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User submissions: Content and Commentary

Bond Art + Science explores the state of the art in inviting users to participate in the conversation online.

“Bond Art + Science explores the state of the art in inviting users to participate in the conversation online.

In the past, user participation in editorial publications was limited to writing “letters to the editor.” On the web, users take an active role in shaping the message through their comments and debates.

Bond Art + Science looked at how traditional media and online publications invite, manage and benefit from user participation, and we identified some best practices and common pitfalls:

  * How are users asked to register to contribute?
  * How do site moderators manage comments to ensure quality?
  * What are the best ways to treat user comments as content?”


http://bondartsciencefair.com/audits/

30 years of little Lego men

30 years ago, Jens Nygaard Knudsen added little plastic men to the Lego universe.

30 years ago, Jens Nygaard Knudsen added little plastic men to the Lego universe.

Iconeye hosts a gallery of some of the more famous of their kind. Whilst I’d like to see more of the working class depicted, it’s a good gallery!

Getting People to Talk: An Ethnography Primer

A video by Gabriel Biller and Kristy Scovel at The IIT Institute of Design, a graduate school of design dedicated to advancing the methods and practice of human-centered innovation.

A video by Gabriel Biller and Kristy Scovel at The IIT Institute of Design, a graduate school of design dedicated to advancing the methods and practice of human-centered innovation.

In the spring of 2008, they talked to professors, experts, and students about the process of interviewing the users of “a truly universal article of clothing” – denim jeans.

The result is this video full of statements and examples about interviewing practice. Agree or disagree with all of it, but not a bad primer for those of us who like talking to people about their lives.

Watch the video here