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HuskerLand!

Greetings from…. Sponsored by: The Greek Islands Restaurant 3821 Center St. Omaha. HuskerLand!. Nebraska Football!. N. Go Big Blue!. Tailgate Parties!. And then, the Big Game!. Typical Nebraska Food!. Spanikopita!. Souvlaki!. Runza!. Hot Pockets!. Old West Heritage!.

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HuskerLand!

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  1. Greetings from… Sponsored by: The Greek Islands Restaurant 3821 Center St. Omaha HuskerLand!

  2. Nebraska Football! N Go Big Blue!

  3. Tailgate Parties! And then, the Big Game!

  4. Typical Nebraska Food! Spanikopita! Souvlaki!

  5. Runza!

  6. Hot Pockets!

  7. Old West Heritage!

  8. What’s Wrong With This Information? • Obsolete • Biased • Commercially-driven • Screened for: • Price • Accessibility • Etc.

  9. Sensorial Interfaces • Provide an “easy” way to get information—albeit limited information—about the world. • Disneyland • Windows • Oriental Chicken McNuggets • Sedona…

  10. Kokopelli

  11. Sedona

  12. Sedona Vortex

  13. Freaky Vortex Stuff

  14. Crystals

  15. Why Do We Rely on Interfaces?

  16. Why Do We Rely on Interfaces? • Because understanding and making our own decisions is hard. • It takes too much time. • There is too much information out there—we all have to make decisions about what to learn about.

  17. The Time Machine • One way to tell the story:

  18. The Time Machine • Another way to tell the story:

  19. But Who Has the Power?

  20. But Who Has the Power? • “Morlocks” decide: • what people know • what people believe • what people understand

  21. Meteorology Morlocks • Well, you can decide who these people are and what these people do.

  22. Meteorology Eloi • Well, you can decide who these people are and what these people do.

  23. What Does This Tell Us About Computers? • We all have to make decisions about what we are and are not going to understand deeply.

  24. Word Processing • MS Word is easy— • You don’t have to know ANYTHING about creation of documents to make pretty good looking stuff. • Is this how professionals create documents?

  25. LaTeX (lay TECH) • For typesetting fancy technical documents.

  26. FrameMaker • For brochures, posters, etc.

  27. Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop • For professional image processing

  28. So Why Do We All Use Word?

  29. So Why Do We All Use Word? • Because it is easy. • Because it does things we need to do well enough to get by. • We’re not professional typesetters.

  30. Good Enough • What does this say about what kind of meteorological software we should be using? • If you are not a professional, who is?

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