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The World as We Don’t See it
The other side of the normal things that arent normal
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February 13, 2012
Advertising the way we don’t see it -- World from the Otherside!!!
Excellent visualization, from the world of Advertisements and the world of Mass Media...
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January 12, 2012
Reading now: The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics: The Dos and Don'ts of Presenting Data, Facts, and Figures
Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc., 2010. ISBN-13: 9780393072952 @ Amazon.com
About the author:
Dona M. Wong has a MFA degree from Yale University, where she completed her dissertation on information design with thesis advisor Edward Tufte, a recognized authority on data visualization. Today she is the strategy director for information design at the global consulting firm Siegel+Gale, a pioneer in simplifying customer communications. She lives in New York City.
Recommendations by readers @ Amazon:
This book provides a handy desk reference for anyone who has to present data in graphical form - one might think of it a visual AP Style Book for graphics... [C. Muser]
Written with a style and clarity that reflects her approach to infographics, it provides an outstanding guide to creating visuals that are clear and to the point. The book is itself an example of communicating without excess whilst delivering a message effectively. (If you have every read Edwarde Tufte's seminal books you will appreciate Dona's clarity)... [Lee Featherby]
PS. Reviews are in magazines and in journals:
Bowen, L. (2010). The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics. Communication Arts, 51(6), 218.
"Siegel+Gale; Business Charts often Fail to Communicate Intended Message, Says Siegel+Gales Dona Wong, Author of Newly Published the Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics." Marketing Weekly News.(Feb 13, 2010): 112.
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About the author:
Dona M. Wong has a MFA degree from Yale University, where she completed her dissertation on information design with thesis advisor Edward Tufte, a recognized authority on data visualization. Today she is the strategy director for information design at the global consulting firm Siegel+Gale, a pioneer in simplifying customer communications. She lives in New York City.
Recommendations by readers @ Amazon:
This book provides a handy desk reference for anyone who has to present data in graphical form - one might think of it a visual AP Style Book for graphics... [C. Muser]
Written with a style and clarity that reflects her approach to infographics, it provides an outstanding guide to creating visuals that are clear and to the point. The book is itself an example of communicating without excess whilst delivering a message effectively. (If you have every read Edwarde Tufte's seminal books you will appreciate Dona's clarity)... [Lee Featherby]
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September 19, 2011
The Adhan in British Sign Language - audio and visuals synchronized
Info courtesy: Exploring Life, The Universe and Everything and Deborah L. Birkett
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Salah Interpreted For Deaf Muslims pt.1 - YouTube
Publishing of Salat in sign language
FREE Mobile Athan having Liberia School Of The Deaf prayer times for Cell Phone
visually impaired Muslims -- Revert Muslims Assoc.
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May 16, 2011
When Design Gurus Clash: Edward Tufte vs. Don Norman
Leo Klein @ Chicago Librarian, states:
"I was going through an interesting article on (quantitative) design guru Edward Tufte when I came across this interesting spat between him and (simplicity) design guru, Don Norman that -- despite a cheap shot by Tufte -- seems to wonderfully address polar opposites..." continue reading
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"I was going through an interesting article on (quantitative) design guru Edward Tufte when I came across this interesting spat between him and (simplicity) design guru, Don Norman that -- despite a cheap shot by Tufte -- seems to wonderfully address polar opposites..." continue reading
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April 29, 2011
Designing human-awareness for ambient agents: A human mindreading perspective
Research about human senses and human needs, in relation to information seeking behavior, information access mechanisms and information retrieval techniques continue and here are some interesting information visualization attempts, all probably contributing in some way to the understanding of the Semantic Web:
A study, by Dr. Zulfiqar A. Memon, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, [also here]
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Edgar Meij's PhD Thesis: Combining Concepts and Language Models for Information Access
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (Computer Science)
[Comp-neuro] Summer School on "Beliefs and Decisions: of Minds and Machines" The neuroinformatics site
UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION SEEKING TASKS ACROSS MULTIPLE SOURCES by Dr. Alia Amin
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"We focus on investigating how visualization influences lay users' confidence while accessing information from different cultural heritage information sources"
A study, by Dr. Zulfiqar A. Memon, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, [also here]
ABSTRACT: Ambient Intelligence (AmI) [1] has the vision to make Information and Communication Technologies disappear into the environment thus creating an ergonomic space for the inhabitant, encompassing an active living environment around us. To bring this goal to realization, devices need to be built possessing knowledge about humans enabling these devices to show a more human-like understanding. For this, we need assistance of human-directed disciplines such as cognitive science, psychology and biomedical sciences that develop models for many different aspects of human functioning. By representing these models in a formal and computational format, and incorporating them in these devices, these devices can be made more sensitive and responsive to humans [3]. The integration of these models within AmI applications is becoming more widely known as human-aware ambient agent modelling. Theory of Mind (ToM), or mindreading, is an ability to attribute mental states such as, beliefs, intentions, desires, pretending, knowledge, emotion etc, to others and to understand that those states may be similar or different from one's own. The work presented in this thesis makes contributions in the area of modelling and simulation by analysing and designing ambient agent models integrating concepts of Theory of Mind, to make these models human-aware. To explore the applicability of the approach proposed in this thesis, it has been applied in different specializations addressing integrated approaches to, for example, emotion generation and reading, emotion contagion, believing, desiring, feeling, decision making, and attention [2].
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"We focus on investigating how visualization influences lay users' confidence while accessing information from different cultural heritage information sources"
March 22, 2011
Social Networks Leave Americans Open To ID Theft
WebProNews, Written by Mike Sachoff on 22 March 2011
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...“American’s lack of caution in friending members of the opposite sex online is striking,” said Thomas Oscherwitz, chief privacy officer for ID Analytics, Inc.
“Friending someone online is not risk-free. Just as in the bricks-and-mortar world, it makes sense to exercise a bit of prudence. Most social networking profiles contain personal information that can be used by fraudsters, and when you friend someone, you are giving them access to this information.”...
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13 Million Americans Leave the Door Open to Identity Theft on Social Networks, ID Analytics [image courtesy]
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...“American’s lack of caution in friending members of the opposite sex online is striking,” said Thomas Oscherwitz, chief privacy officer for ID Analytics, Inc.
“Friending someone online is not risk-free. Just as in the bricks-and-mortar world, it makes sense to exercise a bit of prudence. Most social networking profiles contain personal information that can be used by fraudsters, and when you friend someone, you are giving them access to this information.”...
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13 Million Americans Leave the Door Open to Identity Theft on Social Networks, ID Analytics [image courtesy]
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Fraudsters can use information in social networking profiles to build the dossiers they need to beat challenge questions and other security measures on financial accounts. The key identity elements that consumers should be careful before exposing on social networks are:
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