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Olympic exhibition in Senado Square in Macau from 2007 - the pre-cursor to the one I saw a couple of weeks ago I guess.
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Interesting account - although it seems at no point has anyone asked about the civil liberties of the people involved in the dispute that was filmed. Does being in a plane count as a 'public place'? If someone films you surreptitiously on a plane, have they violated your privacy? [via Toby Harnden in The Telegraph]
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Jonathan Lane pulls back the wizard's curtain to reveal that half of the secret to good IA is to actually *listen* carefully. A great article to point anyone to when they go "Information Architect you say? What's that?"
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"Furthermore, humans do not perceive the passage of time in a linear way. This, coupled with the irregular behavior of progress bars, produces a highly variable perception of how long it takes progress bars to complete. An understanding of which behaviors perceptually shorten or lengthen process duration can be used to engineer a progress bar that appears faster, even though the actual duration remains unchanged". Where I come from, this is known as cheating ;-)
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Someone kindly sent in some shots of the revamped subway system in Beijing.
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Greek Champions contrived to somehow lose the first leg of their Champs League qualifier in Cyprus - scoring an own goal in the first 5 mins and missing a penalty in the process. If I was UEFA, I'd be having a close look at the betting on this game...
