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Jan 23rd / Friday / '09

first month reading list: selected chapters

Edward Tufte: Visual Explanations

- the smallest effective difference
- parallelism: repetition + change, comparison + surprise
- multiples in space + time
- visual confections (story)
(pretty much the second half of the book)


Edward Tufte: Visual Display of Quantitative Information

- sources of graphical integrity + sophistication
- chart junk: vibrations, grids and ducks
- multifunctioning graphical elements
- data density + small multiples


Donald A. Norman: Emotional Design

- 3 levels of design: visceral, behavioral and reflective
- emotional machines


Jakob Nielsen: Prioritizing Web Usability

- navigation + information architechure
- writing for the web
- typography: readability + legibility
- marco i will give this book back to you soon!
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