Informal Urban Residential Land Delivery and Development Processes. The Dynamics of Informality in Urban Development in Kenya

What is still missing from that technology, of course, and the tactile and kinaestetic cues that can often be so important. Information Radiators An information radiator displays information in a place where passers by can see it. With information radiators, the passers by need not ask any question; the information simply hits them as they pass. Figure 3-6. Hall with information radiators. (Courtesy of Thoughtworks, Inc.) Two characteristics are key to a good information radiator. The first is that the information changes over time. This makes it worth a person's while to look at the display. This characteristic explains why a status display makes for a useful information radiator, and a display of the company's development process does not. The other characteristic is that it takes very little energy to view the display. Size matters when it comes to information radiators - the bigger the better, as many people remind me. Hallways qualify very nicely as good places for information radiators. Web pages don't. Accessing the web page costs most people more effort than they are willing to expend, and so the information stays hidden ...»