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CCR760 – Usability Readings – Just Notes

Posted by justin on March 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Kim, Loel, et al. “Keeping Users at the Center: Developing a Multimedia Interface for Informed Consent.” Technical Communication QuarterlyCommunication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. 17.3 (2008): 335-357. In this article the authors document their process of creating a user-centered design to develop online support for informed consent in pediatric research trials. To achieve this, the authors had to discover solutions... Read More

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CCR691 – Final Project – Spinuzzi – TEXTS

Posted by justin on November 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Spinuzzi, Clay. “TEXTS OF OUR INSTITUTIONAL LIVES: Accessibility Scans and Institutional Activity: An Activity Theory Analysis.” College English 10.2 (2007): 189-201. Print. Spinuzzi defines “web accessibility” as “the ability for any user to read and understand a website with appropriate adaptive technology If a user is visually imparied, for instance, she or he should still be able to ‘read’ the site by listening to a... Read More

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Network – Spinuzzi

Posted by justin on October 25, 2009 · 2 Comments

Spinuzzi, Clay. Network: Theorizing Knowledge Work in Communications. New York: Cambridge UP, 2008. Chapter One: Networks, Genres, and Four Little Disruptions In this introductory chapter Spinuzzi does a lot of definitional work in order to inform the rest of his study. S. is an activity theory researcher at heart; however, he also sees that AT has severely limited itself. To understand and work past these limitations, Spinuzzi recommends... Read More

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New Music 8/31/2010

Hello again. I thought I’d share with you some of the new stuff I’ve come across this week. . . 1. Stornoway – Beachcomber’s Windowsill : Sharing their band name with a small city in the North of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, this Oxford based folk / pop outfit create soft songs with [...]

New Music – 8/16/ – 8/23 2010

1. Haruka Nakamura – Twilight : Nakamura is often referred to as a “composer” more than a “musician” . . . which is probably just as well. This album offers feathery, feeting piano/acoustic guitar pieces accompanied by soft female vocals and a host of clicks, pops, and other lo-fi ambient noise. The piano compositions (they’re [...]

New Music: 8/8 – 8/15

Here are a couple of new releases I’ve listened through this week. . . 1. Of Montreal – False Priest: I haven’t been a huge fan of much that Of Montreal has released since Hissing Fauna Are You the Destroyer? and this album is no different. Though there is some really nice glam/funk/soul stuff on [...]