Great sketch and sketch note collection in Dave Gray's flickr.

djdownload.com newsletter 02/10/08

This is a pretty cool idea. A collection of rulers you can print.

This is a neat table listing and categorizing visualization methods from the folks at Visual Literacy

Just getting around to reading Jon Kolko's Thoughts on Interaction Design, which is available online now that the printed book is no longer available.

Motionographer has some cool video of the in-game menus and motion graphics in RACE DRIVER GRID video game from Codemasters.

Just discovering that Dr. Alistair Cockburn, whose Writing Effective Use Cases book got me through many a project, has a wiki. On the wiki he offers some great resources like the basic use case templates. If you don't have the book, this is a pretty good substitute for understanding use case writing.

Lighthouse provides 10 basic guidelines for designing for people with partial sight.

"Impaired vision often makes reading difficult by: Reducing the amount of light that enters the eye, Blurring the retinal image, Damaging the central portion of the retina best suited to reading."

If you've come here for the free wireframe and storyboard graph paper, you might also be interested in these 4 great resources for free printable graphpaper with uses for craftmaking, math, science, and writing.

• Incompetech and PrintFreeGraphPaper
  Generator that does a ton of different formats including some excellent specialty papers, e.g. music notation, perspective drawings, geometric grids, and more.
• Print Free Graph Paper
  Generator with graph papers for science and math e.g. polar, isometric, logarithmic, hexagonal, probability, and Smith Chart grids.
• PocketMod
  Small notebook generator that let's you print a customizable 8 page notebook from a single folded 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper. Add graph paper pages, to do lists, calendars, games, and RSS feeds.
• Printable Paper
  Several grid and lined paper including a bowling score sheet. Seems like scoring/stats sheets for a few other sports, e.g. baseball, might be a popular addition.

Adaptive Path release Janice Fraser and Scott Hirsch's research on the ties between business value and user experience. “Leveraging Business Value: How ROI Changes User Experience” originally cost $395, but is now being offered for free.

Download the report (412K PDF)