Comments on: New Athens http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/the-web-is-my-athens/ We architect information. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:41:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Blog of Jóhannes G. » What Internet workers can learn from the old Greeks http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/the-web-is-my-athens/comment-page-1/#comment-152044 The Blog of Jóhannes G. » What Internet workers can learn from the old Greeks Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:38:30 +0000 http://www.informationarchitects.jp/the-web-is-my-athens#comment-152044 <p>[...] The Web is my Athens One of the most interesting articles i’ve read in a while. How does greek philosophy & web design connect? [...]</p> [...] The Web is my Athens One of the most interesting articles i’ve read in a while. How does greek philosophy & web design connect? [...]

]]> By: Information Architects » Blog Archive » Why is Simple so Difficult? http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/the-web-is-my-athens/comment-page-1/#comment-135804 Information Architects » Blog Archive » Why is Simple so Difficult? Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:09:01 +0000 http://www.informationarchitects.jp/the-web-is-my-athens#comment-135804 <p>[...] being underlined or blue or super obvious - Logos should be placed in the upper left corner - Fonts should be big and scalable - Few pictures is better than many pictures - Few fragmented text works better than text-blocks - [...]</p> [...] being underlined or blue or super obvious – Logos should be placed in the upper left corner – Fonts should be big and scalable – Few pictures is better than many pictures – Few fragmented text works better than text-blocks – [...]

]]> By: marc http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/the-web-is-my-athens/comment-page-1/#comment-96258 marc Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:15:41 +0000 http://www.informationarchitects.jp/the-web-is-my-athens#comment-96258 <p>for the 2 bottom youtubies; "This video has been removed by the user".</p> for the 2 bottom youtubies; “This video has been removed by the user”.

]]> By: igoo » Simplicity - » accessible website design, liverpool http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/the-web-is-my-athens/comment-page-1/#comment-85102 igoo » Simplicity - » accessible website design, liverpool Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:45:38 +0000 http://www.informationarchitects.jp/the-web-is-my-athens#comment-85102 <p>[...] Web-designers are confronted with a set of rules that websites have to follow in order to work, such as: - Links have to be recognizable either through being underlined or blue or super obvious - Logos should be placed in the upper left corner - Fonts should be big and scalable [...]</p> [...] Web-designers are confronted with a set of rules that websites have to follow in order to work, such as: – Links have to be recognizable either through being underlined or blue or super obvious – Logos should be placed in the upper left corner – Fonts should be big and scalable [...]

]]> By: Echo Net » Blog Archive http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/the-web-is-my-athens/comment-page-1/#comment-81309 Echo Net » Blog Archive Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:00:21 +0000 http://www.informationarchitects.jp/the-web-is-my-athens#comment-81309 <p>[...] being underlined or blue or super obvious - Logos should be placed in the upper left corner - Fonts should be big and scalable - Few pictures is better than many pictures - Few fragmented text works better than text-blocks - [...]</p> [...] being underlined or blue or super obvious – Logos should be placed in the upper left corner – Fonts should be big and scalable – Few pictures is better than many pictures – Few fragmented text works better than text-blocks – [...]

]]> By: Techne: Art is power « OddTag Blog http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/the-web-is-my-athens/comment-page-1/#comment-79420 Techne: Art is power « OddTag Blog Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:49:11 +0000 http://www.informationarchitects.jp/the-web-is-my-athens#comment-79420 <p>[...] These beautiful words are from: New Athens or What Internet workers can learn from the old Greeks. [...]</p> [...] These beautiful words are from: New Athens or What Internet workers can learn from the old Greeks. [...]

]]> By: Henrik Iacobaeus http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/the-web-is-my-athens/comment-page-1/#comment-63472 Henrik Iacobaeus Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:56:26 +0000 http://www.informationarchitects.jp/the-web-is-my-athens#comment-63472 <p>It's good to see that there are more former philosophy students in the world of web design.</p> <p>Your article got me thinking about writing about one of my favourite philosophical issues - on meaning and the problem to communicate meaning to others. More about that when it's written.</p> It’s good to see that there are more former philosophy students in the world of web design.

Your article got me thinking about writing about one of my favourite philosophical issues – on meaning and the problem to communicate meaning to others. More about that when it’s written.

]]> By: Oliver Reichenstein http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/the-web-is-my-athens/comment-page-1/#comment-43424 Oliver Reichenstein Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:29:56 +0000 http://www.informationarchitects.jp/the-web-is-my-athens#comment-43424 <p>@ Rich: The 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians led by King Leonidas of Sparta in 480 b.c were not fighting for democracy. I would't call Sparta a democracy in the first place. Sparta was a one of a kind warrior state, organized like an army.</p> <p>Athens on the contrary was a genuine first democracy; what followed after the defeat of the Persian Superpower was a brother fight between Sparta and Athens (which Athens lost).</p> @ Rich: The 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians led by King Leonidas of Sparta in 480 b.c were not fighting for democracy. I would’t call Sparta a democracy in the first place. Sparta was a one of a kind warrior state, organized like an army.

Athens on the contrary was a genuine first democracy; what followed after the defeat of the Persian Superpower was a brother fight between Sparta and Athens (which Athens lost).

]]> By: Rich http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/the-web-is-my-athens/comment-page-1/#comment-43404 Rich Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:30:43 +0000 http://www.informationarchitects.jp/the-web-is-my-athens#comment-43404 <p>Good stuff but I was a little disappointed that there was no mention of "300." Is it fair to say that the Greeks also "invented" honor and glory through country via democracy?</p> Good stuff but I was a little disappointed that there was no mention of “300.” Is it fair to say that the Greeks also “invented” honor and glory through country via democracy?

]]> By: Andreas Loher http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/the-web-is-my-athens/comment-page-1/#comment-26627 Andreas Loher Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:43:34 +0000 http://www.informationarchitects.jp/the-web-is-my-athens#comment-26627 <p>It's time to understand that school should not focus on errors and mistakes. As doing so pupils concentrate on avoiding them... there are better targets.</p> It’s time to understand that school should not focus on errors and mistakes. As doing so pupils concentrate on avoiding them… there are better targets.

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