"Any medium powerful enough to extend man's reach is powerful enough to topple his world. To get the medium's magic to work for one's aims rather than against them is to attain literacy."
-- Alan Kay, "Computer Software", Scientific American, September 1984
Interesting thing about logos, images, and UIs
0An interesting thing popped up several times while talking with some folks about the soon-to-be-opened-up Giant EduGraph interface. Just for the purposes of having an image for slideshows, I slapped this together:
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0The interesting thing is that many people asked if this slapped-together image is going to be part of the user interface. Intriguing! I hadn't thought of that, but the recurrence of the question tells me it's something I need to think about. But I need help and guidance. If you see this image and think it could/should be part of an interface, how would that work/what springs to mind?


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