Ere I Go

A research study done by Toru Ishikawa, in Tokyo showed that students who used a GPS navigation device “traveled longer distances and made more stops during the walk than map users and direct-experience participants. Also, GPS users traveled more slowly, made larger direction errors, drew sketch maps with poorer topological accuracy, and rated wayfinding [...]

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I’ve been looking into the idea of geotagging, trying to figure out the easiest way to do it.  I came across this little gadget, but from all reports the accuracy just isn’t near what I’d like (we’re trying to get within 3 meters).  But really all that gadget does is keep track of when and [...]

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I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of georelevant content or instruction.  In the world of instruction there is concept called ‘just in time training’, referring to training that is delivered not all at once, perhaps in the training office removed from where the information will be applied, but rather the training is delivered [...]

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It’s easy to spot revolutions or major events in the past. The shrinking of computer parts in the 70s, the PC revolution of the 80s that led to the Internet explosion of the 90s, etc. At the beginning of the new millennium, we had at our fingertips millions of pages of information. It wasn’t a [...]

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