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  • CMS Tutorials

    For an overview of CMS for a non-technical audience, try James Robertson’s excellent site:http://www.steptwo.com.au/ Also try: http://www.designit.com.au/articles/rebuilding_gradlink

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  • CITI Advanced Training

    We will be scheduling a CITI training for CBs and CBOs in Brooklyn this spring. The date is dependent upon the number of participants. Training will include basic GIS principles, GIS desktop software and tips for making your own maps. Contact us at citi@mas.org if you would like to participiate. Additional information about the CITI…

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  • GoogleMaps

    Discussion of GoogleMaps has been lively on my User Interface design lists. Overall ratings for Google Maps are good, but I have problems with the way they locate places based on search. GoogleMapshttp://maps.google.com/Posters say they like that you can drag the map and that the directions appear to be more accurate than MapQuest or Yahoo!…

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  • Maps Aid Community Decision-Making

    February 9, 2005, Municipal Art SocietyCITI map technicians Earl Dunn and Marcus Sheftall from Bushwick

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  • IA/UX events listings

    IA/UX events listings http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/http://www.nngroup.com/events/http://www.uie.com/events/http://louisrosenfeld.com/presentations/http://www.iasummit.org/2005/http://www.humanfactors.com/training/default.aspwww.usability.gov/events/index.htmlInformation

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  • Mini Conference on Human Factors in Complex Sociotechnical Systems

    The South Jersey Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Societywill be hosting a mini-conference on April 28 & 29, 2005, entitled“Mini-Conference on Human Factors in Complex Sociotechnical Systems.”This event will be held at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)William J. Hughes Technical Center (WJHTC), located near the AtlanticCity International Airport, New Jersey. The mini-conference is…

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  • AIfIA sponsors metadata practices conference

    From aifia.org: AIfIA sponsors conferences and events helping to build the practice ofinformation architecture. Learn more about AIfIA’s sponsorship programat http://aifia.org/pg/ia_events_sponsorship.php#000247 ***********September 30, 2004 — AIfIA will sponsor Metadata for Interoperabilityin the Global Corporate Environment, a pre-conference for the DC-2004International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications. The one-day pre-conference program takes place on October…

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  • Happy Birthday, STOP Sign

    I love finding crossroads where my interests in usability and mapping meet. In Happy Birthday Stop Sign, Eric Reiss discusses the birth and standardization of the ubiquitous stop sign.

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  • IA Deliverables

    From time to time, I will post some interesting resources and tools in the information architectecture field. Today, you will find a list of Deliverables related to the IA process that were discussed on the AIfIA listserv. Victor Lombardi’s Blue wireframe (looks like a blueprint)http://aifia.org/tools/download/LombardiWireframe.pdf Clifton Evans’ all-blue page… http://www.infostyling.com/examples/Blueprinting_Object1.gif Austin Govella’s recent samples: 1.…

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  • Newsweek features GIS

    Mainstream magazine, Newsweek, includes a piece on GIS in its June 7 cover feature on wireless technology: Newsweek, June 7, 2004Making the Ultimate Maphttp://www.keepmedia.com/ShowItemDetails.do?itemID=480037&extID=10032&oliID=213

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