It was a hot and humid day, and maybe it was just that. But...

Wouldn’t you expect DARK to signal MICS ON? As in ACTIVE? Especially when VOLUME is already indicated by a darker line? But it was DARK as in PRESS ME. Well, you never know until you try it, said Alice. Or was it the cat?

To add to the confusion, the LEFT MIC on the touch screen corresponded to the RIGHT MIC in room. (There were two microphones on a lectern and one hand held with cable.) 

We needed to scribble things down to understand the set up; and there were two of us.

Twenty-four hours later I am willing to make amends. Maybe DARK was simply trying to appear GREY? As in INACTIVE? Next time, try harder, dear. There are a thousand shades of grey.

Via Andrew vande Moere’s wonderful Infosthetics.

Interaction-Design.org have just launched an Encyclopedia, which, as they say is »free, ...includes videos, commentaries, and lots more. All chapters are written by leading figures within each subject. As such, it's the opposite of the Wikipedia.«

This new Encyclopedia for Interactive Design, Usability and User Experience is part of Danish Interaction-Design’s ongoing efforts for Open Content and Democratization of Knowledge.

And as such it needs funding, of course.

This looks very exciting. Follow them on Twitter to keep up-to-date and learn when new content is being published. So far there are seven chapters that should last you a while.

You might  want to start with »V« as in Visual Representation by Alan Blackwell, which covers typography as well as Hans Rosling’s Gapminder software, metaphors, schematic drawings, and icons.

The video below is the introduction to Visual Representation.