Nielsen has a better than usual alertbox today trying to dispel the Misconceptions about Usability. One of his points really resonated with me regarding the tensions that can exist between creativity and usability. Design is basically problem solving under constraints: you must design a system that can actually be built, that’s within budget, and that […]
I’ve been meaning to write a review of the movie SWAT since I saw it last weekend. Overall it was a good summer action movie without any noticeable slow parts. The cast was good, although not full of too many known actors. Colin Ferrel did an excellent job as the SWAT officer who lives and
We all know a martyr person: Anything that goes wrong in their day means the universe is against them, They always misinterpret events in a way that makes them the injured party, Someone or everyone at their workplace is out to get them, Mundane tasks are too mundane to get done because they’re too busy
Two of my most (only?) loyal readers pushed me to put comments on the site so here you go. Check the [more] links for any item on my blog and you’ll see a little comments form for you fine folks to use.
A piece today on the Motely Fool analyzes the cost of Satellite versus Cable television. Not surprisingly, satellite TV is less expensive, has seen smaller price increases, and has more satisfied customers. Despite deceiving advertising about satellite’s reliability — the cable industry would have you believe you’ll lose your satellite picture every time the wind
Sometimes CNN is funnier than the Onion, as illustratated by this story about a shocking revelation by a TV watchdog group. The Parents Television Council issued a study finding that CSI is the least family-friendly show on TV. Well – no fricking duh, Einstein. Last time I checked it didn’t look like it was geared
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Some people hate when a blog is just a collection of links to other places but here goes… You can now support Mozilla projects by buying stuff from the Mozilla activism shop Why you should switch to Mozilla’sThunderbird browser on Windows on DKR Productions: These are all great reasons, and should be enough to convince
Today is Staci’s birthday so if you see her or have a chance to drop her an email, wish her a happy one! PS – it’s also Bolivia’s independence day today.
I’ve written the CSS behind the scenes to use ems (not points or pixels) so that the font size display respects a user’s preferences, something which some human clients don’t quite get yet. I’m using an HTML form which fires an email to me. I’d put my email address on here but don’t want to
RIAA Radar is a cool application that you can use when browsing Amazon for music to avoid CDs distributed by a members of the RIAA.