Navigating the News
Posted by goodmind on July 21st, 2008
DoodleBuzz is a “typographic news explporer,” an interesting blend of art therapy and aggregator worth checking out, if only for the novelty of the experience. In order to see the results of a search query, you have to actually doodle. The relevant headlines populate your artistic expression, and story excerpts may be viewed by scribbling a new design right next to the results.
DoodleBuzz started life as a series of simple sketches in a notebook, originally looking at how to create an interface system that as much as possible moved away from the ubiquitous “click here” that seems to pervade the web.
It’s kind of a poor man’s touch screen interface, but it’s a navigational model we might be seeing more of in the near future. Apple has already made a “tactile user experience” the industry standard, and some analysts even predict the computer mouse will be extinct within the next 5 years, in favor of technologies that leverage existing motor skills. At least DoodleBuzz is a technology we can afford…
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