precise in describing the…

The Functional Art: An Introduction To Information Graphics And Visualization #graphics #information-graphics #information-design #visualization #information-architecture #information

A file manifestation (in the frbr sense)

The Moab Design is based in large part on the concept of a file manifestation (in the FRBR[18] sense of manifestation). In this view, a file’s uniqueness is…

The Code4lib Journal – The Moab Design For Digital Object Versioning #manifestations #combination #content #instances #design

Bottom-up versus top-down AI design

Given the goal of building an intelligent agent, the methodology frequently adopted by Al is to build from the top downwards. That is, higher-level functions…

Introducing Artificial Intelligence (Henry Brighton and Howard Selina) #robotics #design #artificial-intelligence #evolution

Children learn best through the senses

She believed children learn best through sensory experiences. She thought that the teacher has a responsibility to provide wonderful sights, textures, sounds…

Theories of Childhood, Second Edition (Carol Garhart Mooney) #learning #sensation #education #design

Measure twice, cut once

The carpenter’s rule is “measure twice, cut once.” You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you’ve thought…

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) #creation #design #vision