One small strip of plaster, one giant strip of data

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore

November 4, 2009

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-10390780-247.html?tag=mncol

The article is about sensium technology, a disposable digital strip that can be put on person’s check nest or arm that can monitor several areas of vital signs from heart rate, body temperature to respirations. This technology is designed for BAN (body area network) that communicates through wireless technology in which dispatches data from the body to a home base station. The strip should last a few days.

This is definitely a plus development for BAN. However, there is a set back because of mass data transmitting from patients. The article indicates that it can be improve by using a server instead of storing data. Information design plays a role with this development. The key is the organization of passing the data as visually effective as possible in the receiving end. 

Part 2

1.0 - Home page

1.1 - About Us

1.2 - Management

1.3 - Corporate Governance

1.3.1 - Board of Directors (1.3.1.1 - 1.3.1.11)

1.3.1.1 - Jeffery L. Bewkes

1.3.1.2 - James L. Barksdale

1.3.1.3 - William P. Barr

1.3.1.4 - Stephen F. Bollenbach

1.3.1.5 - Frank J. Caufield

1.3.1.6 - Robert C. Clark

1.3.1.7 - Mathias Dopfner

1.3.1.8 - Jessica P. Einhorn

1.3.1.9 - Michael A. Miles

1.3.1.10 - Kenneth J. Novack

1.3.1.11 - Deborah C. Wright

1.3.2 - Board Leadership and Committee Structure (2 pdf links and other name links)

1.3.3 - Committee Charters, Policies and Reports (4 pdf links)

1.3.4 - By-Laws (1 pdf link) (1.3.4.1 - 1.3.4.12)

1.3.4.1 - Offices

1.3.4.2 - Meetings of Stockholders

1.3.4.3 - Board of Directors

1.3.4.4 - Committees

1.3.4.5 - Officers

1.3.4.6 - Indemnification

1.3.4.7 - Capital Stock

1.3.4.8 - Seal

1.3.4.9 - Fiscal Year

1.3.4.10 - Waiver of Notice

1.3.4.11 - Amendments

1.3.4.12 - Miscellaneous

1.3.5 - Governance Policy (1 pdf link) (1.3.5.1 - 1.3.5.6)

1.3.5.1 - Board Composition

1.3.5.2 - Board Responsibilities

1.3.5.3 - Board Meetings

1.3.5.4 - Board Committees

1.3.5.5 - Director Orientation and Education

1.3.5.6 - Corporate Governance Review and Disclosure

1.3.6 - Codes of Conduct (4 pdf links)

1.3.7 - Contact the Board of Directors

1.4 - Citizenship

1.5 - Businesses

1.6 - Investor Relations

1.7 - Newsroom

1.8 - Careers

Part 1

1. What is the single most important distinguishing characteristic that makes a website a blog? (What makes a blog a blog?)

-Blog is a website that post entries and normally viewed in reverse chronological order.

2. What are the three primary areas an information architect must consider in preparing any website? (Often represented as sections of the Venn diagram on the board.)

-Content, Context, Users

3. Name two exact (not ambiguous or subjective) organization schemes that can be used in Web navigation.

-A web navigation should be in order as the following forms:

Numeric, alphabetical, geographical and chronological.

4. A list of links on a library website that offers a users choices such as "How do I get my library card?" and "How do I check out a book?" is an example of what type of navigation?

-This is a "task" type navigation link because "they are asking you to do something."

5. The options on the top of the City Tech website's home page ("Prospective Students," "Faculty and Staff," etc.) are an example of what sort of navigation scheme?

-This is target content to "specific audiences" navigation link.

Mozilla Throws Its Weight Behind Improving Web Type, Adopts WOFF for Firefox

Michael Calore

October 20, 2009

http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Mozilla_Throws_Its_Weight_Behind_Improving_Web_Type__Adopts_WOFF_for_Firefox

Mozilla talk about releasing a new version 3.6 of Firefox will support the new WOFF (Web Open Font Format) before the year ends. It has become the third downloadable font format supported by Firefox in which incorporated to take care of TrueType and OpenType font. The beauty is the download is fast because WOFF fonts are compressed and support web tags and other unencrypted metadata. Though with all the new progress capabilities, there are still issues such as DRM (Digital Rights Management) and different standards of support from browsers. This makes designers goes through a lot of workarounds just to use these new fonts. The startup Typekit proposed a likely solution, which involves OpenType that will act as broker of licensing paradigm.

This is definitely an exciting onward course for displaying variety of font types in the web since we only have a very few selective fonts. Firefox is the most use browsers and hopefully, the other browser makers follow and improve their user interface so web designers doesn’t have to go through so much trouble to use these new fonts. The article also mentions that web authors will have the ability to use WOFF fonts in their visual page simply by linking the font files in their codes.

Waiter fired from Twittering about Celebs

Chris Matyszczyk

October 6, 2009

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10368710-71.html?tag=mncol

Jon-Barrett Ingels is a former waiter in a restaurant named Barney Greengrass in Beverly Hills and well-known dine-in for many celebrities. Apparently, Ingels have a liking for social networking and micro-blogging that leads to his current status as being unemployed. Ingels writes an incident when he waiter for an actress Jane Adams, who skips a bill after dining in.

This article is hilarious in a way that a "waiter," a regular person who got fired because he writes something about somebody who happens to be famous. It's not like no one has to say anything to anybody. However, I am amaze how celebrities have people hovering the net to find what people are talking about them or even care about an individual’s regard. I guess when the words are true and embarrassing; stars like Ms. Adam react, as any individual would conduct in this situation. The extremity is finding and passing information online and continue to surprise me. Hearing news like this definitely makes you think that when you are online and posting messages, you just never know who you would reach.