#information (8 links)
- Don't waste time correcting misinformation. Instead, try the "bypassing technique" - Big Think bigthink.com
Bypassing means not meeting your misinformed opponent head-on. This is not a clash of arguments or a battle of the studies. You are maneuvering an argument into a different position. It’s a kind of epistemological aikido — using someone’s movements and logic against them.
- Figure It Out – A List Apart alistapart.com
Color is, without a doubt, the visual element most often misunderstood and misused.
Much more beyond this quote... "When you actually need to travel, your personal devices will keep you on track. For example something the “JITwatch“, or that iPhone app that triggers an alarm when GPS indicates you’re within a particular distance from your destination."... but everything has been done already.
Via infovore.
Mesofacts are the facts that change neither too quickly nor too slowly, that lie in this difficult-to-comprehend middle, or meso-, scale. Often, we learn these in school when young and hold onto them, even after they change.
Via russelldavies.
- Show Us a Better Way showusabetterway.com
The UK Government wants to hear your ideas for new products that could improve the way public information is communicated.
This page collects all my published work related to information architecture and user experience.
- Achieving emptiness with "Bit Literacy" - (37signals) 37signals.com
In an age of infinite bits, time and attention are the scarce resources. The solution is to constantly manage your bits with the goal of reaching an “empty” state.