Information Architecture
Information architecture looks at the digital structures of information and software that lay beneath the ubiquitous communication technologies of the internet. more →
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The Non-Designer’s Design Book
Design for Nondesigners: Design and Typographic Principles for the Novice by Robin Williams delivers the goods for those of us who have no professional graphic design experience but still need to create simple web sites, brochures or business cards. more →
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Mapping Hacks
More of us are living in fundamentally mobile worlds; Mapping Hacks: Tips & Tools for Electronic Cartography helps add a geographically meaningful component to navigate this world that is intriguing to not only to hackers. more →
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Dispatch: On Summer Reading
In which I ponder openly about the lack of professionally designed summer reading lists for bus commuters, and modestly propose such a list. more →
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Learning by Observation
Parks Canada Visitor's Guide to Gros Morne National Park makes a noteworthy connection between observing and learning in this list of Do's for watching wild animals. more →
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Patterns for Complex Learning
The design patterns for lifelong learners, originally published on The Common Loon, are collected here in one place for convenience (and coherence). more →
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Rorschach Wilderness Blots
Among other things, an early morning canoe paddle in the still waters of Lac Taylor in Gatineau Park, Quebec last week reminded me just how mediated our experience of the world is. more →
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Hot Air Balloon Over Ottawa
Last week we experienced a hot air balloon ride that took us horizontally from Carleton University in Ottawa, across the Ottawa River to Aylmer in Quebec, and vertically through the troposphere to about 3,500 feet. more →
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Dispatch: On Sudoku, Engagement and Flow
In which I inquire about the informal learning strategies involved in solving Sudoku. more →
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