How and Why Wikipedia Works

Added on 23 July 2006 Peter Bogaards
“This article presents an interview with Angela Beesley, Elisabeth Bauer, and Kizu Naoko. All three are leading Wikipedia practitioners in the English, German, and Japanese Wikipedias and related projects. The interview focuses on how Wikipedia works and why these three practitioners believe it will keep working.” (Dirk Riehle)

A re-examination of information seeking behaviour in the context of activity theory

Added on 19 July 2006 Peter Bogaards
“Activity theory is not a predictive theory but a conceptual framework within which different theoretical perspectives may be employed. Typically, it is suggested that several methods of data collection should be employed and that the time frame for investigation should be long enough for the full range of contextual issues to emerge. Activity theory offers not only a useful conceptual framework, but also a coherent terminology to be shared by researchers, and a rapidly developing body of literature in associated disciplines.” (T.D. Wilson – Information Research 11.4)

Approaches to classification in publishing and knowledge management

Added on 18 July 2006 Peter Bogaards
“Classification of knowledge, and of the objects which contain it such as books and journals, has a long history, but is also a hot topic in the modern world of electronic collections and the World Wide Web. Indeed Tim Berners-Lee argues that the building of ontologies and software agents that can deal with them is central to the vision of the Semantic Web.” (Electronic Publishing Specialist Forum)

Graffletopia

Added on 18 July 2006 Peter Bogaards
“As a web designer, I’ve been using OmniGraffle for years. It’s fantastic for designing interfaces — miles better than Adobe Illustrator for most tasks. Stencils are a big part of why Graffle is great. So, hopefully, this website will make it easier to find cool stencils. Let the sharing begin!” (About Graffletopia)

A new framework

Added on 16 July 2006 Peter Bogaards
“Every field of social science has been integrating culture and meaning into their theories and methods – some more than others – and we as designers should be doing the same. To do that, we need a framework that takes these things into account as well.” (Todd Wilkens – Adaptive Path blog)

Experiencing CHI 2006: From a Practitioner’s Viewpoint (1/4)

Added on 12 July 2006 Peter Bogaards
“One of the great things CHI offers to both practitioners and academics is an opportunity to reconnect with people from their respective communities. Though the intermingling between these two separate communities is not what it might be. Over the many years since this conference began in 1982, conference attendees have forged and annually – or at least from time to time – renewed friendships with their peers from around the world. Unlike conferences focusing on a particular UX specialty, attendees represented the diversity among practitioners – including designers, usability specialists, user researchers, and UX managers.” (Pabini Gabriel-Petit – UXmatters)