I will just call it a blog - is there a better term for a place where I can post my random IT/IS thoughts, ideas, recommendations, etc.? If I can later develop more thoughtful and organized articles based on these random words, I will probably setup separate pages for them - but that takes much more time and effort.

Cubicle H on Blogger - a blog about information system and technology

"Cubicle H on Blogger" is a personal blog focusing on various information systems/technology topics. Blog entries are mainly presented as casual thoughts and ideas, reviews and recommendations, general comments, and sharing of resources, tips and experiences.

This blog is hosted on BlogSpot.com: http://cubicle-h.blogspot.com/

Recent Posts:

[2010-02-28] Design for Consistency: Yes-No, Ok-Cancel

The other day I went to BP and added some gas. At the end, it asked if I wanted a receipt. "Yes", I thought, but then carelessly, I hit the "No" button - a mistake. This is not the first time I did it. BP's machine has the "Yes" button on the right and "No" button on the left, which is opposite to my assumption. And another time, I went to the Bank of America website and it asked me to upgrade my ...

[2010-02-10] Explain IA Creative Work

IA Institute had a nice competition event on explaining IA. Below is the slide show of all submissions, which are hosted on flickr.com. ...

[2010-01-28] Enterprise Information Architecture by Rosenfeld

Check out this SlideShare Presentation (shared by Louis): Enterprise Information Architecture: Because users don't care about your org chartView more presentations from Louis Rosenfeld. ...

[2010-01-13] Webpage Island in Google

IA and usability issues are everywhere. Today I want to get some references on Google operators, such as "define:". I searched and ended up with this page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/operators.htmlI want to see where this page belongs to, so checked the links on the left menu. Surprisingly none of them links back to the current page. The most likely one is the "Advanced Search" menu item, ...

Cubicle H on WordPress - a blog about academic life

A personal blog about academic topics including education, research, service, teaching and learning.

This blog is hosted on http://cubicleh.wordpress.com

Recent Posts:

[Sat, 06 Mar 2010] Prototyping in Design Science Research

Design science research is a research process based on the activities of design (development). Prototyping method, in which an IT artifact is usually created, can be used as a vehicle for research. But it is different from a normal development work.  In design science research, there are a number of stages involved in the process: awareness of [...] ...

[Mon, 08 Feb 2010] Tips to make a classroom presentation fun and interesting

It’s very common for students to deliver presentations on certain topics in the classroom. However, I found many of the presentations are not “interesting” enough to keep other students’ attention. Here are some tips (from my own experience) for making presentations interesting (and of course, it still depends on your presentation skills): Use good and interesting examples. Don’t [...] ...

[Wed, 06 Jan 2010] Various Balances in Learning

I am a person often pursuing some kind of balance. In teaching/learning, I think the following balances will benefit learners. Studying vs. thinking. Confucious says: studying without thinking leads to confusion; thinking without studying leads to exhaustion. Theory vs. practice. Theory and concepts are as important as practices, and vice versa. Thus, exams and projects are of [...] ...