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Tag Archives: design
Nov 11, 2009
Beyond Sharing: “Open Source Design” / Wordcamp NYC
Towards the discussion I will be leading on this subject at Wordcamp, this Saturday 11:30am I wanted to share with you this diagram I’m proposing for discussing the open source process and how might design be a part of it.
What is the motivation model that have been perfected in open source coding? (especially in the [...]
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Oct 2, 2009
Can “Design By Committee” Work?
Here are some notes from the “Design By Committee” talk I am working on. I am publishing the notes and the slides here for your reference. Please let me know what you think (comment).
May 5, 2009
Fail Gracefully
The following is an essay I wrote together with Florian Schmitt (hi-res.net) for the Offf 2009 festival in Lisbon. Florian and I will also host a panel on Saturday, May 9th with Aaron Koblin, PES, and Joshua Davis, to discuss the ‘Fail Gracefully’ theme. Come say hi!
Fail Gracefully
Intro
We fail. We all do, and our failures [...]
Apr 9, 2007
Highlights Space
Just finished the design for the new Highlights space which I will develop with two of our Open-Source community members, Avital Oliver and Dudu Buchbut.
User Scenario:
The user launches the space through the shift-menu
The Highlights tool-bar opens allowing the user to:
highlight by drag+drop on text (the cursor changes to this icon)
repeat the highlight action [...]
Apr 8, 2007
Trails – the story so far (+)
Trails is the upcoming main addition to ShiftSpace it is an an interface for mapping information in the world of ShiftSpace. the idea is that shift (ShiftSpace annotations/interventions/user-generated-content) left on different pages will be trailed together into information maps.
We have been drafting tons of mockups, trying to figure out how should it work, what would [...]
Mar 18, 2007
Infographic Propoganda
Powerful (maybe even too powerful) use of infographics in political videos:
Jan 29, 2007
Knut presentation (2003)
Four years ago I gave this presentation about the amazing experience I had in Ars Electronica 2001 when I was invited by the guys at Team Chman (the ones behind Banja) and by the illustrator Barbara Lippe to create a Flash arcade anti-game with them called Knut. I just accidentally found this at Google Video:
Aug 2, 2006
A Short Pick at the Israeli Graphic Design Scene
A draft for a column on Israeli design for ‘Computer Arts’ magazine.
סדנה בבצלאל – המרחב הישראלי: תאוריית הקשר