Pleasant Things Work Better

I nabbed this link from my friend Dana Chisnell who got this link from UX magazine.
Reading this article brought me back years ago to my college days. I remember posting all these quotes on my computer "Ok. it looks good...so how does it work" and "simple is hard".

"Creating the experience" as the article puts it - is so key to how we use...everything. I was fortunate to have excellent instructors (albeit a little maniac) who pounded the idea in our minds that form + function should ALWAYS exist together, in harmony. Anything less, was ripped up and tossed to the floor...

read: UX magazine article

What I like to do...in a visualization

Been working on some visualizations lately and been playing around with Many Eyes, which was recently acquired...fun stuff. In this example, I placed words that reminded me of one of my favorite things - exploration and travel!

Exploration Concept Map...