All those topics that i wish i had time to pursue more earnestly.

Usability News – CHI 2007 – Can User Centred Design be Harmful?:
CHI 2007 – Can User Centred Design be Harmful?

Source: UN, 6 May 2007
Submitted by Andy Dearden

Researchers and practitioners meeting at CHI 2007 produced the surprising argument that user-centred design is a bad idea! Instead, a range of alternative approaches were proposed for projects in developing countries such as “community centred design” and “deployment centred design”.

“A critical observation was that in these settings, the idea of a single user owning and interacting with a single device, around some individually oriented task, is often inappropriate. Instead, systems are more often shared and used by communities, and their objectives are also geared to development and growth of the community.”

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the answer is yes. The second paragraph, I argue, is universal, not just for developing countries. It recognizes a part of human nature and human experience that is fundamentally collective.

Normal Room:
See how people live around the world and explore the variety of lifestyles and cultural peculiarities.

Normal Room shows you interior design and home furniture from all around the globe. Search the image database and explore the differences and similarities in architecture and home decoration between people in different countries

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i’ve always loved this idea and project. it promotes precisely the awareness that we need of other cultures.

HRD hopes to make $10 laptops a reality-India-The Times of India:
Having rejected Nicholas Negroponte’s offer of $100 laptops for schoolchildren, HRD ministry’s idea to make laptops at $10 is firmly taking shape with two designs already in and public sector undertaking Semiconductor Complex evincing interest to be a part of the project.

So far, the cost of one laptop, after factoring in labour charges, is coming to $47 but the ministry feels the price will come down dramatically considering the fact that the demand would be for one million laptops. “The cost is encouraging and we are hopeful it would come down to $10. We would also look into the possibility of some Indian company manufacturing the parts,” an official said.

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this is the way one laptop per child should be….

Crooks and Liars » Who Doesn’t Believe in Evolution?:
Who Doesn’t Believe in Evolution?

(That’s Brownback, Tancredo and Huckabee with their hands up.)

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those are three people who cannot claim to have had an education of any merit. the sad thing is that there are millions who are so unfamiliar with the world as to share their beliefs.

Lolcat – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Lolcat

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yet another place where wikipedia has more information than britannica…..

it wasn’t that long ago… that most fictional cats, by my recollection, spoke in high tea british english…. now they are all internet slang… very interesting.

fuvoo – South Park Mac vs. PC:
A fan project of South Park and parody of the Mac vs. PC commercials at the same time. Created as the final project for a multimedia production class at California State University Northridge (CSUN)

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hehehehehehe

Does what happens in the Facebook stay in the Facebook?:
Does what happens in the Facebook stay in the Facebook?

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well does it?

Do Computer Pros Work Less Than Others?:
Among eight broad professional occupations tracked by the government, only one category–consisting of educators, trainers and librarians–average fewer hours at work each week.
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that’s bull, he educators that i know work more hours on average than 40, usually 50 or 60. I wonder how they are measuring this.

Welcome to a worldwide learning network — OER Commons:
OER Commons is a teaching and learning network of shared materials, from K-12 through college, from algebra to zoology, open to everyone.

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great resources…