Thanks for that recommendation Scott, it sounds extremely interesting. I love all those books about useful design, such as _The Psychology of Everyday Things_ (not sure I got the title precisely correct, but I'm pretty sure it's by Donald Norman).
Kes----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Rains" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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“Findability precedes usability. In the alphabet and on the Web. You can’t use what you can’t find.” – Ambient Findability by Peter Morville Read more from Peter on “how you find your way in an age of information overload” in his book Ambient Findability <http://www.amazon.com/Ambient-Findability-What-Changes-Become/dp/059600765 5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&tag=insp-20&s=books&qid=1242356839&sr=8-1>. On 5/19/11 9:56 AM, "Kestrell" <kestrell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Scott, A wise choice--I'm currently in the middle of such a debate on another list because a number of people claim genre labels are arbitrary and useless, and I keep insisting that you need a way to be able to find the books. Kes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Rains" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:23 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT Re: question about Amazon peekOr maybe the "f" stands for science fantasy. I'm savvy enough not to step into that debate in public. grin On 5/19/11 9:01 AM, "Kestrell" <kestrell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:I'm guessing that "science f" is another shortened term for science fiction, as I wrote my master's thesis on images of disability and technology in science fiction www.blindbookworm.org/decloakingdisabilitycomplete.rtf and included an online bibliography http://www.panix.com/~kestrell/DecloakingDisabilityBiblio.html . Kestrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:46 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question about Amazon peekwhat is science f? _ _ _ "One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers at all." - Richard Dawkins Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerbailey81 The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Rains" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:06 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question about Amazon peekVolunteers, Let me take this as an opportunity to publicly welcome Kestrell (whose annotated bibliography on science f. has been helpful to us here on more than one occasion) and also to let other new volunteers know that you can arrange partnerships or mentoring relationships with more experienced members of the list. If you don't feel comfortable asking someone directly you may write to me at scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx and I can make introductions to get you connected. Scott Rains Benetech Fellow From: Pamela Hoffard <crosssttch@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:crosssttch@xxxxxxxxx>> Reply-To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 10:39:38 -0700 To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question about Amazon peek Kestrell, Welcome! Remember to feel free to ask any question you have-Big or small! Somebody on this list should have an answer. Yes, Amazon's "search inside this book" is what we call the "peek". It only has pictures of pages on certain books, so it gives sighted people a peek at the text. Then there is "google.books", they also have some books scanned as pictures. Hope that helps, Pam ________________________________ From: Kestrell <kestrell@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:kestrell@xxxxxxxxx>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wed, May 18, 2011 12:03:20 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question about Amazon peek Sorry, I just joined this list--is Amazon peek the same thing as the "search inside this book" feature? Kestrell ----- Original Message ----- From: Em Rose<mailto:uvabookworm27@xxxxxxxxx> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 12:58 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Could Someone Help Please? Sorry Susan, Amazon peek is very limited on this book and my usual search for chapter numbers doesn't appear to be working. You'll need someone with a print copy. Em On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Susan Lumpkin <slumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:slumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: Hi Everyone, Would it be possible for someone to either do a peek on or get a copy of Cat Spitting Mad by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, ISBN: 0-06-105989-7 and give me the page numbers the chapters start on? Thanks in advance to whoever is able to do this. Susan ________________________________ Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.8.1/1733 - Release Date: 10/19/2008 6:02 PMTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------ Internal Virus Database is out of date. 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