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Minimalism and Dogma
Let’s talk about minimalism for a minute. A recent emailing on the subject from JoAnn Hackos emphasized the need that “..users get only the information they need… And, the more languages we translate...
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Transformation and Then Some!
Please watch this TED talk! In less than 20 minutes, you will learn so many things on so many levels, and have a good laugh doing it! Hans Rosling is a specialist in public health. This is the story...
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Oral Tech Comm
This, too, is technical communication, and it enters perfectly into the “humanist nerd” camp. This TED talk has made a few rounds, but is worth viewing, or reviewing. Jill Bolte Taylor is a brain...
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The EuroIA Summit – a Wow Experience
I did plan to write this a bit earlier, but while I was in Prague at this year’s EuroIA summit, I got a bout of bronchitis that’s been slowing me down. That said, I can still easily say “Wow.” It was a...
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I Keep Thinking…
…about all this communication stuff: I keep thinking about how information architects don’t like to be called UX designers. “IA is so much more,” they say. The “more” they’re talking about includes...
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The Gestalt of Bookkeeping
Well! The STC election is over (I won). The spring conference season is over – at least for me, with many successes and then – the one I didn’t do so well at. The home stretch in this hectic season,...
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A Cognitive Design for User Assistance – Comprehensive Links
I’ve had a number of emails, tweets, and other requests for information on how to get slides or recordings of the webinar series I just finished for Adobe. Thanks are in order First off, I need to...
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We Are Family
Over here in Europe, we get a fair number of American TV series, but not all of them. Recently, a friend passed me a complete set of all the existing episodes of Firefly which I’ve been enjoying...
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The Coming Crisis
I’m not an academic. I haven’t done any research. I just observe the world and say what I see, and what I see is this: We think it’s OK to deliver personal attacks, salacious innuendo, smear campaigns,...
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RIP Michel Rocard
Michel Rocard is dead. It will be a long time before any political figure appears, in France or anywhere else, that has his rigorous intellect, his ethical position, or his clarity of vision. Michel...
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Why the EU is Better Off Without the UK
Shortly after the Brexit vote, a French diplomat was quoted as saying, Before, Britain had one foot in and one foot out. Now, they have one foot out and one foot in. Ironic truth. To me, it is crystal...
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