HCI idea... a "piles" metaphor?

Just in case you're wondering what in the world I'm talking abt, it's not something to do with haemorrhoids... :P

Actually, I was doing some research for my Human-Computer Interaction module, and came across this very interesting site for an interface metaphor, called "piles" because it arranges files in "piles", just like how papers are arranged in piles on a desktop.

Image-Based Information Access

Here's what the blurb says:

"One application of Dynapad is to explore image-based information access. Currently we are developing applications to provide multiscale visual organization and access to digital photo collections and personal libraries of PDF documents. The research objective is to explore a generalization of the notion of a “pile” as a foundation for a versatile suite of tools to provide unobtrusive assistance for organizational and other sensemaking activities. Our goals are to develop an architecture to facilitate design of multiscale image-based applications and abstract a set of principles for designing effective spatial tools."

Hmm... toying with the idea of writing a Flash interface for this idea in my free time... :)

Got report to finish... was due this morning...

Hah, here I am in S16 level 5, still gazing at my laptop... and what in the world am I posting a post for??? :P :P :P

Newton's Law of Inertia:
"An object at rest tends to stay at rest..."

How true... :P c'mon Yeu Ann... jiayou jiayou!!!

Struggling with impatience

Hmm... recently realised that I'm really impatient... (ok, so that's an old thing...)... hmm, but tink now I realise more the extent of my impatience...

1. I'm impatient with God - how I wish He'd quickly answer my questions, solve my problems, etc. etc... that's why sometimes I find "waiting on Him" a real chore... 'cos I'm REALLY impatient for Him to answer me...
   
   like, Lord, kuai dian lah... :P
   
   Hmm... really want to thank Him for helping me realise this... 'cos frankly, all God wants of me is more of me... and that means He just simply wants to spend time with me too.
   
   (Gosh, Lord, really ah? :))
   
   But really, sometimes I rather go and do my own things... oh dear... think this must hurt Daddy a lot at times... *sigh*... Yeu Ann is willing... but very impatient... help me, Lord! You invite me to come sit on Your lap and take time to listen to You, but I wanna jump off and run off to play and do my own things... not knowing that You take delight in me...
   
   Lord, help me, I'm really childish at times, not childlike as I should be...
   
   
2. I'm also very impatient in my relationships... think I really want to see relationships grow to where I want them to be... but gosh! that's not good... I think that's being self-centred, and definitely not pleasing to You, Lord.
   
   God, I find it very hard to sit down and simply enjoy other people's presence... this is one major difficulty I have in building strong friendships.
   
   Hmm... something that two dear bros shared with me recently(both separately)... that relationships (and fellowship) take TIME.
   
   Time... haiz... how I wish that relationships, both with God and with men, would instantly grow... in the twinkle of an eye, in a flash... but that isn't the way the world was made, nor life itself works...
   
   Hmm... actually, you know what? I think one reason our relationships, as humans, with God is so unique is simply because of TIME.
   
   I mean, without Time, a relationship simply would be... different. You'd never know what it meant to be apart from God, the sadness and lostness... and you'd never be able to know the joy of redemption, forgiveness... and you'd never be able to know the delight, the surprise of knowing something about the other person that you NEVER knew before...
   

YA

Note on fellowship

1:16 AM 14-Feb-05
Discussed this with Kin Wee abt tis after Sunday lunch...

The Bible's standard for f/ship - very simple (but not easy, nor instant):
"They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts..."

Glad = appreciating one another (i.e. delighting in the other person, simply bcos that person is himself/herself...

Sincere = being real with one another (i.e. open, sharing abt our joys and sorrows, strengths and weaknesses, triumphs and struggles...) 1 Thess 5:18

It's not easy though... it doesn't come naturally... but it's genuine, that's for sure...

So it gotta be bcos of Christ... "He is our peace, Who has broken down every wall..."