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Jose de Souza | 1 Feb 2008 09:00

Re: InfoD-Cafe: Looking for an illustrator

Hello David,

I am quite busy writing up my thesis.
But I need some extra money.
So, could you provide more details about this work?

Jose'.

On 31/01/2008, David Farbey <david.farbey <at> googlemail.com> wrote:
> If anyone on this list is, or knows of, an illustrator who would be
> interested in creating a few instructional line drawings for a
> start-up entrepreneur who probably couldn't pay very much, please
> could they get in touch with me.
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> Thanks,
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Jose de Souza | 1 Feb 2008 09:02

InfoD-Cafe: Sorry for my previous e-mail

Sorry!!!
I should have answered to David's personal e-mail directly.
Thanks.

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Jose de Souza | 1 Feb 2008 15:47

Re: InfoD-Cafe: Pedagogical videos

Rita,

I agree that the "watch and learn" video category is a very exciting one.
But, my main interest is related to the "demonstrate and imitate" sub-section.

I really like commoncraft's videos. My opinion is that they are
excellent teachers.
However, it is interesting to consider that their videos are limited
to the English speaking (and listening) audience.  Some people have
already tried to add subtitles to commoncraft's videos lessons, but,
it is simply impossible to read them (they speak too fast).

Thanks.

Jose'.

On 31/01/2008, Rita Amladi <ramladi <at> orionac.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Sorry to enter this late - but this is a great topic.
>
> I've made several instructional videos on tech topics and also
> conceived and created technical content for different mediums:
> magazine articles, books, PDF papers, HTML articles and podcasts. I'm
> still learning about which medium is best suited for the content and
> audience. I'm excited by the "watch and learn" genre so I'll be
> following this thread with interest.
>
> I've spent a lot of time speccing content that is "just right" for
> the intended audience, using polished and clear graphics and
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Jose de Souza | 1 Feb 2008 16:03

Re: InfoD-Cafe: The cinematographic language of instructions

Colleagues,

Following Roger Sharp's suggestion I have decided to read David
Gillette's articles on how to incorporate motion on presentation of
information.
I think that it is worth reading Gillette's explanation and
demonstration of how Sergei Einsenstein's montages techniques (i.e.,
metric, rhythmic, tonal, overtonal and intellectual) can be
appropriated by information designers and technical communicators.

The article "Looking to Cinema for Direction: Incorporating Motion
into On-Screen Presentations of Technical Information" is available
at:
http://cla.calpoly.edu:16080/~dgillett/articles.chapters.html

What do you think?

Thanks.

On 31/01/2008, Jose de Souza <marconi2006 <at> googlemail.com> wrote:
> Karen, Paul and Isabel,
>
> Many thanks for the stimulating suggestions, observations and links.
> I will try to make a brief feedback on some observations.  But,  I
> have to think and read a little a bit more in order to give an equally
> stimulating response. For the moment I will feedback on the following
> subjects:
>
> 1. Ideas on how to compare and learn from the written, graphic and
> cinematographic languages of instructions:
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Jose de Souza | 1 Feb 2008 16:31

Re: InfoD-Cafe: The cinematographic language of instructions

Conrad,

Many thanks for your excellent insights and information. Very stimulating.
Indeed, the so called "academy" is very receptive to the "craft
knowledge" contribution
(at least the "academy" that I know).

> The cinematographic language brings to the art of explanation
> and instruction two useful distortions of reality:
>
>    (a)  the ability to rapidly shift from one Point Of View
>         (hereinafter POV) to another;
>
>    (b)  the ability to distort and in particular to elide
>         passages of time.

In order to achieve clarity, the traditional graphic language can also
"distort" reality in similar ways. For example, McClouds's five
choices to "distort" reality are: moment (including alteration of time
duration perception), frame (including POV), drawing technique, word
and  flow
(see http://images.amazon.com/media/i3d/01/makingcomics_2p.pdf).
I would add a sixth choice: provision of user (i.e., observer and/or
reader) interaction flexibility.

Thanks again.

Jose'.

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Jose de Souza | 1 Feb 2008 17:02

Re: InfoD-Cafe: The cinematographic language of instructions

Paul Linnel,

> My argument would be that whilst an edited graphic sequence works at a
> purely informative/instructional level, the user can be persuaded to believe
> s/he can perform a task if they see someone (to whom there is a social
> relationship) already doing it successfully.

This relates to two topics that I've been reading about:  Albert
Bandura's experiments and theory on observation learning, and research
on mirror neurons.
Bandura's "Bobo doll experiment" is a classic in psychology studies
(see the video at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDtBz_1dkuk&feature=related).
The discovery of "mirror neurons" is considered by important
scientists, such as V.S. Ramachandran, as one of the most important
findings of neuroscience in the last decade. The mirror neurons may be
important to explain how we understand other's action, and how we
learn new skills by imitation
(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3204/01.html).

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Deborah Taylor-Pearce | 1 Feb 2008 21:17
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InfoD-Cafe: New U.S. passport design

Cafe,

Well, somebody in the bowels of the federal government has
rebranded all USers as "the ugly American" whether we like it or not!

I'm with commentator Karrie Jacobs

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/31/patriotic_passport

on this one.

Ugh. :(

Deborah
(who waited just a little too long to renew her passport)
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Randal | 1 Feb 2008 22:25
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Re: InfoD-Cafe: New U.S. passport design

I'm not looking forward to getting a new one in a couple years. Maybe a Democratic president will help get rid
of the Reagan quote. The graphics are definitely Republican all the way.

Plus I will have to figure out how to disable the RFID chip:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.01/start.html?pg=9

-- Randal

At 12:17 PM -0800 2/1/08, Deborah Taylor-Pearce wrote:
>Cafe,
>
>Well, somebody in the bowels of the federal government has
>rebranded all USers as "the ugly American" whether we like it or not!
>
>
>I'm with commentator Karrie Jacobs
>
>http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/31/patriotic_passport
>
>on this one.
>
>
>Ugh. :(
>
>Deborah
>(who waited just a little too long to renew her passport)
>_____
>
>Deborah Taylor-Pearce
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Deborah Taylor-Pearce | 2 Feb 2008 06:46
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InfoD-Cafe: Latest States-side copyright brouhaha

Dave, Gunnar, et al. --

This has drawn attention to copyright law in unexpected quarters:
the NFL's assertion of copyright against churches planning Super
Bowl parties, where they would evangelize fans during half-time.

Not sure what the NFL's objection is ... perhaps that hundreds of
fans would be preoccupied with prayer instead of watching the
half-time commercials advertisers pay such extravagant rates for?

There was a brief story on today's _Marketplace_:

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/02/01/nfl_church/

Deborah
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Swanson, Gunnar | 2 Feb 2008 13:40
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Re: InfoD-Cafe: Latest States-side copyright brouhaha

A lot of "intellectual property" owners assert property rights that are not legally theirs or not clearly
legally theirs but become theirs because a cease and desist letter scares people off.

On a related thread, a week back Dave said:
> Patent law has nothing to do with this discussion, which is
> purely about copyright. The term "IP" confuses things and
> makes patents seems relevant when they are not. IMO :-)

And I agree and disagree. Keeping patent, copyright, trademark, trade dress, trade secret, etc. distinct
is important but they have some legal and philosophical commonality that should be recognized and
understood, also.

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