Infovore » 2008 » 07 » 21
  • About
  • Archives
  • Projects
  • Talks
  • Code
  • RSS
  • Contact
  • check out the size of this compass rose | deputydog
    “…the compass… measures a whopping 1.21km in diameter. according to wikipedia, ‘it is inclined to magnetic north (around 13 degrees east of true north) and is used by pilots for calibrating heading indicators’.” Blimey. That’s big.
    (tags: navigation flight photography geography marking illustration terrain huge massive enormous)
  • The Medium – Stet – The Internet’s Typographical and Grammatical Morass – NYTimes.com
    “I am stumped by how to excerpt the language on message boards and blogs… My problem with message-board language brings up a prior problem in journalism: the difficulty of translating spoken language into written language.”
    (tags: quotation language writing internet online journalism transcription dialogue speaking)
  • Versus CluClu Land: Gamers are Maximizers of Utility
    “I thought this decision to attach a reward to the choice represented a failure of nerve on the part of the designers … wedding a gameplay-reward to a decision that ought be governed by one’s sense of character and motivation.”
    (tags: iroqouispliskin criticism games writing gta4 narrative gameplay storytelling reward)
  • Aza’s Thoughts » Firefox Mobile Concept Video
    Some really nice ideas in here, that I need to think about more: notably, the use of edges (or are they seams?) to give control over the page in the middle, and context for it related to other pages. It’ll be interesting to see it on real devices, now.
    (tags: fennec firefox mobile concept video demo design interaction browser)

Archives

  • 2022  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2021  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2020  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2019  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2018  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2017  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2016  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2015  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2014  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2013  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2012  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2011  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2010  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2009  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2008  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2007  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2006  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2005  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2004  January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • 2003  January February March April May June July August September October November December

infovore.org is a weblog by Tom Armitage, 2003-2025.