Linkage:
- Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies -- sample chapters in PDF from the new book by Ben Shneiderman (via InfoDesign)
- What's the big idea?
"Where do creative people get their inspiration? Ted Hughes likened it to fishing, while JG Ballard thinks it has more to do with whisky. Here, psychologist Guy Claxton reveals why we're all more creative than we think, while Kate Mikhail talks to 10 gifted individuals about the source of their bright ideas."
JG Ballard, novelist
Peter Molyneux, computer games designer
Camille Bidault-Waddington, fashion editor
Bobby Gillespie, singer and songwriter
Corinne Day, photographer
Eddie Izzard, comedian
Siobhan Davies, choreographer
Peter Saville, graphic designer
Jan Kaplicky, architect
Mark Wallinger, artist
(via xBlog) - President Bush's recollections of 9/11 -- an information graphic (via rebecca's pocket), plus the story behind creating the graphic