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Re: Article: "Is Google Making Us Stoopid?" from The Atlantic.com
by Jeff Parks
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My two thoughts on the article...
http://www.iaconsultants.ca/index.php/2008/07/07/is-google-making-us-stoopid/ Cheers! Jeff Oleh Kovalchuke wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Benjamin Ho <benoh2@...> wrote: > > > >> I think the human mind is faster than the Internet. Humans created >> it - not the other way around. >> > > > This reasoning contradicts both theory (systems), and facts (you do use > Google to find that site you saw a few weeks ago, don't you?), therefore it > is most probably false. > > > >> -- >> Oleh Kovalchuke >> Interaction Design is design of time >> http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm >> >> > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... discuss@... > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... discuss@... Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help |
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Re: Article: "Is Google Making Us Stoopid?" from The Atlantic.com
by Jeff Parks
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"two cents", not "two thoughts"... perhaps Google is impacting my
ability to type? :-) Jeff Parks wrote: > My two thoughts on the article... > http://www.iaconsultants.ca/index.php/2008/07/07/is-google-making-us-stoopid/ > > > Cheers! > Jeff > > Oleh Kovalchuke wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Benjamin Ho <benoh2@...> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I think the human mind is faster than the Internet. Humans created >>> it - not the other way around. >>> >> >> >> This reasoning contradicts both theory (systems), and facts (you do use >> Google to find that site you saw a few weeks ago, don't you?), >> therefore it >> is most probably false. >> >> >> >>> -- >>> Oleh Kovalchuke >>> Interaction Design is design of time >>> http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm >>> >>> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... discuss@... >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> >> > > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... discuss@... Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help |
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Re: Article: "Is Google Making Us Stoopid?" from The Atlantic.com
by j. eric townsend
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Benjamin Ho wrote:
> Instead of the catchy title naming Google, the author should have > called it, "Is the Internet making us stupid?" I've been taking some classes at CMU with people half my age. It's amazing how few of them are familiar with the research tools I grew up on, say, the Readers Guide to Periodical Literature. We did some research projects on clothing in one class, and out of ~20 of us, there were only 3-4 of us pulling history/art books off the shelf in the library, scanning images on the massive (and free!) scanner, then putting them into our projects. Pretty much everyone else had the same stock images from "teh interwebs". Looking at the results, I'm not sure if it's much different from people copying each other's work in the 80s instead of doing library research. Maybe the Internet doesn't make it easier to do research, it just makes it easier to copy off of someone else's research? -- jet / KG6ZVQ http://www.flatline.net pgp: 0xD0D8C2E8 AC9B 0A23 C61A 1B4A 27C5 F799 A681 3C11 D0D8 C2E8 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... discuss@... Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help |
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Question on Labs
by Carolyn Chandler
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I know this is the kind of question that probably gets posted all the
time, but I wasn't able to find an answer searching the archives, so here goes! Has anyone used a lab in the New York City area that they'd recommend for usability testing? We need something that will allow about 12-20 observers of one-on-one testing with some level of formality (video, logging, etc). We'd be using Morae but I know some labs don't let you bring in video equipment so that you use theirs... Of course, we're looking for something that's no too expensive. We'd be doing all the test prep and moderating, so it's mainly about a nice setup, potentially a host to help direct users, and a nice facility for observation. STC has a list that's been up a long time, but I'm not sure how up to date it is and would be interested in getting a hearty recommendation (or a warning if something didn't work out)! http://www.stcsig.org/usability/topics/recruiting-firms.html Thanks! Carolyn ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... discuss@... Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help |
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Re: Article: "Is Google Making Us Stoopid?" from The Atlantic.com
by Gloria Petron
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I should probably point out that I read this article in the print magazine.
I was in an airport and I had to choose something quickly. It was either *The Atlantic* or *Monster Trucks. * I found the article interesting and relevant to our industry, which is why I thought I'd share it. -G ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... discuss@... Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help |
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Re: Article: "Is Google Making Us Stoopid?" from The Atlantic.com
by Will Evans-3
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As if we thought this little horse had been adequately flogged, the NY
Times this morning has an article titled, "Literacy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading?" http://tinyurl.com/66wp8t "As teenagers%u2019 scores on standardized reading tests have declined or stagnated, some argue that the hours spent prowling the Internet are the enemy of reading %u2014 diminishing literacy, wrecking attention spans and destroying a precious common culture that exists only through the reading of books." And goes further with, "At least since the invention of television, critics have warned that electronic media would destroy reading. What is different now, some literacy experts say, is that spending time on the Web, whether it is looking up something on Google or even britneyspears.org, entails some engagement with text." Which I think comes back to the point Christine Boese made, referencing Marshal McCluhan. The new engagement does involve reading and interaction with text, but as opposed to interaction with a linear, broadcast, sovereign posture of a tree-book, the new interaction is marked by tribal conversations within a shared memespace, simultaneously engaging in dialogue while building Burrough's like cut-n-paste collages of meaning. Again - the article is here: http://tinyurl.com/66wp8t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31358 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... discuss@... Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help |
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Re: Article: "Is Google Making Us Stoopid?" from The Atlantic.com
by AJKock
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Ironically that this intelligent debate started on the Internet.
Information on the Internet is beyond what traditional means used to offer. Traditional reading methods is inadequate for the amount of information that needs to be assimilated. Instead of complaining that we don't read like we used to, how about providing methods that people can use to sensibly move through large amount of data, because reading word for word aren't one of them. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... discuss@... Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help |
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Design and Usability Resources You Would be Interested in?
by Harvinder Singh-2
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We are a User Experience Design staffing company redesigning our website.
In our redesign we are trying to add resources to our website that design and usability professional's would be interested in. A) Can you suggest some resources we should keep our website updated with? B) Some of the Ideas I would like your opinion on are -Contribution by people on design and usability jokes and a gift certificate every month for the best design joke contributed by the community. -Upcoming UX and Usability Conferences. -Design Schools. -User Groups like ixda, UPA, etc -Latest news in User Experience Design world. -Free tools like color contrast C) I would also like to add a business case periodically where the companies can add a detailed business case about their design/usability challenges and ask suggestions/solutions from the community. The best detailed solution would be awarded by a sponsored prize. We are hoping to reach 50-100 designer's come to our website everyday through our staffing efforts. I would appreciate suggestions so we can focus our resources on the right content. Thanks Harvinder Singh 210-614-4198 O 210-884-1311 C harvinder@... www.bestica.com Bridging the IT Talent Gap http://www.linkedin.com/in/harvindersingh Visit www.bestica.com/jobs.aspx for other jobs No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.5/1569 - Release Date: 7/23/2008 1:31 PM ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... discuss@... Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help |
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Design and Usability Resources You Would be Interested in?
by Harvinder Singh-2
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We are a User Experience Design staffing company redesigning our website.
In our redesign we are trying to add resources to our website that design and usability professional's would be interested in. A) Can you suggest some resources we should keep our website updated with? B) Some of the Ideas I would like your opinion on are -Contribution by people on design and usability jokes and a gift certificate every month for the best design joke contributed by the community. -Upcoming UX and Usability Conferences. -Design Schools. -User Groups like ixda, UPA, etc -Latest news in User Experience Design world. -Free tools like color contrast C) I would also like to add a business case periodically where the companies can add a detailed business case about their design/usability challenges and ask suggestions/solutions from the community. The best detailed solution would be awarded by a sponsored prize. We are hoping to reach 50-100 designer's come to our website everyday through our staffing efforts. I would appreciate suggestions so we can focus our resources on the right content. Thanks Harvinder Singh 210-614-4198 O 210-884-1311 C harvinder@... www.bestica.com Bridging the IT Talent Gap http://www.linkedin.com/in/harvindersingh Visit www.bestica.com/jobs.aspx for other jobs No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.5/1569 - Release Date: 7/23/2008 1:31 PM ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... discuss@... Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help |
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