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cartoon software

Google’s new browser is a nice design, but I was far more impressed with the design of the cartoon explaining the motivations, design and implementation of yet another new browser. It’s worth a browse if you’re interested in how to illustrate complex design decisions, especially in graphical user interface and human-computer interaction design in general.

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tragic toys

Healthy Toys keeps track of the deadliest children’s products on the market – in terms of lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury, bromine, and antimony (in parts per million). You can check out the ratings of your children’s belongings, ask for toys to be evaluated, or use the site to shop for less-toxic options. Good luck!

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collaborative conscience

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting Clay Ward, founder of thoughtandmemory.org, an on-line resource for tracking supply chains and developing user-generated ratings of companies based on social and environmental performance. The site is built off a hefty back-end where anyone can contribute reviews of companies big and small, and the reviews get ranked by […]

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