IA MATTERS
creating trust in cyberspace
http://www.tml.hut.fi/~pnr/publications/cam2000.pdfiacandy
a bunch of truly beautiful odd new visualizations.. information design and IA are one.
http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus/
and the story behind it
www.thinkmap.com
more
http://inxight.com/
more
http://www.smartmoney.com/marketmap/marketmap.html
from
http://www.smartmoney.com/intro/tools/
more
http://www.artandculture.com
hey, anyone going to any of these?
http://argus-acia.com/events/full_calendar.html
BRAND
The Evolution of Brand Strategy
The Changing Roles of Identity and Navigation Design
http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2000/08/zauderer/
Uncanny
The Art & Design of Shawn Wolfe
Published by Houston
Best known as the man behind Beatkit, the ubiquitous "brand
without a product," Wolfe was deconstructing consumerism and
brand fetishism since before he knew that's what he was doing.
See the cover image at:
http://www.emigre.com/CBUN.html
NEWS
Did you think that you can stop worrying about downloads?
Fast Company: Why the Long Wait?
Latency, says Reed, directly affects the quality of users' experience on the
Net. Although ISPs aren't blind to this issue, too few of them agree that
latency is the defining metric of their networks' performance.
http://www.fastcompany.com/online/38/ifaqs.html
Napster cannot be killed.
Industry Standard: It's Not Dead Yet.
Kevin Werbach. Rather than delaying a resolution of the major issues
surrounding online music distribution, the Napster injunction has accelerated
it. The injunction raised the stakes and also brought Napster tremendous
mainstream publicity.
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17382,00.html
yeah, these guys are the victims. sure.
Wired News: States: Labels Fixed CD Prices.
Thirty states filed suit Tuesday against the five biggest record companies and
two music retailing giants, accusing them of conspiring to fix CDs prices --
an act that the states say cost consumers millions of dollars.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38103,00.html
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