EDC&I 583
MESSSAGE DESIGN
Useful Journals, Web Sites, Resources
JOURNALS
(NOTE: Most of these are available as e-journals
through the UW libraries; be sure to check UW holdings before paying for copies
or reprints of articles directly from the journal itself!)
Human Computer Interaction
A
long-time journal dealing with all aspects of HCI
Behaviour and Information Technology
A
British journal dealing with HCI
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/0144929X.html
Information Visualization
An
interesting, relatively new offering on visual design and presentation
Information Design Journal
Well-regarded
journal that crosses a lot of boundaries, deals with many different aspects of
information design and presentation.
http://www.benjamins.com/catalog/idj
EDUCAUSE Quarterly
A
journal focusing on the planning, development, management, evaluation, and use
of information resources on college and university campuses. See also other Educause publications.
Journal of Interactive Learning
Research (JILR)
A
journal focusing on theory, design, implementation, effectiveness, and impact
on education and training of interactive learning environments; published by
the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
http://www.aace.org/pubs/jilr/
Journal of Interactive Media in
Education (JIME)
An
international journal of the Open University (UK) focusing on theory and
practice in the educational use of interactive media.
ORGANIZATIONS AND
PROFESSIONAL GROUPS
Association
for Computing Machinery
Major
group for computing professionals; has several relevant special interest groups
(SIGs), esp. SIG CHI (including sub-group on Computer-Supported Collaborative
Work, CSCW) and SIG WEB. Their very
comprehensive Digital Library is available electronically via UW Libraries.
Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Another
(with ACM) major technical group; several human factors and education-related
publications; UW subscribes to their Xplore digital library.
http://www.ieee.org/index.html
Information
Aesthetics
Very
interesting resource on data visualization; the guy who runs it holds his
academic appointment in the "Key Centre of Design Computing &
Cognition" at the U. of Sydney.
Information
Architecture Institute
Focuses
strongly on design of web-based information systems
CENTERS
Don Norman
The
guy who made thinking about design legitimate in the academy!
Neilsen
Norman Group
A
great psychologist teaming with a great designer; what could be better!?
Centre for
Research in Education and Educational Technology
The
British Open University was a pioneer in applying design and technology to
education
Edward
Tufte's Site
All
his current and recent work in one place.
http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/
Ben
Schneiderman's site
One
of the pioneers in HCI work.
World Mapper
What
if we scaled world maps according to some variable other than geographical
size...?
http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html
The Media Lab
MIT's
famous lab investigating all aspects of technology and human life
Value
Sensitive Design
In
UW's I-School; an interesting lab.
VIBE: Virtual
Information Behavior Environments.
Also
at UW’s I-School
http://vibe.ischool.washington.edu/
NEWSLETTERS AND BLOGS
InfoDesign
A
good, regularly up-dated mix of materials related to information design
http://www.informationdesign.org/
Information
Aesthetics
See
their excellent list of related blogs and news feeds
Visual
Complexity
Visualizing
networks and relationships
http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/
Mark Boulton on Typography
Blog
by a web designer and typographer
ExhibiTricks: A Museum/Exhibit/Design
Blog
Regular
commentary on exhibit design and development
Boing Boing
Media
and popular culture; just for fun!
Gizmodo
More
similar
XKCD
Kind
of a comic alt technology graphic site
FOUNDATIONS AND
NON-PROFITS
Powers of Ten
The
great project started by the Eameses (see below) and now carried on by their
grandson.
The Work of
Charles and Ray Eames
Two
of the 20th century's most creative designers; exhibition at Library
of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/eames/
Pew Internet
& American Life Project
Does
some of the best empirical work on how technology is affecting everyday life in
the USA