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		<title>Book review: Developing Flex 4 Components</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I finished reading  the book "Developing Flex 4 Components" by Mike Jones. The reviews on Amazon.com were very promising and during my Flex 3 developing I always wished such a book. For this reason my expectations were very high. I wasn't disappointed. The book is a perfect continuation of the [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A couple of weeks ago I finished reading  the book "<strong><a title="Amazon Book Link" href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/032160413X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=derhessammedi-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=19454&amp;creativeASIN=032160413X" target="_blank">Developing Flex 4 Components</a></strong>" by <strong><a title="Mike Jones website" href="http://blog.flashgen.com/" target="_blank">Mike Jones</a></strong>. The reviews on Amazon.com were very promising and during my Flex 3 developing I always wished such a book. For this reason my expectations were very high.</p>
<p>I wasn't disappointed. The book is a perfect continuation of the Flex 4 beginner book "<a title="My Book review: Flex 4 - Training from the source" href="http://blog.derhess.de/2011/12/16/book-review-adobe-flex-training-from-the-source/" target="_blank">Flex 4 - Training from the source</a>". Even it repeats some content like Data Binding and basics of developing custom compontents, it was enjoyable to read. Mike Jones has a really nice writing style for explaining the core concepts of the Flex 4 component and skinning architecture very easily. These chapters are really one of the best availabe informations to  these kind of topics. Completely new for me was the chapter about "<em>working with Metadata</em>". I learnt some deep concepts behind the Meta-tag usage of the Flex Framework. The same is valid for the "<em>Distribution</em>" part of the book. The development worklflow with<em> Flash Library Project</em>, <em>Component Integraton in Flash Builder 4</em>, and the <em>Documentation</em> part are very helpful for my future projects.</p>
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<p>I can highly recommend this book for experienced beginner and intermediate Flex Developers. For really advanced Flex developers I missed some more deeper information. Here is my wishlist for a second edition (maybe it comes some time?!):</p>
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<li><strong>Data Binding:</strong> This topic is mentioned but I wish more deeper information like the presentation "<em><a title="Slides: Diving in the flex data binding waters" href="http://www.slideshare.net/michael.labriola/diving-in-the-flex-data-binding-waters-presentation" target="_blank">Diving in the Flex Data Binding Waters</a></em>" by <a title="Michael Labriolas blog" href="http://www.digitalprimates.net/author/codeslinger" target="_blank">Michael Labriola</a> and the <a title="Data binding for complex data objects" href="http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/56024/Flex-Data-Binding-Tricks" target="_blank">compound data object approach  </a>by Olikhver Sergey</li>
<li><strong>Component Skinning architecture</strong> for multi-screen objects: If you have a very complex application or you have to create various skins for various devices, you can run very fast in an architecture nightmare. See the article <a title="Advanced Flex 4 Skinning Techniques" href="http://blog.paveljacko.com/?p=29" rel="bookmark" target="_blank">Advanced Flex 4 Skinning Techniques</a> by Pavel Jacko</li>
<li>Differences between <strong>mobile component</strong> and desktop component development</li>
<li>For some <a title="A closer look of mx_internal namespace" href="http://ravigeek.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/a-closer-look-of-mx_internal-namespace/" target="_blank">certain cases</a> the hack with the <strong>mx_internal namespace</strong> makes still <a title="Flex mx_internal examples" href="http://blog.flexexamples.com/tag/mx_internal/" target="_blank">sense</a>.  A short segment or a mini chapter about the <a title="When and how to use mx_internal in Flex" href="http://codeofdoom.com/wordpress/2009/03/12/when-and-how-to-use-mx_internal-in-flex/" target="_blank">use of this approach would be nice</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Test Driven Development with Flex Unit</strong>: I don't know if Flex Unit really belongs to this kind of book, but if you are creating a component library, then you should use Flex Unit. Just for ensure the quality of your compontes for upcoming versions. Especially, writing and managing Flex Unit code for visual components is always tricky. Some advices for this topic would be so nice.</li>
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<p>That is all what I can say. Mike Jones wrote a really good book about Flex 4 component development. It is a must-buy for every Flex Developer.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I read the book Flex 4 - Training from the source. It is the officially introduction book for Flex 4 from Adobe.  I was very curious about the book, because I started learning Flex 3 with no good start. For Flex 4 I wanted to learn it how I like [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A couple of weeks ago I read the book <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0321660501/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=derhessammedi-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=19454&amp;creativeASIN=0321660501">Flex 4 - Training from the source</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=derhessammedi-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=3&amp;a=0321660501" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" />. It is the officially introduction book for Flex 4 from Adobe.  I was very curious about the book, because I started learning Flex 3 with no good start. For Flex 4 I wanted to learn it how I like to learn new things.</p>
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<p><strong>Content review:</strong></p>
<p>The books starts with the typical introduction about Rich Internet Applications. I skipped this chapter, because it is always the same bla bla... The chapters 2 talks about the new Flash Builder IDE. Even I was pretty familiar with the IDE I could find some nice features during reading this chapters. So I learnt already something new. Especially, the chapter 3 and 4 gave me a really good introduction and understanding about the new layout architecture and component infrastructure. The chapters Handling Events, Using Remote XML Data, Creating Classes are not so interesting for an already experienced Flex Developer. The difference between Flex 3 and Flex 4 is not big in these cases. The chapter about Data Binding was good to read again, because Binding is very helpful but sometimes not so easy to deal with. I highly recommend the chapter 10 about DataGroups and Lists and the chapter 12 about Item Renderes. On these topics the change from Flex 3 to Flex 3 is very big. Unfortunately, the chapter 15 about Formatters and Validators is pretty outdatet, because Flex 4.5 offers new Spark based Formatters and Validators. The last three chapters about Skinning and custom Actionscript components are very basic written. For beginners easy to understand and experienced Flex Developers get an idea about the differences between Flex 3 and Flex 4 component development.</p>
<p><strong>Structure:</strong></p>
<p>I have to admit I am keen on the book structure. The chapters are structured like school lessons. Every lessons has an approximate time, which works very well in my case. Additionally, it is very useful for organizing the learning with your daily schedule. However, every end of a chapter provides a good summary of the learnt content. So you automatically repeat the learnt stuff. The code examples are nice described and easy to work with, too.</p>
<p><strong>Result:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0321660501/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=derhessammedi-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=19454&amp;creativeASIN=0321660501">Flex 4 - Training from the source</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=derhessammedi-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=3&amp;a=0321660501" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" /> is a really good book for Flex 4 beginners.  Already experienced Flex Developers can get bored about some content. It depends on your learning type. I like reading books, so for me it was perfect to get an overview. If you like more reading online resources or watching video tutorials, then go for it. There are enough documentations and tutorials available.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fangen wir mit den harten Fakten an. Das Buch ist ziemlich großformatig und hat ein schönes stabiles Hardcover. Selten so ein gutes haptisches Erlebnis mit einem Fachbuch empfunden. Auch die verschiedenen Druck- und Papiermethoden in diesem Buch sind sehr gut ausgewählt. Die Projektsammlung ist im hochqualitativen Druck eingebunden, dagegen ist der normale Inhalt des Buches [...]
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<p>Fangen wir mit den harten Fakten an. Das Buch ist ziemlich großformatig und hat ein schönes stabiles Hardcover. Selten so ein gutes haptisches Erlebnis mit einem Fachbuch empfunden. Auch die verschiedenen Druck- und Papiermethoden in diesem Buch sind sehr gut ausgewählt. Die Projektsammlung ist im hochqualitativen Druck eingebunden, dagegen ist der normale Inhalt des Buches mit einem einfachen Farbdruck eingebunden. Die inhaltliche Struktur des Buches, das Buchdesign, selbst, sowie die zum Buch dazugehörige <a title="Generative Gestaltung Website" href="http://www.generative-gestaltung.de/" target="_blank">Website</a> sind perfekt und sehr gut benutzbar umgesetzt. Ein durchaus 100% gelungenes Design und Konzept. Diese Qualität schlägt sich mit einer Preisspanne von 60-75 Euro ziemlich ins Budget nieder. Doch ist jeden Euro wert! Meine Begründungen folgen in einem Kapitel-basiertem Feedback und einem Schlussfazit:<br />
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<strong>Einführung Processing:</strong><br />
Die Einführung ist kurz und knapp geschrieben und bringt die Entwicklungsumgebung, sowie Processing ziemlich gut aus der Sichtweise eines Designers auf den Punkt.</p>
<p><strong>Einführung Kapitel 1 - Farbe:</strong><br />
Anfänger werden hier mit sehr einfachen Codebeispielen zum Spielen mit Farbe animiert. Besonders die Abschnitte über das Arbeiten mit Farbpaletten ist sehr<br />
gut umgesetzt.</p>
<p><strong>Einführung Kapitel 2 - Form</strong><br />
Nach den einfachen Farbbeispielen geht es um die Erzeugung von Formen. Grundlegende Zeichnen Methoden werden erklärt (wann und wo soll das Gezeichnete<br />
gelöscht werden). Besonders die Verwendung von <em>Rasterlayouts, Agenten-basiertes Zeichnen</em>, und „<em>Zeichnen mit komplexen Modulen</em>“ waren sehr inspirierend und sehr gut beschrieben.</p>
<p><strong>Einführung Kapitel 3 – Typo:</strong><br />
Dieses Kapitel liefert ein solides Grundwissen über das gestalterische Arbeiten und Erzeugen von Typographie. Die mitgelieferten Klassen unterstützen zudem das Experimentieren (z.B. das Auflösen der Schriftkontur)</p>
<p><strong>Einführung Kapitel 4 – Bild: </strong><br />
Liefert ein solides Anfangssortiment für das Arbeiten mit Bilddaten. Den Abschnitt über „<em>Rückkopplung von Bildausschnitten</em>“ fand ich persönlich nicht so interessant, dafür war der Abschnitt über das Generieren von Bildcollagen umso aufschlussreicher für mich. Auch der Abschnitt „<em>Grafik aus Pixelwerten</em>“ wird sich sicherlich in Zukunft als hilfreich erweisen.</p>
<p><strong>Fazit zu den Einführungsteil:</strong><br />
Die Einführung ist sehr gut gelungen. Die Codebeispiele lassen sich sehr gut verstehen und auch erweitern. Es ist wirklich die beste Einführung, die ich bisher in diesem Bereich gelesen habe. So macht das Programmieren Lernen auch für Designer Spaß!</p>
<p><strong>Fortgeschritten Kapitel 1 – Zufall und Rauschen:</strong><br />
Zufall und Rauschen sind zwei sehr einfach zu benutzende Werkzeuge in der Programmierung. Jedoch sorgen sie genau aus diesem Grund bei Anfängern immer wieder zu Verwirrung. Dieses Kapitel gibt eine sehr ausführliche Erläuterung welche Unterschiede zwischen diesen beiden Werkzeugen bestehen. Des weiteren erfolgen Tipps in welchen Kontext Rauschen und Zufall Sinn machen können. Für mich persönlich war dieses Kapitel mit der wertvollste Teil an diesem Buch.</p>
<p><strong>Fortgeschritten Kapitel 2 – Schwingfiguren</strong><br />
Diese Kapitel erläutert die Erzeugung von Formen mit Hilfe von Sinus und Kosinus Funktionen. Diese Funktionen sind ein elementarer Bestandteil der visuellen Programmierung, daher ist die Behandlung in diesem Buch sehr gut gewählt. Die Erzeugung von <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lissajous-Figur" target="_blank">Lissajous-Figuren</a> als Codebeispiel können den ein oder anderen Designer ein wenig verwirren. Jedoch mit ein bisschen Grundlagenwissen in Mathe sollte es kein weiteres Problem sein (der mathematische Hintergrund wird in diesem Kapitel wiederholt <img src='http://blog.derhess.de/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>Fortgeschritten Kapitel 3 – Formulierte Körper</strong><br />
Bisher wurden die meisten Beispiele im 2D Raum angewandt. Dieses Kapitel behandelt die Manipulation von Körpern im 3D-Raum. Von der grundlegenden 3D Darstellung geht es hin zu Erzeugung von komplexen 3D Körpern. Die Codebeispiele sind gute erklärt und auch hier lädt die hinzugefügte Mesh-Klasse zu weiteren Experimentieren ein.</p>
<p><strong>Fortgeschritten Kapitel 4 – Attraktoren:</strong><br />
Das Arbeiten mit Kräften im 2D oder 3D Raum ähnelt sicherlich ein wenig dem Einstiegskapitel „<em>Zeichnen mit Agente</em>n“. Nur ist in diesem Kapitel der Agent starr und Kräfte von Außen wirken auf ihn ein. In diesem Kapitel werden erstmals physikalische Kräfte zum Generieren von Grafiken benutzt.  Dieses Kapitel hält sich nicht lange mit den theoretischen physikalischen Methodiken auf, sondern wendet einfache physikalische Grundgesetze im praktischen Gestaltungskontext an. Daher wieder ein durchaus gelungenes äußerst interessantes Kapitel.</p>
<p><strong>Fortgeschritten Kapitel 5 und 6 – Baumdiagramme und Datenstrukturen</strong></p>
<p>Dieses Kapitel gefällt mir mit großen Abstand am wenigsten. Die Grafiken und Codebeispiele sehen zwar schön aus, sind aber irgendwie alle Nichtssagend für die Zukunft. Hier hätte mir eine generelle Einführung oder Übersicht über Informationsvisualierung a la „<a title="Information Design overview" href="http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1805128" target="_blank">A Tour through the Visualization Zoo</a>“ besser gefallen. Erklärungen wie man Baumdiagramme, oder ein Layoutverfahren anwendet, empfand ich als zu speziell. Es kam ein wenig der Hauch eines Internet Tutorials hoch...</p>
<p><strong>Anhang und Reflexion</strong><br />
Dieser Abschnitt fasst nochmal das komplette Buch in 6 Seiten zusammen. Eine schöne geschriebene Reflexion, jedoch aus theoretischer Sicht zu wenig. Die Theorie hinter generativen Gestaltung bleibt ein wenig auf Strecke.</p>
<p><strong>Endresultat:</strong><br />
Ein super Buch für den praktischen anwendungsorientierten Einstieg in die „<em>Generative Gestaltung</em>“. Die <a href="http://www.generative-gestaltung.de/code" target="_blank">Codebeispiele</a> sind vorbildlich umgesetzt und erklärt. Ich hätte mir solch ein Buch sehnsüchtig in meiner Anfängerzeit gewünscht, und dass dann auch noch in der Muttersprache deutsch! Von der praktischen Seite her gibt es rein gar nichts zu bemängeln. Von theoretischer Seite weißt das Buch leider ein paar Schwächen auf. Zwar zeigt die Projektsammlung eine schöne Auswahl, doch die Beschreibungstexte lesen sich manchmal wie ein Klappentext. Der theoretische Kontext und die Idee geht dadurch in manchen Projekten ein wenig verloren. Als Referenz in einer Thesis oder Abschlussarbeit würde ich dieses Buch nicht unbedingt erwähnen. Dafür finde ich das Buch „<a title="Form + Code on amazon" href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/1568989377?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=derhessammedi-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=19454&amp;creativeASIN=1568989377" target="_blank">Form + Code</a>“ von Casey Reas und Weiteren angebrachter. Es erwähnt und verdeutlicht nochmals die theoretischen Konzepte hinter Computer-generierten Designs (Repeat,Transform, Parameterize, Visualize, Simulate, usw.). Dafür hat es seine Schwächen in der praktischen Umsetzung. Wer sich ernsthaft in diese Thematik der „Generativen Gestaltung“ einarbeiten möchte, sollte sich unbedingt beide Bücher antun!</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last few weeks I did some research on the trendy topic generative art and design. I was very enthusiastically for reading the Form + Code book from Casey Reas, Chandler McWilliams, and the agency LUST. The content of this book is very well structured. The first chapters introduces programming and the special characteristics of [...]
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<p>The last few weeks I did some research on the trendy topic generative art and design. I was very enthusiastically for reading the <strong><a href="http://www.formandcode.com/" target="_blank">Form + Code book</a></strong> from <a href="http://reas.com/" target="_blank">Casey Reas</a>, <a href="http://brysonian.com/" target="_blank">Chandler McWilliams</a>, and the agency <a href="http://lust.nl/" target="_blank">LUST</a>.</p>
<p>The <strong><a href="http://www.formandcode.com/contents" target="_blank">content</a></strong> of this book is very well structured. The first chapters introduces programming and the special characteristics of computers in design and art very well. I really appreciate it, that they chose the more concept introduction, then a technical focus. For this reason the reader gets a very good picture why the computer and programming could be helpful for creating new experiences. The transition from the introduction into the toolbox of creative coding is perfectly done. They explained the concepts of <strong>Repeat, Transform, Parameterize, Visualize, Simulate</strong> pretty good. Especially, the chosen examples of artworks for the various toolboxes are very appropriate. Therefore this book is a very useful resource for research in a scientific environment. The positive argument is also the little weakness of this book. In a theoretical terms everything is fine. The reader gets a very good introduction in this new topic. In practical terms the reader is very often alone with the <a href="http://www.formandcode.com/code-examples/" target="_blank">code examples</a>. Only two or four pages are too less for inexperienced programmers and designers. They are not going to understand and even learn so much from these code examples. The book delivers so much good content, but on the practical site if failed for me. For <a href="http://www.generative-gestaltung.de/" target="_blank">German-speaking</a> and <a href="http://www.pyramyd-editions.com/hors-collection/livre/design-generatif-concevoir-programmer-visualiser" target="_blank">French-speaking</a> people it is not worse, because the book <strong><a href="http://www.generative-gestaltung.de/" target="_blank">Generative Gestaltung</a></strong> (review comes soon) is the perfect complement for this book. The book Generative Gestaltung has got some minor weakness on theoretical aspects, but the practical part and the learning from code is perfectly done!</p>
<p>However, this book belongs to every book collection of visual programmers, new media artists and designers. It is definitely the money worth! I enjoyed the reading very much.</p>
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<p>This books reminds me strongly on the creative coding beginnings, like it was with Flash 4, 5 and 6. Flashers, please don't forget your roots! Have also a look on the the old <a href="http://www.friendsofed.com/fmc/downloads/" target="_blank">Flash Math Creativity Books</a> (<a href="http://www.friendsofed.com/fmc/FMCv2/FMC.html" target="_blank">edition 2</a>). Further good code examples are available on <a href="http://www.liquidjourney.com/" target="_blank">Liquid Journey</a>. Joshua Davis and Branden Hall created a very good Flash library for generative design. Check out their <a href="http://www.hypeframework.org/" target="_blank">Hype Framework</a>!</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small summary of my Twitter messages from October - December 2010: Allgemein (General) dotBrighton Talks are online at vimeo #flash #arduino #android #gamedev #programming #talks #video RT FFK10 talk of Chris Pelsor (@cspelsor) online: "DIY Methodology …" #ffk10 #video #session Great unique style in photography http://www.jonathanleder.com/ unfortunately the flash site is really shitty... free [...]
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A small summary of my <a href="http://twitter.com/derhess" target="_blank">Twitter messages</a> from October - December 2010:</p>
<p><strong><span id="more-1474"></span>Allgemein (General)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://vimeo.com/user4690349/videos" target="_blank">dotBrighton Talks</a> are online at vimeo #flash #arduino #android #gamedev #programming #talks #video</li>
<li>RT FFK10 talk of Chris Pelsor (@<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/cspelsor">cspelsor</a>) online: "<a href="http://vimeo.com/channels/twumble#16501153" target="_blank">DIY Methodology …</a>" #ffk10 #video #session</li>
<li>Great unique style in photography <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jonathanleder.com/" target="_blank">http://www.jonathanleder.com/</a> unfortunately the flash site is really shitty...</li>
<li><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/11/09/50-free-high-quality-icons-sets/" target="_blank">free #icons until you die via SmashingMagazine</a></li>
<li><a href="http://beryll.me/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2&amp;Itemid=65&amp;lang=english" target="_blank">Beryll Art software</a> looks nice for #manage and #document your artwork. But it is not cheap... :-/ #art #business</li>
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<p><strong>Generative Art:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Basics in <a href="http://en.nicoptere.net/?p=1080" target="_blank">pattern generation</a> for visual programming by @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/nicoptere">nicoptere</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.creativeapplications.net/cinder/cindermedusae-cinder/" target="_blank">Generating animals</a> -&gt; <a href="http://marcinignac.com/projects/cindermedusae/" target="_blank">Cindermedusae</a> is a great project inspired by Ernst Haeckel</li>
<li>Nicolas Barradeau - @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/nicoptere">nicoptere</a> - wrote some really nice <a href="http://en.nicoptere.net/" target="_blank">blog posts and slides</a> about #generative #art &amp; #design</li>
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<p><strong>Info Design and Visualization</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://vis.berkeley.edu/papers/" target="_blank">Paper list of the Visualization Lab</a> | University of California, Berkeley #research #inspiration #visual</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>UX and Interaction Design:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>RT A <a href="http://accessmaincomputerfile.net/" target="_blank">visual study of computer GUI in cinema movies</a></li>
<li>Nice overview of <a href="http://precious-forever.com/design-studio/native-instruments/" target="_blank">user interfaces  in current audio software</a> products via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/jensfranke">jensfranke</a></li>
<li>RT <a href="http://hci.rwth-aachen.de/" target="_blank">The Media Computing Group at RWTH Aachen University</a> (via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/stefanwoelwer">stefanwoelwer</a>)</li>
<li>Technical Paper: <a href="http://blog.derhess.de/2010/12/06/technical-paper-designing-gestures-for-multi-touch-screens/" target="_blank">Designing gestures for (multi-touch) screens</a></li>
<li>Looks good: <a href="http://www.billbuxton.com/input13.markup.pdf " target="_blank">Chapter about Marking (menu) Interfaces</a> #pen #stylus #interface #gesture #pdf</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Projekte und Experimente (Projects and experiments)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.interactivefabrication.com/projects/beautiful-modeler/" target="_blank">Beautiful Modeler</a> is a really nice inspiration for gestural and device based interaction via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/creativeapps">creativeapps</a> #ipad</li>
<li>Nice multi-touch application "<a href="http://mattgemmell.com/2010/08/11/finger-tools" target="_blank">Finger tools</a>" by @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/mattgemmell">mattgemmell</a> especially for multi-touch screens #gesture #app #ui</li>
<li>Nice project: <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/11/math_monday_wearable_geometry.html" target="_blank">Wearable generative design</a> - #fashion #design</li>
<li>Arte versucht sich wieder mal an einem <a href="http://www.arte.tv/de/film/Addicts--Die-erste-reine-Web-Serie/3475698,CmC=3475796.html" target="_blank">interaktiven Videofilm</a>. Was meint ihr über <a href="http://addicts.arte.tv" target="_blank">Addicts</a>?</li>
<li>RT <a href="http://youtu.be/6KKNnjFpGto" target="_blank">Waterdrop shot in 10000 frames a second</a></li>
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<p><strong>Neue Technologie (new Technologies)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>RT GigaPan shoots a <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/ps/y2010/gigapan/index.jsp?gpId=9d0c95d7de78a4c7853e8411db304e81" target="_blank">1,539 megapixel panorama</a> of the World Series (via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/pauloroid">pauloroid</a>)</li>
<li>Interesting article: <a href="http://serialconsign.com/2010/11/ctrl-v-wired-war" target="_blank">A New Generation of Robotic Weapons</a> #war #future #robotics</li>
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<p><span><span> </span></span></p>
<p><strong>Programmierung und Software Design (Programming)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>RT @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/REAS">REAS</a>: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLDwXUSqusg" target="_blank">SceneBuilder is patch-based programming</a> built on top of Processing</li>
<li>@<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/ben_fry">ben_fry</a> announces the new <a href="http://benfry.com/writing/archives/738" target="_blank">Processing Plug-in for Eclipse</a>: built by Chris @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/Lonnen">Lonnen</a>. More on the<a href="http://wiki.processing.org/w/Eclipse_Plug_In" target="_blank"> wiki</a>:</li>
<li>The Processing.js team is proud to announce release 1.0! Checkout the updated website and download. <a title="http://processingjs.org/" rel="nofollow" href="http://processingjs.org/" target="_blank">http://processingjs.org</a></li>
<li>my <a href="https://github.com/nrocy/processing-openkinect" target="_blank">#processing #kinect library</a> is pretty usable now, give it a try! cc @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/seb_ly">seb_ly</a> @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/zenbullets">zenbullets</a></li>
<li>Just uploaded a preliminary <a href="http://vimeo.com/17221217" target="_blank">TuioKinect demo video</a> to Vimeo  #TUIO #Kinect #OpenKinect #OF</li>
<li>Video: <a href="http://www.rdrb.de/post/1718423082/kinect-computer-vision-javascript-depthjs-is" target="_blank">Kinect + Computer Vision + Javascript</a>. DepthJS is a web browser extension that allows any any web page...</li>
<li><a href="http://millermedeiros.github.com/js-signals/" target="_blank">RT JS-Signals</a>: custom event/messaging system for JavaScript - new open source project!</li>
<li>Nice read: <a href="http://samizdat.mines.edu/howto/HowToBeAProgrammer.pdf" target="_blank">How to be a #Programmer</a> via <a href="http://www.betriebsraum.de/blog/2010/11/10/how-to-be-a-programmer/" target="_blank">betriebsraum</a></li>
<li><a href="http://openni.org/" target="_blank">OpenNI</a> for writing applications utilizing natural interaction in C++ is very interesting. I would like to try</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Mobile Development<br />
</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Good to read: <a href="http://insideria.com/2010/11/flash-player-101-mobile-optimi.html" target="_blank">Optimize #Flash Content and Improving #Usability on #Mobile Devices - Part #1</a></li>
<li>great article from @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/newmovieclip">newmovieclip</a> about <a href="http://blog.newmovieclip.com/2010/11/13/adobe-air-mobile-application-performance-optimization-on-android/" target="_blank">mobile graphical optimisation</a>.</li>
<li>An <a href="http://www.lfpug.com/an-introduction-to-android/" target="_blank">Introduction to #Android</a> by Richard Leggett  #mobile #dev #programming #java</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Game Developing:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> RT Blogged: <a href="http://blog.iainlobb.com/2010/10/advanced-game-design-with-flash-book.html" target="_blank">AdvancED Game Design with Flash - book review</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.flashgamelicense.com/blog/2010/11/how-to-protect-your-game-from-being-rebranded/" target="_blank">How To Protect Your Game From Being Rebranded</a> by flashGameLicense  #flash #gamedev #security</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.alternativaplatform.com/en/2010/11/16/alternativa3d-tutorials-required/" target="_blank">Get paid for your Alternativa3D tutorial</a>! Maybe interesting for some Flash Developer...</li>
<li>Maybe interesting: <a href="http://polygeek.com/3147_flex_4-videos-on-the-theory-of-gamesocial-mechanics" target="_blank">4 videos on the theory of game/social mechanics</a> #game #design #social #media #future #talks</li>
<li>Nice blog post: #Game #design <a href="http://blog.wolfire.com/2009/01/designing-the-solution-space/" target="_blank">Designing the solution space</a> #gamedev</li>
</ul>
<p><span><span> </span></span></p>
<p><strong>Flash and Flex</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Aka Shiva / Kolor <img src='http://blog.derhess.de/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  RT @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/UnitZeroOne">UnitZeroOne</a>: "<a href="http://tv.adobe.com/watch/max-2010-develop/flash-player-3d-future/" target="_blank">Flash Player 3D Future</a>" session, by Sebastian Marketsmueller (aka Mr. Mole).</li>
<li>Nice read: <a href="http://blog.bengarney.com/2010/11/01/tips-for-flash-developers-looking-at-hardware-3d/" target="_blank">Tips for Flash Developers Looking at Hardware 3D</a></li>
<li>Nice Resource: <a href="http://www.senocular.com/flash/tutorials/contentdomains/" target="_blank">Security Domains, Application Domains</a>, and More in ActionScript 3.0 #flash</li>
<li>That really looks good and kinda stable! <a href="http://www.kasperkamperman.com/blog/flash-qrcode-reader-as3/" target="_blank">#Flash #QR #Code #reader by Kasper Kamperman</a> link via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/quasimondo">quasimondo</a> thx!</li>
<li>Interesting book I would like to read in the future: <a href="http://blog.flashgen.com/2010/12/07/developing-flex-components-book-2/" target="_blank">Developing Flex 4 Components Book</a> #flex4 #book #components</li>
<li>RT <a href="http://tonfall.googlecode.com" target="_blank">Tonfall</a> has now AIFF, WAV, RAW decoding &amp; encoding support. (via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/andremichelle">andremichelle</a>)</li>
<li>For working with #Flash and <a title="http://www.tuio.org/" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.tuio.org/" target="_blank">http://www.tuio.org/</a> this might be a very <a title="Tuio Flash" href="http://bubblebird.at/tuioflash/tuio-as3-library/" target="_blank">interesting library</a></li>
<li>nice blog about #Kinect and #Flash <a title="http://www.as3kinect.org/" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.as3kinect.org/" target="_blank">http://www.as3kinect.org/</a> Especially the <a href="http://www.as3kinect.org/2010/12/openni-kinect-as3-wrapper-skeleton-tracking-with-papervision/" target="_blank">#skeleton #tracking</a> looks good!</li>
<li><a href="http://remotair.yoz.sk" target="_blank">Remotair</a> - concept of transmitting device inputs (gestures, mouse etc) into receiving #flash or AIR apps - Looks nice</li>
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		<title>Book review: Designing Interactions</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The book Designing Interaction from Bill Moggridge was already published in 2006. Even it is quite old for a technology book the content is still valid. The first six chapters give a perfect history background of human-computer interaction. The evolution of input devices and the computer itself is very good explained. Also the original comments [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The book <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0262134748?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=derhessammedi-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=19454&amp;creativeASIN=0262134748" target="_blank">Designing Interaction</a></strong> from <a title="The book homepage" href="http://www.designinginteractions.com/bill" target="_blank">Bill Moggridge</a> was already published in 2006. Even it is quite old for a technology book the content is still valid. The first six chapters give a perfect history background of human-computer interaction. The evolution of input devices and the computer itself is very good explained. Also the original comments from the designers and engineers are very interesting to read.  In the end the reader gets a very good introduction how and why the computer evolved as it is today. Even the described history is a strongly based on the authors view.  The chapters <em><strong>Adopting Technology</strong></em> and <em><strong>Multisensory and Multimedia</strong></em> gives a nice introduction into tangible interaction. It also helps beginners to understand how to leave the desktop metaphor. The whole book describes very easily how product designer, industrial designer, psychologist and engineers working together for developing the new devices. The texts about their development and thinking processes gives a very good insight. The last chapters about <em><strong>The Internet</strong></em>, <em><strong>Futures and Alternatives Nows</strong></em>, and <em><strong>People and Prototypes</strong></em> are nice to read, but with some comments I can't agree. For this reason, the aspects of Emotional Design and Prototyping are little bit weak in my opinion. However, reading the first six chapters is very useful for human-computer interaction beginners. It makes their knowledge around the history of Interaction Design more stable. The last chapters are nice to read, but not very obligatory. Unfortunately, the multimedia CD of the book I never really checked.  So I can't say if it is good or not. For professional interaction designer is almost nothing new in this book, so I can't recommend it for them.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bei dem Buch Kreativität - Konzept und Lebensstil von Rainer M. Holm-Hadulla wird das kreative Schaffen und Leben aus einer psychologischen Perspektive betrachtet. Das heißt es werden nicht die Kreativtechniken selbst erläutert, sondern die Thematik Kreativität im Gesamten. In den ersten 20 Seiten definiert der Autor den Begriff Kreativität, und zerlegt ihn in die Bestandteile [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bei dem Buch <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/3525490739?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=derhessammedi-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=19454&amp;creativeASIN=3525490739">Kreativität - Konzept und Lebensstil</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=derhessammedi-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=3&amp;a=3525490739" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></strong> von <a href="http://www.holm-hadulla.de/" target="_blank">Rainer M. Holm-Hadulla</a> wird das kreative Schaffen und Leben aus einer psychologischen Perspektive betrachtet. Das heißt es werden nicht die Kreativtechniken selbst erläutert, sondern die Thematik <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity" target="_blank">Kreativität</a> im Gesamten. In den ersten 20 Seiten definiert der Autor den Begriff Kreativität, und zerlegt ihn in die Bestandteile <em><strong>Begabung, Motivation, Persönlichkeit und Umgebung</strong></em>. Danach wird der Begriff Kreativität in einen kulturgeschichtlichen Kontext diskutiert. Mir persönlich gefielen besonders die Ansichten aus dem asiatischen Raum.</p>
<p>Der zweite Teil des Buches widmet sich der kreativen Persönlichkeit. Welche kreative Hoch- und Tiefphasen begleiten einen Menschen auf seinem Lebensweg. Was sind die positiven Entwicklungs- und Umgebungsbedingungen im Kindesalter, in der Pubertät, und während des erwachsen werdens, usw. Holm-Hadulla erklärt diese Bedingungen immer sehr schön anhand von praktischen Beispielen (siehe <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goethe" target="_blank">Goethe</a>, <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton" target="_blank">Bill Clinton</a>, <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates" target="_blank">Bill Gates</a> usw.).</p>
<p>Im dritten Kapitel wird Kreativität in den verschiedenen Domänen <em><strong>Politik, Wirtschaftsleben, Wissenschaften und Kunst</strong></em> näher betrachtet. In diesem Kapitel bekommt man einen sehr schönen Überblick, und es frischt auch die Allgemeinbildung ein wenig auf. Die letzten 40 Seiten widmen sich dem Coaching von kreativen Personen und Prozessen. Welche Konzepte existieren und was man als Kreativer selbst beachten sollte gehören zu den besprochenen Themen.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Mein Fazit:</strong></span></p>
<p>Das Buch lohnt sich auf jeden Fall für wirklich Jeden. Mir persönlich hat es die Kreativindustrie mit anderen Augen sehen lassen. Vor allem dass das "kreatives Schaffen" ein Segen aber auch ein Fluch sein kann. Segen wenn man seine Balance und Anerkennung gefunden hat. Ein Fluch wenn man unter Zwang kreativ sein muss. Besonders die daraus relativ schnell entstehenden Folgen (siehe Burn Out Syndrom) haben mich doch sehr überrascht. Hervorzuheben ist auch die <strong>nicht populäre</strong> Herangehensweise (siehe Literaturverzeichnis) von Holm-Hadulla. Er gibt zwar Tipps und Empfehlungen, aber unterstreicht immer wieder dass diese sehr von der eigenen Persönlichkeit abhängen. Für manche Menschen sind die erwähnten schlechten Bedingungen genau die nötige Konfrontation gewesen um etwas sehr Gutes zu erschaffen. Die 160 Seiten sind nicht immer leicht zu lesen. Die Erläuterungen des kreativen Schaffens anhand von Goethe's Gedichten können den ein oder anderen Leser nerven. Auch wiederholt Holm-Hadulla einige Fallbeispiele (z.B. den Konfliktlösungsansatz von Bill Clinton) mehrfach, was mich hin und wieder beim Lesen störte. Am Ende ist mir dennoch das Buch sehr positiv im Gedächtnis geblieben. Für mich ist und war es ein Must-Read Buch.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small summary of my Twitter messages from Januar - February 2010: Allgemein (General) Alexis Milant is a great video artist. Especially this video I like very much RT @golan: Just discovered that Ars Electronica is putting their archives on Vimeo Nice list of demos and good points for #creative #visual #flash prorgramming. Thx to [...]
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A small summary of my <a href="http://twitter.com/derhess" target="_blank">Twitter messages</a> from Januar - February 2010:</p>
<p><strong><span id="more-1235"></span>Allgemein (General)</strong></p>
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<li>Alexis Milant is a great video artist. Especially <a href="http://www.alexismilant.com/cinema_ang.php?opus=11" target="_blank">this video</a> I like very much</li>
<li>RT @golan: Just discovered that Ars Electronica is putting their <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.vimeo.com/user2525344/" target="_blank">archives on Vimeo</a></li>
<li>Nice list of demos and good points for <a title="#creative" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23creative">#creative</a> <a title="#visual" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23visual">#visual</a> <a title="#flash" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23flash">#flash</a> prorgramming. Thx to @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/mrdoob">mrdoob</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://mrdoob.com/blog/post/685" target="_blank">http://mrdoob.com/blog/post/685</a></li>
<li>Sehr coole Auswahl von Videokunstwerken - <a href="http://www.arte.tv/de/Kultur-entdecken/ARTE-Video-Night/2677028.html" target="_blank">Arte Video Art Night Marathon</a></li>
<li>Funny interactive (media) installation<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXdifR7s1vA" target="_blank"> Moving Mario</a> thx @Bager for the link</li>
<li>Nice Project. <a href="http://www.rebelart.net/diary/zanadesign-sand-printer/003002/" target="_blank">The Sand-Printer </a> via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/make">make</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://tinyurl.com/y8fhz4f" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/y8fhz4f</a></li>
<li>Interesting Master Program: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://creativegames.org.uk/LudicInterfaces/" target="_blank">European Masters in Ludic Interfaces </a></li>
<li>One of the best stage-based animations I have seen yet.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS1WALmBqUw" target="_blank"> Chunky Move's Mortal Engine</a></li>
<li>Interesting book puplished: <a href="http://www.interactivearchitecture.org/the-definative-book-to-date.html" target="_blank">Interactive Architecture</a> Book <a href="http://www.interactive-architecture.com/" target="_blank">Homepage</a></li>
<li>iFreeTablet the free alternative from ipad much cheaper and all open source. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ifreetablet.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ifreetablet.com/</a> via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/mcanet">mcanet</a></li>
<li>Open source hardware - feature story in Wired - <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/01/open_source_hardware_-_feature_stor.html" target="_blank">In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits</a></li>
<li>Cool <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/02/cool_java-based_circuit_simulator.html" target="_blank">Java-based circuit simulator</a>. a good helper for physical computing experiments</li>
<li>Hm is this an interesting master study or just a trend study for getting new students:<a href="http://www.mediacourses.com/courses.asp?cat=2&amp;courseID=30" target="_blank"> MA Social Media</a></li>
<li><a href="http://puredyne.goto10.org/about.html" target="_blank">puredyne</a> - USB-bootable GNU/LINUX OS for creative media via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/shervinafshar">shervinafshar</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.community-of-knowledge.de/beitrag/293/" target="_blank">Sehr guter und informativer Artikel</a> zum Thema <a title="#Wissensmanagement" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Wissensmanagement">#Wissensmanagement</a> (3.0). Nur der Schluss ist ein wenig schwach..</li>
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<p><strong>Generative Art:</strong></p>
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<li>Ich bin nun überzeugt und werd mir das Buch kaufen. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.generative-gestaltung.de/" target="_blank">http://www.generative-gestaltung.de/</a> Visual Programming Lernen vom Feinsten</li>
<li>RT @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/rafiqelmansy">rafiqelmansy</a> Fractal Art: Inspiration with Equations <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/8UblDj" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/8UblDj</a></li>
<li>Really great generative art experiment - <a href="http://www.neuroproductions.be/experiments/alice-in-wonderland-the-bitmap/" target="_blank">Alice in Wonderland</a>, which worked with text as material and flash</li>
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<p><strong>Info Design and Visualization<br />
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<li> RT @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/grumplet">grumplet</a>: <a href="http://understandingdata.dlow.org/" target="_blank">7500 words by Henry Hadlow in one image</a>. Reviews Eigenfactor.org, Photosynth, wk.com, Seadragon<a rel="nofollow" href="http://tinyurl.com/ycj5a32" target="_blank"></a>Cool info design project: Knowledge Cartography <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.knowledgecartography.org/" target="_blank">http://www.knowledgecartography.org/</a> via MStäbler,other nice project <a rel="nofollow" href="http://eigenfactor.org/" target="_blank">http://eigenfactor.org/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://benfry.com/phd/" target="_blank">COMPUTATIONAL INFORMATION DESIGN</a> (PHD Thesis) or Book from Ben Fry available as a PDF download</li>
<li><a href="http://mahir.tumblr.com/post/335099772/choosing-colours-for-data-visualization-pdf" target="_blank">Choosing Colours for Data Visualization</a> (.pdf) - prostheticknowledge</li>
<li>RT Upcoming later this year: O'Reilly's "Beautiful Visualization" <a rel="nofollow" href="http://is.gd/6Zlt9" target="_blank">http://is.gd/6Zlt9</a> featuring a chapter on "X by Y" <a rel="nofollow" href="http://is.gd/6ZlCr" target="_blank">http://is.gd/6ZlCr</a></li>
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<p><strong>UX and Interaction Design:</strong></p>
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<li>RT <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/mrettig/interaction-design-history?src=embed" target="_blank">interaction design history slideshow</a> (via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/ighfggmuend">ighfggmuend</a>)</li>
<li>PhD Thesis: <a href="http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~smalik/downloads/malik_2007_thesis_multi_finger_final.pdf" target="_blank">An Exploration of Multi-finger Interaction on Multi-touch Surfaces</a> by Shahzad Malik as a PDF Download</li>
<li>Nice list and maybe useful for some research papers... <a href="http://www.billbuxton.com/InputSources.html" target="_blank">A DIRECTORY OF SOURCES FOR INPUT TECHNOLOGIES</a> by Bill Buxton</li>
<li>Nice system!! <a href="http://multitouch.fi/products/cell/" target="_blank">MultiTouch Cell</a> is the first multitouch LCD for fully scalable display arrays<a rel="nofollow" href="http://multitouch.fi/products/cell/" target="_blank"></a></li>
<li>Again,I highly recommend <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/2940373078?ie=UTF8&amp;redirect=true&amp;tag=derhessammedi-21&amp;camp=3206&amp;creative=21426&amp;link_code=as3&amp;creativeASIN=2940373078&amp;linkCode=shr" target="_blank">this book for Mobile Interface Design</a>.It is old but many interface concepts are still upToDate</li>
<li>Now I am convinced about the advantages of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sikuli.csail.mit.edu/" target="_blank">http://sikuli.csail.mit.edu/</a> for Interaction Designer. Rapid Prototyping Tool for Remote Devices</li>
<li><a href="http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/baudisch/projekte/disappearing_mobile_devices.html" target="_blank">Disappearing mobile devices</a> - a paper and concept by Hasso Plattner Institut Potsdam</li>
<li><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/02/05/50-free-ui-and-web-design-wireframing-kits-resources-and-source-files/" target="_blank">50 Free UI and Web Design Wireframing Kits</a>, Resources and Source Files via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/smashingmag">smashingmag</a></li>
<li>RT @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/fuelinterface">fuelinterface</a> Amazing Alternative Interfaces That Will Change Our Lives | <a href="http://ow.ly/1oK1zx" target="_blank">Fuel Your Interface</a> -&gt;Interesting overview</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/02/relief_3d_interactive_maps.html" target="_blank">scalable actuated shape display</a> from MIT's Tangible Media Group</li>
<li><a href="http://www.designingforhumans.com/idsa/2010/02/physical-gestures-to-document-design-research.html" target="_blank">Physical Gestures to Document Design Research</a></li>
<li>Dan Saffer's Talk: <a href="http://www.designresearchconference.org/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=item&amp;id=19:dan-saffer-researching-and-designing-interactive-gestures&amp;Itemid=73" target="_blank">Researching and Designing Interactive Gestures</a></li>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Projekte und Experimente (Projects and experiments)</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Nice Project from MIT: High Low Tech <a rel="nofollow" href="http://hlt.media.mit.edu/" target="_blank">http://hlt.media.mit.edu/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/01/craft_meets_tech_at_mit.html" target="_blank">Wearable Technologies and other High and Low Tech Stuff</a> from the MIT via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/make">make</a> interesting video report!</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/01/secret_handshake_of_the_future.html" target="_blank">Secret handshake of the future</a> from the tangible Interface class of the MIT via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/make">make</a></li>
<li>
<div><a id="status_star_7913180185" title="favorite this tweet"> </a>RT  <a href="http://vimeo.com/channels/newwaysofinteraction#8308494" target="_blank">“Notput” is an interactive music table</a> with tangible notes, that combines all three senses of hearing, sight and touch:</div>
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<li>LED Galaxy Dress by <a href="http://www.ecouterre.com/5815/bewitching-led-galaxy-dress-by-cute-circuit-is-worlds-largest-wearable-display/" target="_blank">CuteCircuit is World’s Largest Wearable Display</a></li>
<li>Great use of Augmented Reality! <a href="http://gamesalfresco.com/2010/01/14/training-the-visual-way/" target="_blank">LEGO Manual With ARToolKit</a></li>
<li>That is a really<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera.html" target="_blank"> crazy map-location-based mash up demo</a> -  augmented-reality maps by microsoft</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/02/ekg-controlled_game_of_life_hoodie.html" target="_blank">EKG-controlled Game of Life hoodie</a> via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/make">make</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.creativeapplications.net/sound/touchdesigner-plastikman-windows-sound/" target="_blank">TouchDesigner</a>, an authoring tool for building interactive 3D art, visualizations</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Neue Technologie (new Technologies)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.interactivearchitecture.org/kiefer-technic-showroom-facade.html" target="_blank">A Dynamic Facade</a></li>
<li>Nice examples and nice <a title="#augmented" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23augmented">#augmented</a> reality SDK for common <a title="#mobile" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23mobile">#mobile</a> Devices <a rel="nofollow" href="http://tinyurl.com/yz6hny3" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/yz6hny3</a> | SDK <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.metaio.com/products/mobile/" target="_blank">www.metaio.com/products/mobile/</a></li>
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<p><strong>Programmierung und Software Design (Programming)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Let <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/01/arduino_sketch_programs_its_peers.html" target="_blank">Arduino communicate with each other</a>. Arduino control the other Arduino.Maybe the new Adruino Virus?!via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/make">make</a></li>
<li>Xuggler is the easy way to uncompress, modify, and re-compress any media file (or stream) from Java to a red5 server <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.xuggle.com/" target="_blank">http://www.xuggle.com/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://xat.info/live-screencast-in-flash-mit-red5-und-camtasia-studio/" target="_blank">Live Screencast in Flash mit Red5 und Java Streaming Library</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.splitmedialabs.com/vh-java-capture-sdk" target="_blank">VH Java Screen Capture SDK</a> looks nice... Hopefully it will not become so expensive..</li>
<li>Freeware: <a href="http://www.splitmedialabs.com/vh-video-sdk/vh-screen-capture" target="_blank">VH Screen Capture Driver</a> supports C++, C#, Java, Delphi, etc</li>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Game Developing:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Playyoo is an interesting plattform for Flash Mobile and Flash Lite Game Developer <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.playyoo.com/" target="_blank">http://blog.playyoo.com/</a> and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://playyoo.com/" target="_blank">http://playyoo.com/</a></li>
<li>Interesting report: <a href="http://joshblog.net/2010/01/04/indie-flash-game-development-a-2009-year-end-retrospective/" target="_blank">Indie Flash Game Development: A 2009 Year-End Retrospective</a></li>
<li>Blog article: <a href="http://gamesalfresco.com/2009/12/31/best-selling-augmented-reality-games-of-2009/" target="_blank">Best Selling Augmented Reality Games of 2009</a></li>
<li>Flash Game License:<a href="http://www.flashgamelicense.com/blog/2010/01/looking-back-at-2009-trends-and-statistics/" target="_blank"> Looking Back at 2009: Trends and Statistics</a></li>
<li>Very cool styles for Casual Computer Games: <a href="http://www.arte.tv/de/Kultur-entdecken/ARTE-Video-Night/2897158.html#44" target="_blank">Skateboard</a> // <a href="http://www.arte.tv/de/Kultur-entdecken/ARTE-Video-Night/2897158.html#45" target="_blank">Jump N Run Adventure</a></li>
<li>RT Getting Started: PushButton Engine recording from <a title="#SeaFlex" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23SeaFlex">#SeaFlex</a> last night: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/74jCHc" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/74jCHc</a> (via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/jnbeck">jnbeck</a>)</li>
<li>Wow! a big Graphical User Interface Collection of Games. Useful for research in interaction design in Games <a rel="nofollow" href="http://gamegui.net/" target="_blank">http://gamegui.net/</a></li>
<li>Fast statistic consumption... RT @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/dotmick">dotmick</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.onlineeducation.net/videogame/" target="_blank">Videogame Statistics</a></li>
<li>Cool game design prototypes for tangible interfaces: <a href="Cool game design prototypes for tangible interfaces: DaVinci (Microsoft Surface Physics Illustrator)" target="_blank">DaVinci (Microsoft Surface Physics Illustrator)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/02/surfacescapes_20_demo.html" target="_blank">SurfaceScapes 2.0 demo</a> - A further nice tangible Game Interface idea!</li>
<li><a href="http://www.adobe.com/newsletters/edge/february2010/articles/article7/" target="_blank">Nice article about creating a MMO browser game</a> with Flash (Game: zOMG)</li>
<li>RT Addressing color blindness in (game) design <a rel="nofollow" href="http://is.gd/8HWrQ" target="_blank">http://is.gd/8HWrQ</a> (via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/elsassph">elsassph</a>)</li>
<li>Looks good: <a href="http://www.flashrealtime.com/flash-gaming-on-nvidia-tablets/" target="_blank">Flash Gaming on NVIDIA Tablets</a></li>
<li>Two great tutorials for particle effects with flint: <a href="http://slekx.com/2009/12/flint-visual-introduction/" target="_blank">Introduction</a> <a href="http://slekx.com/2009/12/flinteroids-advanced-flint-tutorial/" target="_blank">Flint in a Game</a></li>
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<p><span><span> </span></span></p>
<p><strong>Flash and Flex</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2009/12/30/neurosky-mindset-brain-computer-interface-actionscript-3-0-api/" target="_blank">Brain Computer Interface ActionScript 3.0 API library released by Sean Moore</a></li>
<li>RT New <a title="#Processing" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Processing">#Processing</a> book by Ira Greenberg, The <a href="http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1430219793" target="_blank">Essential Guide to Processing for Flash Developers</a>, is here!</li>
<li>RT  @_sandro Highly interesting! Jangaroo - Actionscript 3 to Javascript  Compiler! <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jangaroo.net/home/" target="_blank">http://www.jangaroo.net/home/</a> - i think i'm in love <img src='http://blog.derhess.de/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </li>
<li>Nice list:<a href="http://corlan.org/2010/01/14/5-flash-applications/" target="_blank"> 5 useful Flash applications</a> listed by Mihai CORLAN</li>
<li><a href="http://www.flashconnections.com/2010/01/15/xmoovstream-php-video-server/" target="_blank">xmoovStream PHP video server for Flash</a>. Not real Streaming, but progressive download with seeking functionality</li>
<li>RT Red5 Developer Series videos from @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/newviewnetworks">newviewnetworks</a> look awesome! <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/4KJBu2" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/4KJBu2</a></li>
<li>RT We just released <a href="http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2010/01/asdocr_simple_a.html" target="_blank">ASDocr</a>, an AIR 2.0 app for working w/ASDoc. Makes documenting AS3 code much easier!</li>
<li>RT Here it is: @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/matthbooth">matthbooth</a>'s excellent webcam light-painting tutorial - <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/4sipE5" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/4sipE5</a></li>
<li>This Controlling the rain project with Arduino and Flash gives a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://tinyurl.com/yzw2l3k" target="_blank">nice introduction into physical computing</a></li>
<li>Good introduction video tutorial for the <a rel="nofollow" href="    *  http://www.as3apex.com/video_tuts/intro-to-gaia-flash-framework/" target="_blank">Flash Gaia Website Framework</a></li>
<li><a href="http://casario.blogs.com/mmworld/2010/02/flex-and-mobile-a-whitepaper-to-create-flex-application-for-mobile-devices.html" target="_blank">Whitpaper about Flex (Slider) Framework</a> and mobile devices</li>
<li><a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/as3/mobile/index.html" target="_blank">Great resources for optimizing your content</a> for flash mobile devices</li>
<li>
<div><a id="status_star_9145960256" title="favorite this tweet"> </a>A really useful set of ActionScript classes and utilities "to get you coding faster and more reliably": <a rel="nofollow" href="http://casalib.org/" target="_blank">http://casalib.org</a></div>
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<li><a href="http://spiralstormgames.com/blog/iphone-games/say-hi-to-pixelwave-for-the-iphone/" target="_blank">Pixelwave, framework for iPhones Games/Apps</a>, based completely on the Flash AS3 API <a title="#iphone" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23iphone">#iphone</a> <a title="#flash" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23flash">#flash</a> (via @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/fplag">fplag</a>)</li>
<li>You can monetize your Flex Components, Flex and Air applications with FlexDen.net <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.flexden.net/" target="_blank">http://www.flexden.net/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.inspirit.ru/?p=386" target="_blank">FlashSURF by Eugene</a> is an impressive<a href="http://code.google.com/p/in-spirit/wiki/ASSURFBundleManager" target="_blank"> image-based pattern recognition library</a> for Flash</li>
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		<description><![CDATA[Einfachheit bzw. Simplicity war im Jahre 2006 auf der Ars Electronica und allgemein in der Interaktionsbranche das Topthema schlechthin, natürlich erschien  auch das Buch Laws of Simplicity von John Maeda in diesem Jahr. John Maeda hat seinen Ursprung im Design und Kreativbereich und versucht in seinem Buch Laws of Simplicity die kleinsten gemeinsamen Faktoren für [...]
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Einfachheit bzw. <strong>Simplicity</strong> war im Jahre 2006 auf der <a title="Ars Electronica Archive 2006" href="http://90.146.8.18/de/archives/picture_ausgabe_02_new.asp?iAreaID=308&amp;showAreaID=322&amp;showSubAreaID=323" target="_blank">Ars Electronica</a> und allgemein in der Interaktionsbranche das Topthema schlechthin, natürlich erschien  auch das Buch <a title="Homepage zum Buch" href="http://lawsofsimplicity.com/" target="_blank">Laws of Simplicity</a> von <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maeda" target="_blank">John Maeda</a> in diesem Jahr. John Maeda hat seinen Ursprung im Design und Kreativbereich und versucht in seinem Buch <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0262134721?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=derhessammedi-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=6742&amp;creativeASIN=0262134721" target="_blank">Laws of Simplicity</a><img style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=derhessammedi-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=3&amp;a=0262134721" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> die kleinsten gemeinsamen Faktoren für das Geheimnis der Einfachheit zu finden. Er hält sich dabei so allgemein wie möglich um die gewonnen Erkenntnisse für jeden Themenbereich zugänglich zu machen. Dabei kommen leider desöfteren unglücklich, esoterisch klingende Formulierungen zustande, die in mir eine gewisse Skepsis hervorgerufen haben. Ich denke, das ist auch Grund der sehr unterschiedlichen Meinungen im Web über dieses Buch. Dennoch muss man diesem Buch zugestehen, die gefundenen Faktoren bzw. Laws of Simplicity sind sehr gut ausgewählt und lassen sich super für den User Experience Bereich nutzen. So kann man wirklich fast jedem Gesetz einer Teildisziplin der User Experience zuordnen:</p>
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<li><strong>Reduce</strong> -&gt; Interface und Produkt Design</li>
<li><strong>Organize</strong> -&gt; Information Architecture und Navigation Design</li>
<li><strong>Time</strong> -&gt; Interaction Design – Visual Design / Interaction Patterns</li>
<li><strong>Learn</strong> -&gt; Interaction Design / Interaction Pattern</li>
<li><strong>Differences</strong> -&gt; Marketing, Features Cultures</li>
<li><strong>Context</strong> -&gt; User Experience allgemein</li>
<li><strong>Emotion</strong> -&gt; Branding</li>
<li><strong>Trust</strong> -&gt; Security (Geschäftspolitik)</li>
<li><strong>Failure</strong> -&gt; Interaction Design, Usability</li>
<li><strong>Combination of all Laws</strong></li>
</ol>
<p>Im Gesamten finde ich dieses Buch nicht unbedingt ein Must-Read. Es fasst gut zusammen und beschreibt die Faktoren der Einfachheit sehr schön an Beispielen. So dass man einen guten ersten Eindruck in die Thematik bekommt, die dann für weitere Diskussionen anregen kann. Mit seinen knapp 100 Seiten und dem sehr praktischen Taschenbuchformat lässt sich dieses Buch sehr gut auf einer längeren Zug- oder Flugreise lesen. Wer also Langeweile haben sollte, dem sei dieses Buch empfohlen. Ansonsten gibt es vielleicht auf meinem <a href="http://bookstore.derhess.de/" target="_blank">Bookstore</a> ein passenderes Werk…</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Elements of User Experience von Jesse James Garret ist mit einem Erscheinungsjahr von 2003 ein bissl in die Jahre gekommen, dennoch verliert es meiner Meinung nach nicht an Bedeutung. Mit seinem 5 definierten Basiselementen der User Experience für webbasierte Medien hat es Jesse James Garrett sehr gut geschafft alle Disziplinen, die in den interaktiven [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="size-full wp-image-672 aligncenter" title="The elements of user experience" src="http://blog.derhess.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/eoue.jpg" alt="elements of user experience" width="540" height="140" /></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0735712026?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=derhessammedi-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=6742&amp;creativeASIN=0735712026" target="_blank">The Elements of User Experience</a><img style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=derhessammedi-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=3&amp;a=0735712026" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></strong> von <a href="http://blog.jjg.net/">Jesse James Garret</a> ist mit einem Erscheinungsjahr von 2003 ein bissl in die Jahre gekommen, dennoch verliert es meiner Meinung nach nicht an Bedeutung. Mit seinem <strong><a href="http://www.jjg.net/elements/pdf/elements_simpleplanes.pdf" target="_blank">5 definierten Basiselementen der User Experience</a> </strong>für webbasierte Medien hat es Jesse James Garrett sehr gut geschafft alle Disziplinen, die in den interaktiven Entwicklungsprozess involviert sind zu vereinen. Dabei betrachtet er die 5 Basiselemente immer wieder unter<a href="http://www.jjg.net/elements/translations/elements_de.pdf" target="_blank"> 2 verschiedenen Gesichtspunkten</a> (<a href="http://www.jjg.net/elements/pdf/elements.pdf" target="_blank">englische Version</a>). Einmal aus Web-Applikation-Perspektive (heute würde man Rich-Internet-Applications dazu sagen) und einmal aus Hypertext-Perspektive (Informationsdienste, wie z.B. Wikipedia). Diese unterschiedliche Betrachtung, finde ich unter heutiger technischer Entwicklung nicht mehr so zeitgemäß, da aber so viele Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen diesen beiden Betrachtungsweisen existieren, ist dies wirklich kein großes Problem das Passende daraus zu extrahieren.</p>
<p>Zudem liefert das Buch eine gute <strong><em>Step-by-Step Anleitung</em></strong> für interaktive Webprodukte, welche Disziplinen (z.B. <em>Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Interface Design</em> usw.) benötigt werden, welche Aufgabe diese verschiedenen Disziplinen haben und wie sie miteinander interagieren müssen.</p>
<p><span id="more-856"></span>Aufgrund der einfachen und verständlichen Schreibweise und das Definieren elementarer Grundlagen für eine passende User Experience im Web  auf ca. 175 Seiten ist dieses <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0735712026?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=derhessammedi-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=6742&amp;creativeASIN=0735712026">kompakte Buch</a><img style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=derhessammedi-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=3&amp;a=0735712026" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> meiner Meinung nach <strong>ein absolutes Must-Read</strong> (genauso wie <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0321344758?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=derhessammedi-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=6742&amp;creativeASIN=0321344758" target="_blank">Don’t make me think von Steve Krug</a><img style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=derhessammedi-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=3&amp;a=0321344758" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />) für alle Web/Flash Developer und Designer, Projektmanager und Marketingbeauftragte im Online Sektor. Wer Angst vor den englischen Texten hat, dem kann ich Entwarnung geben. Es ist wirklich sehr einfach geschrieben, so dass das Schulenglisch für dieses Buch sehr gut ausreicht, auch die Grafiken im Buch unterstützen das Verständnis der Texte sehr.</p>
<p>Dieses Buch empfehle ich nicht etablierten Interaction Designer oder Interface Designer, da es sich nur mit der Oberfläche im Bereich User Experience im Web befasst und als Zielgruppe eher Anfänger im Bereich Interaction Design, User Experience anspricht.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0735712026?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=derhessammedi-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=6742&amp;creativeASIN=0735712026">The Elements of User Experience von Jesse James Garret </a><img style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=derhessammedi-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=3&amp;a=0735712026" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></h3>
<p><br/>Wer sich für weitere Bücher im Bereich User Experience interessiert, kann gerne mal in meinem <a title="der hess BOOKSTORE für New Media Production" href="http://bookstore.derhess.de/" target="_blank">Bookstore</a> im Bereich <a href="http://astore.amazon.de/derhessammedi-21?_encoding=UTF8&amp;node=11" target="_blank">Human-Computer Interaction</a> weitere passende Bücher anschauen, vielleicht ist auch noch etwas bei den <a href="http://astore.amazon.de/derhessammedi-21?_encoding=UTF8&amp;node=22" target="_blank">Zeitschriften</a> dabei...</p>
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