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Just listen.

Posted on August 14, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

Some TED presentations are inspiring and challenge you to do something. Others are funny and entertaining… And still others are just beautiful to listen to. This falls into the last category: So take a break. Relax. Just listen. Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of the New York Times best seller Eat, Pray, Love talks about how…

Culture gap: no 4th floor

Posted on August 13, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

F(ourth) floor is 4th floor in Korea No 13th floor (photo credit: eggrollstan) The 4th floor in Korea has the same status as the 13th floor does in the US. The pronunciation for “4” is “sa” which is the same as the Chinese character for “death”, hence the “F” (for Fourth) instead of “4” in…

Seoul, 15 years ago

Posted on August 8, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

Click image to view slideshow of Mapo redevelopment, 1994 Digging through some old photos, I found this set I took in 1994, of Mapo area, in Seoul. This area had been home to many informal settlers (so called “moon village” or 달동네) but had been “condemned” to be redeveloped and replaced by more of Seoul’s…

The dilemma of content sharing for universities

Posted on August 1, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

Republished from UXforGood.org. Recently I’ve participated in brainstorming session for a premier university in Korea on how to make its lectures available online. Ever since MIT started offering its lectures through its OpenCourseWare (website) initiative in late 2002, many higher education institutions have been offering lectures online through various channels: YouTube and iTunes just to…

Korean government offers generous loan terms for poor college students

Posted on July 31, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

In a followup to a previous post, Breaking the Cycle of Poverty in Korea through Education: A Social Business Proposal I saw some very exciting news that the Korean government will move to provide long-term full tuition coverage student loans for poor students starting 2010. It even stipulates that the students are only required to…

Louis Vuitton. Not

Posted on July 30, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

Vuitton. Not Photo from a recent trip to Hong Kong.

Telsa roadster Hot Wheels

Posted on July 28, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

Telsa Roadster Hot Wheels The Tesla Roadster was included in a pack of Hot Wheels my wife bought for our 3 year-old son on a recent trip to the US. Nice. Why does it not surprise me that there is a wiki page already on this toy.

An iconic mousepad

Posted on July 27, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

Classic Apple icon design by Susan Kare You can tell a lot about how much someone knows you by the gifts that they give. A good friend gave me this gift today after returning from a trip to New York. He bought it at MoMA and the label said it was on sale for $3.95…

Tools for creating wireframes and prototypes (Part 2)

Posted on July 25, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

In a follow-up to 10 tools for creating wireframes and prototypes I did a quick comparison of some of the features I think are valuable in a wireframe/prototyping tool. Here a brief summary of the categories: Master Templates: As any information architect knows, the home page is different. However most of the subpages have navigation…

Tools for creating wireframes and prototypes (Part 1)

Posted on July 22, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

I am so glad to see there are so many more applications dedicated to creating wireframes and prototypes. A far better scene from a couple of years ago when there was only Omnigraffle and Visio. Here’s round up of information architecture (IA) and user interface (UI) tools for wireframing and prototyping: Desktop wireframing tools 1….

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