Wizbit is a way to store and organise your data which remembers every change you make, synchronises without worry, and is browsable in terms of how you think about the data you're looking for.
This seems to be a very interesting project: we still haven't designed how to deal with versioning (for real) and this seems a very interesting (and working) tool. It could be nice to pursue and integration with FSter.
Take a look at the timeline widget:
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via Demonstrations...
While our tech team is focusing on completing the development (and packaging) of our prototype, FSter is starting to get popular. Let me point out this post from "Quick and Dirty hacks":
With tracker, and fster we’re edging toward a solution to making everything accessible without the pain of sorting. Using these tools we can build semantic fuse file system. Still in it’s early stages and with lots of features to come, take some time to try it out!
via Where files go to hide | Quick and Dirty...
It seems like we're not alone in our vision of having all that is needed at a certain time, and for a certain purpose, in a certain place. Let me suggest you reading this post from ChaniBlog, which was promptly circulated in the itsme tech team by Vincenzo.
Here are some brief quotes from the post:
What I think of as an “activity” is the entirety of what I’m working on at the moment – be it a kde-related project or a university course or just reading lots of comics. :) This activity includes several windows from several applications. It includes files...
There is a new, cool, version of KOffice
Some relevant quotes are:
In version 2.1, most applications and components have improved
significantly but should still only be used by early adopters and
probably not as the primary worktool.
...
During the development of 2.1, it was also announced that KOffice is
going to be used in the Nokia n900 smartphones based on Maemo Linux.
...
KOffice 2 is a much more flexible application suite than KOffice 1
ever was. The integration between the components is much stronger,
with the revolutionary Flake Shapes as the central concept. A Flake
Shape can be as simple as a square or a circle or as complex...
We made a project update recently that pretty much sums up what to expect from the prototype as far as the panels are concerned. The choice of behavior (static or dynamic) is what we are still debating on, considering both, the prototype time-line and the general identity of the itsme interface.
Two directions emerged while thinking about which modalities could make the panels open and close: The point & click technique or the simple mouse-over?
The point & click technique gives a more static and intentional interaction with the panels, but reflects what we normally do in the existing operating systems and...
Guys,
I've been trying to access ITSME blog from my iPhone via the Wordpress application.
Unfortunately the blog does not permit access.
I get warned that "XML-RPC services are disabled on this blog."
In the admin page (under http://itsme.it/wp-admin/options-writing.php) you should find the way to enable XML-RCP.
Would you?
That would be...
( Extended from the special interest group held at INTERACT 2009, Sweden.)
Within the hundreds of conversations that we have had in the last eighteen months about ‘stories and venues’, its confirmed that the new metaphor works; But having a good metaphor is only the very first step in our endeavor. What does it mean to develop "stories and venues" to itsme ?
Interaction design requirements
We need to define venues in such a way that users recognize them, allow distinguishing objects and actants, to offer diverse views on their content, to signal new happenings, etc.
We need to define the mechanisms for automatically...
(Extended from the Special interest group held at INTERACT 2009 , Sweden)
The evolution of ICT has switched the attention from personal to social computing. Within social computing, the focus has been on the following issues: Communication, Knowledge sharing, Communities, Collaboration.
The overall paradigm that has driven, at least within CSCW, the research has been the situated action paradigm, intertwined with the language - action perspective. The complexity of the social dimension of human life has two complementary aspects: On one side, there is a problem which has been paid greatest attention up to now: the need to be fully aware of...
I think you have a weak point in your strategy for users adoption of itsme. In its current form your “venues” interface is set to replace the two major interfaces in Linux, GNOME and KDE, and the whole Windows shell for Windows users.
To have success, you’ll need to convince users to switch away from their comfortable and known habits, and that will never happen (at least in the large scale you’ll need to survive). I’ve seen several projects trying the same, and now I can’t even remember their names.
A more sensible strategy would be to release your interface not only...
In a very sharp article around disabled inclusion in design, Donald Norman focuses on the possibility of making accessible design also delightful and aestetically pleasant.
I'd add that this is not only a good campaign to fight for, but also something that could make our design better. It wouldn't be the first case of something designed for disabled made useful to the general public (see remote TV control, for instance). So, taking a look at itsme, evaluating the pros and cons as far as I can see them, here I am bouncing out Norman's challenge to your community.
Is this tool accessible...
