Semiotics

I all. I thought I'd create this page so we can share any useful resources on semiotics. I thought it might be useful if we could get a collection of online resources together, also for epistemology and user-centred design. **Craig**

Colour Semiotics; http://www.christianfaur.com/color/Site/Color%20Semiotics.html

[|//Colour// as a //semiotic mode//: //notes// for a //grammar// of //colour//]
===[PDF] [|The relevance of **semiotics** to the Internet: How **web** designers use metaphors in **web** development]===


 * Lesley** - Craig this is brill, well done you.


 * Lesley** - HELP< HELP< HELP How do I reference a TED video?

Lesley - I am finding this site pretty useful


 * [PDF} citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.94.381&rep=rep1&type=pdf **

Lesley - Just got some fantastic advice from Andy about epistemology and this is it:
if we take the avenues of epistemology which are and write about how these compare to our 'thing'. For example how empirism has a resonance with constructive learning.
 * Rationalism
 * Empiricism
 * Pragmatism
 * Authority
 * Revelation

FROM the User centred design front I am thinking!!!!! If we then look at UCD (user-centred design) and answer the following questions:

Who are the users of this 'thing'?

What are the users’ tasks and goals?

What are the users’ experience levels with this thing, and things like it?

What functions do the users need from this thing?

What information might the users need, and in what form do they need it?

How do users think this 'thing' should work?

How can the design of this ‘thing’ facilitate users' cognitiveprocesses?

Can anyone add anything about Semiotics and how to relate this to our 'thing'

Craig - FAB Andy and Lesley - now I know what I'm going to write about today :-)