http://www.reloade.com/blog/ A collection of links, posts & thoughts dating back to 2001. en-uk author@reloade.com admin@reloade.com Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:52:13 CDT Movable Type v4.34-en http://www.reloade.com/blog/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reloadeblog/~3/KOvCxg2vGy4/johnny-holland-on-designing-alarms-alerts.php Johnny Holland have written another useful article, this time on the Design of Alarms &amp; Alerts. Alerts: an interaction design...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reloadeblog/~4/KOvCxg2vGy4" height="1" width="1"/> 8077@http://www.reloade.com/blog/ http://www.reloade.com/blog/2010/08/johnny-holland-on-designing-alarms-alerts.php Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:52:13 CDT Computing Interaction Design Interface Design Product Design Software Web Design http://www.reloade.com/blog/2010/08/johnny-holland-on-designing-alarms-alerts.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reloadeblog/~3/xmmhTbTxL9g/6-digital-trends-to-watch.php The presentation by Steve 
Rubel (
Director 
of 
Insights) &amp; David
 Armano (
SVP
Digital
) on 6 digital trends to watch. Six Digital...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reloadeblog/~4/xmmhTbTxL9g" height="1" width="1"/> 8080@http://www.reloade.com/blog/ http://www.reloade.com/blog/2010/08/6-digital-trends-to-watch.php Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:37:05 CDT Advertising Brand Culture-Society Design http://www.reloade.com/blog/2010/08/6-digital-trends-to-watch.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reloadeblog/~3/7oZejG80o0Y/freakonomics-documentary-trailer.php A documentary of the Steven Levitt book, Freakonomics is due for release on October 1st in the US.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reloadeblog/~4/7oZejG80o0Y" height="1" width="1"/> 8076@http://www.reloade.com/blog/ http://www.reloade.com/blog/2010/08/freakonomics-documentary-trailer.php Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:40:28 CDT Book Film Information http://www.reloade.com/blog/2010/08/freakonomics-documentary-trailer.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reloadeblog/~3/gfqTKfhVqk4/information-visualisation-in-design-practice.php A great paper from Joanne Mendel and Jan Yeager on Information Visualisation (knowledge) as a design activity in problem solving....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reloadeblog/~4/gfqTKfhVqk4" height="1" width="1"/> 8075@http://www.reloade.com/blog/ http://www.reloade.com/blog/2010/07/information-visualisation-in-design-practice.php Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:45:01 CDT Information Information Design Interaction Design http://www.reloade.com/blog/2010/07/information-visualisation-in-design-practice.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reloadeblog/~3/_CIsDMAn7HE/service-customer-experience-maps-from-mel-edwards.php A brilliant blog post by Mel Edwards on Service & Experience Maps. What's a customer experience map? It's a graphical representation of the service journey of a customer.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reloadeblog/~4/_CIsDMAn7HE" height="1" width="1"/> 8073@http://www.reloade.com/blog/ http://www.reloade.com/blog/2010/06/service-customer-experience-maps-from-mel-edwards.php Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:56:26 CDT Experience Information Architecture Information Design Interaction Design Web Design http://www.reloade.com/blog/2010/06/service-customer-experience-maps-from-mel-edwards.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reloadeblog/~3/bppLXU2NyDs/favourite-ux-technology-blogs.php A great UX Matters article of favourite User Experience & Technology blogs by fellow experts & writers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reloadeblog/~4/bppLXU2NyDs" height="1" width="1"/> 8072@http://www.reloade.com/blog/ http://www.reloade.com/blog/2010/06/favourite-ux-technology-blogs.php Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:54:50 CDT Internet Technology http://www.reloade.com/blog/2010/06/favourite-ux-technology-blogs.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reloadeblog/~3/RRq04IbDJcg/patternrys-a-great-source-for-ui-design-patterns.php Patternry, previously known as The UI Pattern Factory (and for a while Pattern App), is a resource for everyone who...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reloadeblog/~4/RRq04IbDJcg" height="1" width="1"/> 8074@http://www.reloade.com/blog/ http://www.reloade.com/blog/2010/05/patternrys-a-great-source-for-ui-design-patterns.php Thu, 13 May 2010 10:17:48 CDT Design Information Architecture Information Design Interaction Design Interface Design Usability Web Design http://www.reloade.com/blog/2010/05/patternrys-a-great-source-for-ui-design-patterns.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reloadeblog/~3/QAQIdbJ44P0/clay-shirky-on-information-overload-versus-filter-failure.php A really interesting Clay Shirky talk from Web 2.0 Expo NY.His talk "It's Not Information Overload. It's Filter Failure" challenges...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reloadeblog/~4/QAQIdbJ44P0" height="1" width="1"/> 8069@http://www.reloade.com/blog/ http://www.reloade.com/blog/2010/02/clay-shirky-on-information-overload-versus-filter-failure.php Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:59:34 CDT Information Information Architecture Information Design Knowledge Management Research http://www.reloade.com/blog/2010/02/clay-shirky-on-information-overload-versus-filter-failure.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reloadeblog/~3/C35SlctDzMs/carolyn-snyder-on-paper-prototyping-in-the-design-process.php An interview by UIE's Ashley McKee with Carolyn Snyder, the author of the definitive 2003 book, Paper Prototyping. It's an...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reloadeblog/~4/C35SlctDzMs" height="1" width="1"/> 8067@http://www.reloade.com/blog/ http://www.reloade.com/blog/2007/02/carolyn-snyder-on-paper-prototyping-in-the-design-process.php Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:40:43 CDT Information Architecture Interaction Interaction Design Interface Design Usability Web Design http://www.reloade.com/blog/2007/02/carolyn-snyder-on-paper-prototyping-in-the-design-process.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reloadeblog/~3/b_0mYTVX7IU/an-interview-with-larry-cornett-yahoo-director-of-user-experience-design.php I do like the concept that you have with the information scent, the semantic mapping. I think it definitely ties...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reloadeblog/~4/b_0mYTVX7IU" height="1" width="1"/> 8068@http://www.reloade.com/blog/ http://www.reloade.com/blog/2007/02/an-interview-with-larry-cornett-yahoo-director-of-user-experience-design.php Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:57:09 CDT Design Experience Information Architecture Information Design Interaction Interaction Design http://www.reloade.com/blog/2007/02/an-interview-with-larry-cornett-yahoo-director-of-user-experience-design.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reloadeblog/~3/UEUzQUgHSBQ/a-quote-from-bill-moggridges-new-book-designing-interactions.php Artists and designers are trained to use the language of explicit meanings to a rich communicative element over and above...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reloadeblog/~4/UEUzQUgHSBQ" height="1" width="1"/> 8066@http://www.reloade.com/blog/ http://www.reloade.com/blog/2006/12/a-quote-from-bill-moggridges-new-book-designing-interactions.php Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:19:10 CDT Design Interaction Interaction Design Interface Design Product Design Usability Web Design http://www.reloade.com/blog/2006/12/a-quote-from-bill-moggridges-new-book-designing-interactions.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reloadeblog/~3/EkctXyiIn3k/fitts-law-and-the-new-office-2007-interface.php I came across a really interesting blog post by Jensen Harris, on Fitt's law and new Microsoft Office "Ribbon" user...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reloadeblog/~4/EkctXyiIn3k" height="1" width="1"/> 8065@http://www.reloade.com/blog/ http://www.reloade.com/blog/2006/11/fitts-law-and-the-new-office-2007-interface.php Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:33:54 CDT Interaction Interaction Design Interface Design Usability Web Design http://www.reloade.com/blog/2006/11/fitts-law-and-the-new-office-2007-interface.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reloadeblog/~3/QC6F33ZzHM0/my-presentation-on-digital-uk-from-euroia-2006-in-berlin.php I've managed to upload my powerpoint slides from EuroIA in Berlin earlier this year on Slideshare. I've embedded it below,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reloadeblog/~4/QC6F33ZzHM0" height="1" width="1"/> 8064@http://www.reloade.com/blog/ http://www.reloade.com/blog/2006/11/my-presentation-on-digital-uk-from-euroia-2006-in-berlin.php Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:39:05 CDT Information Architecture http://www.reloade.com/blog/2006/11/my-presentation-on-digital-uk-from-euroia-2006-in-berlin.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reloadeblog/~3/ipcRBqviuX8/what-is-etymology-and-folk-etymology.php Etymology is the study of the origins of words. Through old texts and comparison with other languages, etymologists reconstruct the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reloadeblog/~4/ipcRBqviuX8" height="1" width="1"/> 8063@http://www.reloade.com/blog/ http://www.reloade.com/blog/2006/09/what-is-etymology-and-folk-etymology.php Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:15:25 CDT Information Knowledge Management Language Poetry Research Science Writing http://www.reloade.com/blog/2006/09/what-is-etymology-and-folk-etymology.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reloadeblog/~3/2cMWjE2jc8Y/what-is-a-backronym-and-its-relation-to-the-word-acronym.php A backronym or bacronym is a type of acronym that begins as an ordinary word, and is later interpreted as...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reloadeblog/~4/2cMWjE2jc8Y" height="1" width="1"/> 8062@http://www.reloade.com/blog/ http://www.reloade.com/blog/2006/09/what-is-a-backronym-and-its-relation-to-the-word-acronym.php Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:17:03 CDT Language http://www.reloade.com/blog/2006/09/what-is-a-backronym-and-its-relation-to-the-word-acronym.php