The Work of Edward Tufte and Graphic Press
“This website describes Edward Tufte’s books, one-day course, and artwork”
All posts from
April 2001
Info Architecture, Usability Tests Seek to Organize Internet Chaos
“Surfing the waves of information can be exhausting, complex, and at times, even dangerous” (Uriel Abulof – Internet.com)
Forms That Work
“(…) dedicated to the world of forms design” (Caroline Jarrett and Gerry Gaffney)
Human Factors International
“(…) GUI design from the point of view of software ergonomics and human factors.” (Eric Schaffer and John Sorflaten)
Experience Design 1
“(…) a book about today’s intersection of disciplines, such as: interaction design, information design, visual design, and more related methodologies are just parts of the whole.” (Nathan Shedroff)
Testing Web Sites with Eye Tracking
“(…) we now have real evidence of where users actually look when they view a web page” (Will Schroeder – User Interface Engineering)
Information Architecture and Mac
“(…) those who turn their hand to information architecture often assume that they have to abandon the Mac platform to do the job” (Apple Developer OS X)
Usability First
“Your Online Guide To Usability Resources” (Diamond Bullet Design)
Topic Maps
“Topic Maps provide for the specification of a standard, interchangeable hypertext navigation layer above diverse electronic information sources” (InfoLoom, Inc.)
Color Matters
“As a powerful form of communication, color is irreplaceable.” (Professor J.L. Morton)
Debunking The Myths of UI Design
“An expert takes on a range of beliefs that are now common in the software development community” (Paul Smith – IBM Toronto Software Lab)
IASlash.Org
“News for Information Architecture” (Studio ID)
Bill Gates at CHI 2001
“(…) so you’ve seen that the frontiers out there are pretty amazing” (Bill Gates’ Web Site)
The Semantic Web
“A new form of Web content that is meaningful to computers will unleash a revolution of new possibilities” (Tim Berners-Lee et al. – Scientific American)
Structuring Information with Mental Models
“(…) to evaluate the efficiency of an information structure and to build user-centered information structures” (Ishantha Lokuge et al. – CHI 96)
CHIPlace
“The online interaction forum bridging CHI 2001 and CHI 2002” (Companion to CHI 2002)
The Information Architecture Project
“A ‘band of coherence’ for information sharing” (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Why is Usability so Hard?
“The answer is complex and detailed” (Adam Smith – HCIRN Reflections)
Magic and Software Design
“Perhaps no field other than magic is tied so closely to the field of graphical interface design” (Bruce Tognazzinni – AskTog)
Want Human-Centred Development?
Reorganize the Company (Donald Norman – NNGroup)