Reading Books of Hay A bale of mostly red clover before me. Two strings crossing. Knotted. Beholding summer’s promise. Cut them. Decompressing, a silent hiss, a reshuffling of sunlight, the bale opens in books, sheafs of dry and sweet, Ready, Surging with green and glory for the flock to ruminate upon.

UX Mapping Methods Compared: A Cheat Sheet I stumbled over these handy user experience maps this morning and thought about how useful they might be in my teaching, learning, and research. Empathy maps: designed to help folk understand the mind of the user. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1094"] empathy map in four quadrants with user in…

I found a really fun site that helps you create Twitter bots. Cheap Bots, Done Quick! Here are some of the most interesting ones: Autofleneur:  a procedurally-generated guide to getting lost. It was inspired by the traditions of flânerie and psychogeography. Tiny Gallery:  tiny galleries with tiny pictures. Charming defined. Teleport Bot:  a text bot…