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For mini study 3, my sketches are more detailed than the past two studies and I’m starting to get into content a tiny bit. Now, as Kermit says, it’s time to dip my toe into the water… time to start fitting some of these studies together and pulling in more info to create a system. Stay tuned.

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For my mini study 2, I continued exploring through sketching. I’ve posted the full sketches after the jump.

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I originally thought that I would paper prototype for my mini studies, but I found thinking through sketching and iteration to be more helpful (at least at this stage). This weekend I did a lot of sitting and thinking. And thinking some more. I’ve posted all my sketches after the jump.

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To segway from my brainstorm of Study #1 into making, I’ve looked at some of the existing organizational tools and research on visual thinking. One of the websites that I’ve come across are the Visual Understanding Environment (VUE), a research project based out of Tufts University, which is an open source tool for concept mapping and that offers a variety of options for constructing content. In the intro video, the presenter describes VUE as “concept mapping meets the digital world.” I think that many of the features offered through VUE could be applicable to organization within a writing environment, especially since many people use concept mapping to construct outlines for writing. In particular I think that the affordances for linking and annotation within VUE are a more targeted way to save and relate information than simply tagging or bookmarking.

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