自从Macromedia 公司公开了Flash 的文件格式,SWF文件就成为了网络上各种媒体工具的终极目标。前面介绍过Swift 3D 把三维的矢量图形转换为SWF 格式,可以用Flash的轻巧播放器回放(很少有多媒体播放运行库比Flash Player 小,只有375K);现在竟然还有人开发了工具,把PDF 转化为SWF,更增加了Flash 的魅力。这种尝试能够增加未来很多应用可能性,比如可以在网页里面嵌入文档的多个不同的部分。
“过去的计算是考虑计算机能够做到什么程度;新的计算模式是考虑人们能够做什么。”—- Ben Shneiderman
ACM IT Magazine “Ubiquity” 采访知名的人机交互专家 Ben Shneiderman,他认为好的产品设计能够帮助用户获得更大成功,很多时候人们因为菜单的选项而迷惑,因为对话框和错误消息而感到挫折。达芬奇的思维方式是设计新的计算模式的最佳状态,他是能够把艺术、科学、工程和美学能够融合为一体的人。我们今天需要这样的融合…..
After three full days of jabbering with people about eLearning, I’ve had it with details and am reflecting on the bigger picture.
eLearning has outlived its usefulness. Some people say I invented the term eLearning. I am CEO of eLearning Forum. But the word eLearning causes more trouble than it’s worth. Arguments over its definition divert our attention from performance improvement. If it gets the job done, who cares what it’s called? In several conversations, we banned the word eLearning. It pressured us to talk about outcomes rather than techniques.
Its not the learning. During our presentation this afternoon, Lance said that it’s not the “e” that’s important, it’s the learning. I interrupted, saying I disagreed. It’s not the learning that’s important. It’s the doing that’s important. If the learning doesn’t change behavior, it is irrelevant and of no interest.
Intermingling disparate eLearning is not always good. Online learning comes in two distinct flavors, each with its own sense of urgency and political support.
HR’s eLearning that focuses on career development, compliance, and plugging skill gaps.
Business Unit eLearning that helps customers, workers, partners, and suppliers accomplish objectives. Business eLearning, like all business projects, demands accountability.
Generally, trying to lump HR’s eLearning with Business Unit eLearning clouds the picture more than it clears it up. It’s as if you ripped the CD player out of your car so you could put it alongside the CD player in your living room.
强烈推荐这篇非常短小的论文。“The Internet, Epistemology and Ontology”。作者 Dave Boersema试图从人们最常讨论的网络的价值论角度之外探讨网络的哲学存在。网络上的信息不是真实存在的,但也并非完全虚拟。例如一个电子邮件中的消息,“晚饭在八点钟,不要迟到”,意味着一件事情的真实状态,而非是想象中的虚拟。作者说,“这仿佛是第三种本元存在类型”。如果你能够突破这篇文章大量的专业术语(Axiological, Epistemelogy, Ontological, 等等)并读完,你会体会到其中蕴藏的哲学假想的韵味,有关存在的本原、真实和道德等以这种半元存在的新理解。