links for 2009-11-29
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sharing routes walking
links for 2009-11-23
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RNIB – the accessibility of geographical information systems
links for 2009-11-18
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Not sure how useful this site is going to be, it's for members only and you need to be in the public sector to be a member. I'll need to come back next week.
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Unpicking WCAG 2.0 a thorough observation.
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Official accessibility guidance updated to allow either WCAG 1.0 or WCAG 2.0 as a minimum standard for public sectors sites.
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Oct 2009 survey of preferences of screen reader users.
Google Maps API
Experimenting with Google maps API with the intention of mapping my current journey into work with photos. It’s very straightforward and pretty easy to get quick results.
Loading the map and setting the correct longitude and latitude was simple, things are starting to get a little more complicated with adding markers and then adding photos to the markers.
links for 2009-11-11
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Handy application to get the GLatLng – makes life so much easier
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A simple guide to adding google maps API to your site.
links for 2009-11-10
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Getting started with Google Analytics
- Account administration
- Tracking central
- Reports central
- Common tasks
- Adwords
Book notes – Emotional Design Donald Norman
Isn’t it strange how attractive things appear to work better. Is this just a placebo, we expect things to work better because we’re approaching them from a more positive stance.
According to Alice Isen – ‘Being happy broadens the thought processes and facilitates creative thinking.’ This is something that is explored in creative facitilitation – making brainstorming sessions more creative and fun returns better results. Is this common sense if people are relaxed and happy they’re more likely to be productive than if they’re stressed and unhappy?
In Donald Norman’s book Emotional Design, he defines the brain as having three levels of processing, the visceral, behavioral and the reflective states.
In this instance visceral refers to the immediate physical response to a situation. Behavioral is more of a physical action or a skilled action whilst reflective is thinking about a situation, analysing and interpreting. According to Norman in design the visceral level is about the initial impact of a product, about it’s appearance shape, texture, colour - how it looks and feels. Behavioural is about the products use, about the users experience with the product and how it functions and performs, how easy and satisfying is it to use. Lastly the reflective level is about interpreting and reasoning.