Here's a quick post I'll put up to point to
a good short article by Maya Payne Smart
titled
"Blog Safe: Avoid Common Web-Publishing Pitfalls."
The article is from Edutopia, the George Lucas Educational Foundation site
(yes, that George Lucas, the director of Star Wars and Indiana Jones films...
that of course does not necessarily refer to Dr. Stephan Jones,
Director of Indiana's Center for Information and Communication Sciences).
Below you'll find some of the best advice--"Praise Locally, Criticize Globally,"
that applies well to us at the Center, and it may be, to you, wherever you are professionally:
Praise Locally, Criticize GloballyTeachers may be liable for information they publish that is untrue and harms the reputation of organizations or other people. Bud Hunt, instructional technologist for the St. Vrain Valley School District, in Longmont, Colorado, advises teachers to describe positive programs in great detail while leveling criticisms more generically. "If I disagree with something a colleague does, I'm not going to make that fodder for my blog," Hunt says. "I'll address the broader issue without calling him or her out." Hunt cites his fellow educational blogger Doug Johnson, who describes this strategy as "praising locally and criticizing globally."
Today, 13 November 2008, is the fourth annual World Usability Day, sponsored by the Usability Professionals' Association.
Indiana Chapter of UPA, which Ball State University and the Center for Information and Communication Sciences helped to found, contributes to the international event with its own local conference. Now in the fourth year in the Hoosier State, this year's conference is in the Campus Center of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).
Now there are presenters from Delphi corporation, speaking of auto design human factors analysis.
They drew attention to Wired Magazine (January 2008 p. 168) windshield image—cluttered with all info available to drivers today, potentially.
Here are some of the points Delphi presenters are making--
+ Delphi's HF group has done 24 major research studies in eight years, with over 1250 subjects
+ driver distractions--one new and popular high-end car has 46 controls on its center console stack, with potential for overload
+ Delphi's safety-optimized cockpit has a 20-inch field of view (FOV), above driver's steering wheel
+ want "two-eyes forward, multi-fuction controls," dedicated HVAC controls, separated from music and other controls; infotainment information on forward display (in 20-inch FOV); side and rear view mirror displays also with cameras