Brandon Muramatsu

muraPOI: January 9, 2012

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  • Subway Map Visualization jQuery Plugin: Cool plugin by Nik Kalyani to make any visualization look like the London Underground Map.

    (O’Reilly Radar, Four short links: 16 December 2011)

  • An Event Apart: The Secret Lives of Links: Luke Wroblewski summarizes a presentation by Jared Spool.

    • The Scent of Information is the process by which content communicates to the user about how to find it. Links are responsible for the scent of information. Grewat link design is getting the scent right.
    • The distinction between what the site owners insist we put on the site and what the users want –we’ve all faced this tension. But it’s possible to get the links and content people want on your Web site by understanding how links can help you achieve your goals.

    Many sites get this wrong. Site designers focus on what they want to convey, not what the user wants (is the simplification of what’s covered by this great post).

    • Deliver users to their desired objectives. Emit the right scent. Look good while still looking like a link. Do what the user expects. Users like to move in straight lines.

    (I can’t find the scent to say how I got to this post. :( )

  • impress.js “MIT-licensed Prezi-like presentation tool, built using CSS3 3d transforms. I’ve never been happy with the Prezi because I fear data lock-in < –Yes!. This might be a way forward.”

    (O’Reilly Radar, Four short links: 2 January 2012)

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