This entertaining video illustrates the massive and significant cultural change that has occurred over the past two decades, as a result of moving information into the digital realm.
From pencil-and-paper to Web 2.0, in just under five minutes:
Archive for the 'Technology' Category
There once was a spacecraft named Hubble,
whose finances fell into trouble.
When its budget runs dry,
it will fall from the sky
and break up into nothing but rubble.
But it won’t happen anytime soon…
Whitney music box
Published October 31st, 2006 in Music/Books/Movies, Technology and Visual/Technical Communication. 2 CommentsThe Whitney Music Box uses the theories of harmonic relationships to turn motion graphics into music.
At the beginning of each “song,” a line of dots begins to move around a central point. The outermost dot is on a three-minute cycle, meaning it orbits the center once every three minutes, and represents the first harmonic. The […]
The Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) in lunar orbit.
collectSpace.com has scooped the new moniker for the next NASA exploration initiative. The project will be called Orion.
30 years ago, Saturn rockets were launching Apollo capsules to the Moon. Within the next ten years, we will see their 21st century counterparts do the same thing all over […]
UX lecture - part two
Published June 30th, 2006 in Technology and Visual/Technical Communication. 1 CommentHere is part two of my UX&A lecture series. This presentation covers the very basics of XML, and its role in documentation and training.
Click on the title slide below to launch the presentation.
(Note: you will need the Flash plugin to view the presentation.)
View part one of the series, which discusses current and future trends in […]
UX lecture - part one
Published June 29th, 2006 in Technology and Visual/Technical Communication. 1 CommentLast year, I provided a series of presentations on the current trends in User Experience and Assistance (UX&A) for a group of colleagues.
I’ve decided to post my slides from these three presentations here at monkeyPi. There is no audio narration included, but (hopefully) the slides should be easy enough to follow.
Part one covers the recent […]
The Persuasive Mirror is a device that monitors your appearance and behavior and “reflects” an image of the future you. The goal is to provide motivation for people who aren’t taking care of themselves… for instance, a poor eater might see his reflected self as overweight.
Just to see what would happen, I purchased two of […]
