Minimalism
The Minimalist Model applied to documentation and training.

Basics

• minimalist model (Greg Kearsley) mirror mirror mirror
• Minimalism (Mary Ann Eiler)
• Minimalism (Dwayne Harapnuik)
• Carroll's Minimalism (Peter Patsula)
• Minimalist Design for Documentation (Stephanie Rosenbaum)

Readings

• Baake (1997) Making Minimal Demands on Your Audience While Giving Maximal Assistance:
• John Carroll
  • The Nurnburg Funnell: Designing Minimalist Instruction for Practical Computer Skill. (1990)
  • Minimalism beyond the Nurnburg Funnell
    • book announcement (MIT Press)
    • review by Steven Pemberton
    • review (by Bill Johnson)
    • review by Bill Johnson
    • review by Andrew Dillon
• Eiler (1997) Minimalism and Documentation Downsizing: The Issues and the Debate
• Harapnuik Inquisitivism and Minimalism
• Kirchem (1998) Managing the Transition to Minimalism pdf
• Jakob Nielsen The Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability
• Pedersen (1997) Minimalism and HTML-based Help
• Roiron Le minimalisme
• Usability First!
• Hans van der Meij
  • Van der Meij home page

Occam's Razor

• Occam's razor (Francis Heylighen)
• Occam's Razor (Robert Todd Carroll)
• Occam's Razor (2think.org)
• Occam's Razor (Cohen and Stewart)
• Occam's Razor (Arthur Pece)
• Occam's Razor (Wikipedia)
• Occam's Razor (Clavius.org)

October 01, 2008