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Preface: The Art of Simple WebDesign
The essence ofthe “Save the Pixel” philosophy; webdesign disciplines, including “Enough and no
more”, Occam's Razor, Designthe Content – not the box”, ... much detail
there is in the
background, how
many pixels have
been used to
decora te the low-
value areas ofthe
design.
Intense colour
around the edges of
the screen draws the
eye away ... clothing helped the eye to focus on the finer detail.
The same goes for web design. While your mode of interaction with a web site is very different to
a painting, a lot ofthe principles that...
... the
inventor ofthe Web.
What Is the Semantic Web?
Tim Berners-Lee has a two-part vision for thefutureofthe Web. The first part
is to make theWeb a more collaborative medium. The second part ... in the connections. It isn’t the letters, it’s the way
they’re strung together into words. It isn’t the words, it’s the way they’re
strung together into phrases. It isn’t the phrases, it is the ... statements that they can trust.
Thus, verifying the source of statements is a key part ofthe Semantic Web.
Figure 1.7 Using rules to infer the uncleOf relation.
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What...
... understanding
the practical use of a Semantic Web that lies beneath the covers of our tradi-
tional Web. In the previous chapter, we discussed the “what” ofthe Semantic
Web. This chapter examines the ... statements that they can trust.
Thus, verifying the source of statements is a key part ofthe Semantic Web.
Figure 1.7 Using rules to infer the uncleOf relation.
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uncleOf
childOf
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Person
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What ... of Ethernet, stated that the usefulness
of a network equals the square ofthe number of users. Intuitively, the value of a
network rises exponentially by the number of computers connected to...
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form follows function
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what if webdesign had ... and therefore industrial and
product design were important components.
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... variety of players.
Success may come from across a diverse set of
players, including; tech, merchants, traditional
FS, and government or a combo thereof.
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MONEY
FUTURE OF
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MOBILE ...
PAYMENTS?
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Mobile Payments and the
Digitization of Money will Change
Everything…Or will it?
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MOBILE
SHOPPING?
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From Theory to Action:
The work of SapientNitro
... what’s the real story here?
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MOBILE
PAYMENTS?
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5. The arrival ofmobile
payments will enable a new
generation of real-time,
insight driven, shopping and
financial tools.
End of...
... Software
Sensors
HARDWARE
Software
Sensors
HARDWARE
AWESOME!
Bank in pocket
FUTURE
My computer can see!
Designers
web apps
desktop apps
RIAs
mobile apps
touch apps ... considered the
ability to combine empathy for the context of a
problem, creativity in the generation of insights
and solutions, and rationality to analyze and fit
solutions to the context.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki /Design_ thinking
... context.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki /Design_ thinking
... the future
development of English in the world is the ‘outer circle’ of those
who speak it as a second language. English often plays a special
role in their lives and the fate of English in the ... a professional interest in the
development of English worldwide.
The Futureof English? takes stock of the
present, apparently unassailable, position of
English in the world and asks whether ... a new era, but have fallen off the edge of an
old one.
But there are reasons why we ought to take stock and
reassess the place of English in the world. Thefutureof
the English language may not...
... the future
development of English in the world is the ‘outer circle’ of those
who speak it as a second language. English often plays a special
role in their lives and the fate of English in the ... son, theWeb is
the gateway not to diversity but to conformity. To be on the
top ofthe normal curve, a kid his age has to surf the Web
carefully, always sticking to the popular output ofthe ... in the centre of the
main trend; he feels the strength of being exactly in tune
Youth culture
48 TheFutureof English?
The ‘baby boom’ in the west gave rise to a demographic hump which had
profound...
... son, theWeb is
the gateway not to diversity but to conformity. To be on the
top ofthe normal curve, a kid his age has to surf the Web
carefully, always sticking to the popular output ofthe ... in the centre of the
main trend; he feels the strength of being exactly in tune
Youth culture
48 TheFutureof English?
The ‘baby boom’ in the west gave rise to a demographic hump which had
profound ... domains of English
Will the growth of the
Internet help maintain
the global influence of
English?
p. 50
What effect will changing
patterns of trade have on
the use of English?
p. 33
The global...