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note the different in the viewport size for ios5 is different. take note if you are developing for ios5 platform

Create visually creative info-graphics in classrooms. Great for educators or anyone who wishes to display visually attractive information that doesn't bore the audience. There's eight to choose from. My favourite to use is Easel.ly. 

a qr site that ofters creation of QR code that is vector, meaning scaleable to any size and retain sharpness and also track the usage of the QR code.

I experimented on it. It also gives the ability to change your url anytime later and it doesnt affect the QR code design. let's say u already printed your qr code on something or on somewhere, the contents can keep changing constantly or redirect to any site easily. Save you some hassle~!

This article presents 30 important usability issues, terms, rules and principles which are usually forgotten, ignored or misunderstood when we are doing web design

Instead of a compass telling you exactly which direction to go, it acts as a facilitator, allowing you to work out your own route - and discover new things along the way. This can serve as a metaphor for our 21st-century style of facilitated and directed e-learning. How can we use and even reverse the default affordances of a mobile phone to enhance exploratory and creative learning? Based on the above reflection, here's one random idea for stimulating creative learning using mobile apps: - Language: As you walk along a path, the phone automatically generates a "cloud" of words extracted from geolocated tweets associated with the location that you are currently on, and invites you to contribute your own tweets about your own location.

may be useful for the designers to try this out.

very useful article for those working on forms. especially the new workshop admin module website. instead of a full form, a interactive experience as such brings higher motivation and helps user to navigate the form with ease for Sally and team

Abrupt changes in an interface are hard for users to process. Don't leave them in the dark; always show what's happening.

Money issue about developing an mobile app heh. They have interesting ways to cut back budgets too in this new platform... like getting interested developer to buy in your idea , hiring interns, taking reference to existing applications etc. O'Reilly released many good technical issue books hence I think their words proved some credibility.

Create your own poster. Simply put, Glog is a kind of poster - fully designed by yourself! Glog is a fancy creation from text, images, music and video.

knowing how to build a good game design mechanism is going to be important... even in real life. facebooks location, foursquares... more information here. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/pda/2011/mar/14/sxsw-2011-scvngr-seth-priebatsch#

page with almost all devices with pixel density pixels per inch PPI and dimension stated. useful reference for cross platform/devices designs and development.

Most important work habits: Playing Nice

nice cross browser css3 technique

Something for the ETs and Jason to read and react to.

Interesting article! I think one reason why many teachers keep on sticking to the defaults is because _precisely_ BB can be so flexible and do so many things, and there's a lot of templates available. This panoply of choices leads to decision fatigue on the teachers' part: "Which features should I use for presenting to my students? how can I package and so on... arrrrh I'll just stick with the defaults and customize another day." (Can read more about decision fatigue at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/magazine/do-you-suffer-from-decision-fatigue.html) So, I think our training strategies would have to recognize and take into account this human tendency to choose the easy defaults, especially when mentally tired.

Defaults are bad? hmmm... My son started using the kiddy skate scooter about 4 mths ago and he does it like a pro now. When I bought the scooter, it came with 'default settings', i.e. all fixed up and ready to use. He had a go at it and we adjusted the height and widen the handles along the way. He grew more confident and I removed the trainer wheels. I cannot imagine when the scooter came without any 'default settings', i.e. 4 wheels, 2 bars, rubber tubes, etc, I will be quite frustrated setting it up from scratch and my son will be climbing all over me. Defaults cannot be seen as something bad in my opinion. It gives new users or busy people something to start with, I personally appreciate that. When we design instructions, we provide foundations to get our learners started, building blocks or scaffolding their learning as they progress. A range of basic, intermediate or advanced instructional plans can also be presented later on. Essentially, what are the characteristics of our learners or the users of BB? What do you think they need? Demographics of our acad staffs for example are quite 'senior adult learners' (correct me if I am wrong). Do we think we want to present a blank BB page and tell them, 'hey, guess what? its all about customisation now, whatever you want, put it in.' No prize for guessing what their reactions will be. On the other hand, there maybe a group of people who do not want to conform to defaults but to change things or customise their experiences. Nothing wrong with that too. My point is, let's provide a range of options for users, we inform that there are default settings to get them started but there are also room for customisation for the adventurous. We want to be learner centric, hence customisation of experiences but we also do not want to leave anyone behind. That said, I am going to change all my default passwords and user ids of my mobile.... no wonder banks have been calling me to ask if I needed loans.