http://epod.usra.edu/

Human Centered Design
Engagement

Responsiveness

Purpose

Panoramic

Transcendance
direct link to
the daily picture
pictures organized
by month and year
pictures organized 
by topic/subject
directions to submit your own pictures
follow via RSS, Twitter, 
email and Facebook
Flowering Plants (16)
Glaciers (27)
Ice, Frost & Snow (75)
Lightning (17)
Mineral (8)
Mountains (18)
Non-Flowering Plants (8)
hypertext links to external web sites
Coherence

Inclusiveness

Malleability

Ownership
site visitors can rank each picture on the first day it is posted, and their input is used to determine top pictures of each month and year
pictures with latitude/longitude information link to a web site providing additonal pictures taken in the same region
invites to
moving Malleability and Ownership
from         to          ?
the ability to sculpt the environment according to personal needs and tastes
a feeling that you have created and therefore own part of the system
personal albums created from archives
more choices for viewing :
   picture size and layout
   number of thumbnails
viewer access to edit picture 
tags and add comments
although viewers can make submissions, the release of those images to the site is controlled by someone else
the site's content has a specific theme and structure that is not changeable
user feedback is solicited, but limited to predetermined responses and outcomes
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