You all have the chance to use the emulator to test our metaphor, and experience how it works (please dedicate 3 minutes of your time to our anonymous evaluation). Our presentation page presents the design rationale along with the basic functions. However, when I present the emulator to people (in person) there's a question that always pops out: how did you do it? what platform is it based on?
Answers are pretty simple: we started by extending the blog (based on Wordpress) with some plug-ins available on the Web, and I wrote some more from scratch to implement the functionalities we...
We introduced a new minor feature onto the website: A small enevelope appearing right beside usernames, linking to direct messaging. By clicking on it you can send a message to the person. No biggie, but none the less, it is an easy and quick way to get connected with each other. You will see this icon where ever a username appears. It could be under post titles or personal profiles, they can be even seen in the latest updates section on the side bar (refer image below). Pretty slick i think.
Coming soon are the updates on the...














