For corporate use, RSS does not have to contain just human-readable content. If the readers and publisher are in the same enterprise, you can (through suitable XML) use an RSS feed to distribute software updates or perform other IT functions.
RSS is easy to parse, easy to publish, and has many tools for manipulating it. This gives corporate IT departments a lovely framework to build upon.
There is a lot of whitespace. To be as easy to read as a conventional periodic table, this chart would have to be printed much larger. I'd think that a good graphic designer could take care of much of that problem, however.
I like the spiral nature, although that's a little hard to read as well.
As a scientist and educator, I'd say he's done a good job. As a graphic design, the new table leaves a lot to be desired. I wouldn't fault the author for that, the skills necessary for good science or good teaching don't have much in common with the skills for good design.
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For corporate use, RSS does not have to contain just human-readable content. If the readers and publisher are in the same enterprise, you can (through suitable XML) use an RSS feed to distribute software updates or perform other IT functions.
RSS is easy to parse, easy to publish, and has many tools for manipulating it. This gives corporate IT departments a lovely framework to build upon.
There is a lot of whitespace. To be as easy to read as a conventional periodic table, this chart would have to be printed much larger. I'd think that a good graphic designer could take care of much of that problem, however.
I like the spiral nature, although that's a little hard to read as well.
As a scientist and educator, I'd say he's done a good job. As a graphic design, the new table leaves a lot to be desired. I wouldn't fault the author for that, the skills necessary for good science or good teaching don't have much in common with the skills for good design.