...who quietly invented ebooks, 30 years ago, died on 6 September. He recalled 'I envisioned sending the Declaration of Independence to everyone on the net... all 100 of them... which would have crashed the whole thing...'. This toe in the water led to Project Gutenberg, run by volunteers and, currently, the largest repository of free books. Its mission statement is delightful including it's management policy, written by Hart:
Because we are totally powered by volunteers we are hesitant to be very bossy about what our volunteers should do, or how to do it.
[via Guardian books]
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An occasional listing of notes and anecdotes on user-centred design
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Alison Black - I'm a psychologist and, having worked for many years in the design of user-centred products and services, am now Professor of User-Centred Design at University of Reading, UK.
Why Brain Attic?
In 'A Study in Scarlet' Arthur Conan Doyle wrote: "I believe that a man's brain is like a little empty attic, and you stock it with such furniture as you choose....the skillful workman will have...nothing but the tools which will help him doing his work..."
As we now know, Conan Doyle's analogy doesn't quite tell the full story of the brain but nevertheless this blog is a place for me to store notes that, if not logged here, might be forgotten.
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