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when are you going to find time to do it again? Don’t know where or when I first hear or read that phrase – it could well have one of those motivational posters. Perhaps it was sharing wall with the poster that said “Hang in there Baby!” with a picture of a terrified kitten dangling [...]
Filed by Michele Buchanan at January 27th, 2013 under learning, order + organization, the internet
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Here is the synopsis for this particular presentation that will be taking place at the O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference. Next step is to dig into this presenter’s personal site and get more intel. fyi – the ‘last mile’ — The “last mile” or “last kilometer” is a phrase used by the telecommunications [...]
Filed by Michele Buchanan at January 22nd, 2013 under Uncategorized
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. . . topic tweet The new reading paradigm makes the role of graphic design more important than ever before. . The imperative of a (re)freshed perspective on the role of page design to respond to the new reading paradigm. .
Filed by Michele Buchanan at January 21st, 2013 under content design, graphic design, reading, the internet
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So I’m mulling my topic, and it suddenly strikes me that what I’m really pursuing is content design – because design can take place on or in any space. Yeah, content design, that has a nice ring to it… wait a minute let’s just type that into Google. Bingo, lots and lots of hits to [...]
Filed by Michele Buchanan at January 18th, 2013 under cognition, content design, page design, reading, the internet, Uncategorized
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. a funny thing happened on the way to writing about mapping… I started off blogging on mapping and 45 minutes later I had this. . Let’s start with the the first sentence that introduces this chapter being able to read effectively and efficiently Now that is exactly where my topic is heading, how [...]
Filed by Michele Buchanan at January 15th, 2013 under Uncategorized
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Discuss how you are planning to “map” texts, per Clark’s book. Let’s start with the the first sentence that introduces this chapter being able to read effectively and efficiently … That’s where I was at before this posting turned itself quite spontaneously into my free writing assignment. Now, onto the assignment, which nearly sounds like [...]
Filed by Michele Buchanan at January 15th, 2013 under Uncategorized
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Based on some frustrating experiences with previous research papers, I know that just tossing everything into a big folder comes back to haunt. I’m using Zotero, and will be watching the ‘how to’ materials as many times as it takes so I understand how to fully exploit the capabilities. Louise recommend RefWorks, and I have [...]
Filed by Michele Buchanan at January 15th, 2013 under Uncategorized
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I’ve noticed a trend to take existing philosophies or systems from established traditions and superimpose them onto an area of design. For example, how the principles of Feng Sui could be applied to graphic design. This is congruent with the reading I’ve been doing so far about the process of fabricating the ‘original’. That new [...]
Filed by Michele Buchanan at January 13th, 2013 under Uncategorized
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. a thesis haiku pondering the thesis thinking transforms sinking becomes diving in .
Filed by Michele Buchanan at January 11th, 2013 under Uncategorized
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