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The mental model of timelines
The document discusses the mental model of timelines, emphasizing the relationships between past, present, and future. It explores various concepts of time perception, such as the spiral nature of time, using examples like sundials and the ordering of content. The presentation concludes with an invitation to experience an unconventional timeline interface on Plurk to challenge traditional notions of time navigation.
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- 1. THE MENTAL MODEL OF TIMELINES #WIAD –WORLD IA DAY 2012 #IA2012GENT – FEBRUARI 11, 2012 WOUTER WALGRAEVE - NASCOM
- 2. HI! I AM WOUTER WALGRAEVE AND I WORK AT NASCOM
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- 6. CLASSIC EXAMPLES OF THEBOOTSTRAP PARADOX THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT …
- 7. SF IS OFTENABOUT MESSING UP TIME
- 8. THE MENTAL MODEL OF TIMELINES ABOUT THE TITLE
- 9. so, this presentationtalks about TIME
- 10. past now future
- 11. Every now becomea past, every future becomes a now.
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- 13. 5 ways toun- LATCH content
- 14. Location – Alphabet– Time – Category - Hierarchy
- 15. … and dealswith MENTAL MODELS
- 16. discovering the patternsof thoughts
- 17. THE MENTAL MODEL OF TIMELINES HISTORY OF ‘TIME’
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- 19. THE SEQUENCE OF DAY& NIGHT
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- 23. the sundial becamea clock
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- 27. a vertical sundialgoes counterclockwise (in the northern hemisphere)
- 29. JUST LIKE THE MUNSTERASTRONOMICAL CLOCK
- 31. THE MENTAL MODEL OF TIMELINES TIME AS A SPIRAL
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- 38. THE MENTAL MODEL OF TIMELINES FROM SPIRAL TO TIMELINE
- 39. THE SEQUENCE OF DAY& NIGHT
- 40. MAPPED ON OURMENTAL MODEL OF THE EARTH
- 43. HALFWAY QUIZ which waydoes the earth rotate?
- 45. BONUS QUESTION and isthat CW or CCW?
- 46. past now future
- 47. past now future
- 52. first last next next next next next next
- 53. first last beginning end
- 54. earlier now later
- 55. before item after older more recent
- 56. before item after older items more recent items previous page next page
- 58. first last
- 61. first last
- 64. first eldest last most recent
- 65. first eldest last most recent
- 66. first eldest last most recent
- 67. first last eldest most recent
- 68. first last eldest most recent last last most recent most recent
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- 70. most recent eldest most recent eldest
- 71. most recent eldest
- 72. C A P R E 6 before item after ID E 5 older items previous page S L more recent items next page
- 73. when you clickleft when you click right more recent items older items older items more recent items previous page next page
- 74. after item before more recent items older items previous page next page
- 75. most recent eldest
- 76. most recent eldest
- 77. most recent eldest
- 78. most recent eldest
- 79. most recent eldest
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- 82. IT’S OK TOGO: clockwise left, right, up, down
- 83. IT’S OK TOGO: from to top/left to bottom/right & vice versa
- 85. YOU’LL GET INTOTROUBLE WHEN YOU GO from to bottom/left to top/right & vice versa
- 86. YOU’LL GET INTOTROUBLE WHEN YOU GO counterclockwise
- 87. AND YET…. visitPLURK.com, see how it challenges your mental model of the horizontal timeline, use it for one week… and be convinced their interface makes perfectly sense.
- 89. TIME’S UP… twitter me:@wouterwalgraeve
- 90. WHUFFIES TO www.flickr.com/photos/hellmy www.flickr.com/photos/the_diner www.flickr.com/photos/max_zoomer www.flickr.com/photos/rodrigodomingos www.flickr.com/photos/7456216@N08 www.flickr.com/photos/sacred_destinations www.flickr.com/photos/the_diner www.flickr.com/photos/telstar
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