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I like how they feature a group of collections on the home page and then include a separate section of additional collections. It clearly shows which are of greater importance and leaves no question of where users can click to start exploring. On the con side, only some of these featured collections lead to digitized primary source materials. We need to make it clear for our users which collections are available online and which only include online finding aids.

This is a pretty neat browser for tablets. Lots of customization features and more intuitive than Safari. It's definitely worth a download. They have a free version and a "Pro" $0.99 version. I've used the free version. The pay version has a few extra features that are really not necessary to use a browser; they're really "bloatware" features.

Here they use a Summon image (with tiny illegible writing) to brand their search and a link to information and video about Summon. But do users really care? I'm not saying we should hide the search vendor branding entirely but does it make sense to feature it like this?

This new feature for Zotero will come in use for Fred's grant.

This new feature for Zotero will come in use for Fred's grant.

Great way to read data from mysql and display good looking charts. This would be great with httprequest! Also another article with a introduction www.linux.com/feature/121823  

Industrial Design website: I'm not jazzed so much about the website; but the content features several examples of truly creative solutions to everyday issues. This is the kind of work that is not the "easy solution".

If you heaven't seen it yet, MS just relaunched live search as BING with new features, etc.

This is not a ground-breaking site but there are a handful of things they're doing well that demonstrate how much simpler/better our design could be: 1. It's a visually interesting and attractive site without resorting to images sprinkled randomly throughout content. Each images has a home and a purpose. (We've got to move away from treating the web like a print layout where we allow our content folks to intersperse text with images) 2. The text on pages is structured well and utilizes nicely-styled headings and bulleted lists to make it easy to scan/digest lots of content. I also like how the B/W Feature images on the homepage become full color on hover. A nice touch. Also, nice use of white space to avoid overwhelming.

New in CS5, Adobe Kuler is present in Photoshop and Illustrator. It's a live palette item that features color palettes created by various designers from around the web (professional and non-professional). You can save favorite palettes, browse the live palette library and submit your own palettes for consideration. It's a great resource.

A potential way to enhance IA and interaction design deliverables

We should install on the tech library iphone once we get one.

The Internet BAH!

PHP/Mysql based social bookmarking platform that can be installed on a local server. Could be cool to have a "LibFaves" service...