Browsing articles from "January, 2008"
Jan
22
2008

netTrekker: Improved Searches

If you use netTrekker, there are some improvements to the site for 2008. Of them all, the one that most interests me is that there are now refinement menus instead of tabs on each search result page. So what does that mean? These menus now give the user more flexibility when refining searches to find the appropriate resources. With this feature, you can select multiple options in multiple menus to really narrow the focus. Here [...]

Jan
11
2008

“On! On!”

My son recently turned two, and even at this early age he sees the world in a simple duality – “on” and “off.” When presented with something new, his little hands turn the object over and over while his eyes carefully examine the surface. If he can’t find a button or a switch, he lifts his head up toward me, and with a voice that combines the tone of both a request and a command, [...]