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Dutch Academics Declare Research Free-for-all (May 12 2005 23:57 GMT) - Three cheers for the Dutch! As the Register reports, "Scientists from all major Dutch universities officially launched a website on Tuesday where all their research material can be accessed for free. Interested parties can get hold of a total of 47,000 digital documents from 16 institutions the Digital Academic Repositories. No other nation in the world offers such easy access to its complete academic research output in digital form, the researchers claim. Obviously, commercial publishers are not amused. |
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Anticipating Autopoiesis: Personal Construct Psychology and Self-Organizing Systems (May 12 2005 23:57 GMT) - Seb Fiedler hits on a nice article that draws out some implications of the psychological theory of constructivism, a theory which holds, essentially, that our understanding of the world is a creative act. "There is no event which could be called 'stark reality' because there is no event which we cannot reconstrue alternately." What's important is how we undertake this process (c.f. my remarks on similarity, below). |
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The Role of Metaphor in Interaction Design (May 12 2005 23:57 GMT) - I think metaphor is the foundation of human reason (more accurately, I think similarity is the foundation of human reason). So it should be no surprise that I would be interested in Dan Saffer's essay on the role of metaphor in interaction design. It's a Master's Thesis, but don't let that dissuade you from reading; it is a breezy read, well written and informative. I particularly enjoyed the section on criticisms of metaphor in interaction design and I found the guidelines on the usage of metaphor to be accurate and informative. |
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IST-EC 2 (May 12 2005 23:57 GMT) - Just announced: "IST-EC 2 (Information Societies Technologies Europe-Canada) is a joint Canada-Europe project whose objective is to connect the European and Canadian research communities in key areas of the Information Society Technologies (IST)... Under the project, Canadian and European research and technology developers from both the public and private sectors (university, research centers or SME’s), can search for joint projects in which to participate on the basis of mutual benefits." There is an e-learning component to the project, which described in full on the web page. Various funding opportunities are available. |
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Steady, tiger (May 12 2005 23:57 GMT) - Thought for the day: be open to alternative approaches, and always challenge assumptions, but having done so, you may often find the established techniques do actually work. For ****'s sake, don't 'think different'® just to be perverse, merely to appear... |
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:| (May 12 2005 23:57 GMT) - It's been one of those days where, as soon as I left, I wished I could go back and do everything differently. Thanks: Kelly, Mystiara |
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Home sales prices up - and down - in 2004 (May 12 2005 23:57 GMT) - Home sales prices up - and down - in 2004Year-end 2004 residential sales figures for South Florida may seem puzzling.Home Mortgage LoansOriginally Posted on 5/12/2005 4:56:56 PMContent source: http: |
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SinCin?© in Brazil (May 12 2005 23:57 GMT) - Coming August 2005! Jodele Larcher, of Innova Productons, is working with the festival director, Melissa Ulto, on bringing the festival to Brazil. Tentatively slated for August 2005, the festival will travel to Rio and San Paolo. Working on a three-day schedule, the festival will include evening events post-screening, inclusive of performers, bands, VJs and exotic acts. Ms. |
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Centrering af site med DW ? (May 12 2005 23:57 GMT) - Jeg har et site ( www.selmann.dk ) som er lavet i dreamweaver Hvordan sikre man at ens sitet altid optrćder centreret uanset skćrmoplřsning? Er der en funktionalitet i DW hvor jeg kan tjekke opsćtningen ? Jeg arbjeder primćrt efter WYSIWYG-metoden men kan da redigere lidt i koderne hvis det skal vćre ; |
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