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A guide on the benefits of using tablets in k-12 classrooms

Some thoughts on choreographing content as it moves around the page to respond to device.

Tutorial on creating infographics in Illustrator

Combining computer science and education to make interactive robots that adapt to teach students based on individual needs.

More free education. Thousands of videos on many academic subjects.

Due to the Library's frequent movement of collections the last few years, interactive floor plans are not currently available. Below is a description of what can be found on each floor while new floor plans are being devised.

An inspiring use of graphic repetition. Some of my bookmarks may not immediately "make sense" as to their significance. The design process though, is not a logical one; and inspiration passes through our own filters.

This is an example of how there are rules in design, but with experience, they can be bent or even broken. The leading on this paragraph is so tight, that the ascenders and descenders of letters are touching each other. Accessibility is our goal, of course. I just wanted to share this as an example that is inspiring to me.

An argument against focusing on the information tools and for good old fashioned knowledge and critical thinking

scoped search tool that I will be working to integrate so that our subject specialists and instructors can generate code to include on their subject pages or course guides

I have a short article along with the video of my talk at ALA and a video of a talk I gave at Code4Lib Midwest outlining the basics of how this kind of analysis can be done on any site.

I'm sure we're all familiar with Wacom, but I'm not sure if everyone realizes how HUGE and IMPORTANT they are. I mention this because Wacom is not just a company that produces the little tablets we see on people's desks. They provide THE tools of choice for the movie industry, television industry, vehicle companies and huge business to business entities. The little Wacom tablet and stylus I have at home and on my desk at work are not the main streams of income for this company. I wanted to clarify this because their Branding Statement reflects the ideals of a huge, worldwide, trend-setting company that is the leader in ALL of their product categories. Here is a link to their PDF download of their Branding Statement (you may have to cut and paste the URL below): https://dfsoyk1v2p32a.cloudfront.net/us/~/media/Files/PDFs/Our%20Business/Company_brochures_EN_20131225.pdf?vs=1&d=20131226T080604

Food for thought on the relationship between content strategy and front end web design

Interesting example of resizing layout based on browser width.

Open source app that captures/analyzes activity on social networks. An example: http://jasongriffey.net/thinkup/

save pages to read later with one click. can check them off once re-visited.