Nahan at Flowing Data has this hilarious post….if you have ever studied Tufte’s work it make sense….
chuckling…..
Your computer is a part of you….
2010 -
03.17
Wired has an interesting post about how the use of the mouse and monitor become so intertwined with other functioning areas of the brain that they cannot be isolated from the rest of you. Perhaps that is why switching to a new computer takes so much time to adapt – it is like learning to walk again.
It goes on to say that a malfunction in the device appears like a personal error. Your brain thinks a problem in the interaction with the device is actually a personal defect. Interesting….
Here is your friendly reminder to keep your fingertips sharpened!
Microsoft Courier
2010 -
03.08
The Microsoft Courier was brought to my attention via Edward Tufte’s Ask ET. I can see myself using this device on a regular basis.
I go back and forth between traditional paper notebooks and gadgets. I think the UI and features of this would fit nicely into my daily actions….notes from meetings that I can easily link up to reminders in my inbox, etc. It would give me tactile experience I miss when trying to make a note in my iPhone.
This definitely turned my head more than the iPad.
Let’s see where it goes….
When all the world is technowonderful….
2010 -
03.06
I currently blog at www.blueginghamjumpers.com. That blog is focused on my family and day to day life. It started from an infertility blog and moved into mothering and spirituality and how to manage a wacky life with a full time job, an amazing husband, a beautiful toddling daughter and a little man in the oven. BGJ is focused on my home and center and state of being.
I am starting this site to keep track of various projects and interests wrt technology, design, information visualization, and whatever else I think is cool.
-Beth