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Digital Media & Interaction Design Students Present ‘Coaster Cities’

Hi all, I'm helping to organise an event that many of you may be interested in. This would be a fantastic opportunity to see the work of the talented students who are preparing to graduate in June.

Details are below. If you have any questions, just let me know! 

-Catherine

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The Social Web Is Broken: Instantly Insteresting, Lastingly Boring

ABSTRACT

The social web is broken. Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Path, whatever, app or web… you name it. They’re all the same: instantly interesting, lastingly boring. All we’ve got are social networks that are networked but not social, social media that is media but not social, social marketing that is marketing but not social, and social interactions that are interactive but not social. What's the problem? How to fix it? Here are my initial thoughts.

Form filling on touch devices

I'm working on a project where a user will sign up for an account on a touch device. (This is a one time only flow). This process involves 5 fields. From what I've read/experienced over the last couple years, it's often good to limit screens to one field, so the user can focus on that, fill it out, and continue on (via a next button or whatever). 

One reason for this is that error recovery can be very tricky on these devices, and people can get confused on how to navigate fields. 

Latimes.com Redesign - No Link Colors

The new L.A. Times web redesign launched last night.

IA-wise, it's basically the same site, but the look-and-feel more
strongly embraces the print idiom (e.g., Georgia font).

I feel like the big news is that they've dropped link colors from
headlines, nav, etc.

Latimes.com is my alma mater (1999-2006), and I now also teach web
publishing at Annenberg School of Journalism at USC.