Archive for the 'opinion' Category
Friday, November 9th, 2007
My last feed update was in September. Since then I’ve discovered a few new gems. If you like finding new feeds you might find some here you like.
Free Speculative Fiction - http://www.freesfonline.de/rssfeed.xml
Speculative Fiction, a superset of science fiction, is a latent passion of mine. When my Xbox died I spent a lot of time reading [...]
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
Steve Krug’s fantastic introduction to web usability, Don’t Make Me Think, begins by presenting two views of website content:
1. The Website is a novel - It is carefully designed to be read and understood completely. This is how the website builder thinks.
2. The Website is a billboard - It will be glanced at quickly, stripped of the required information, [...]
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
One of the first things I did when I made my first website was to add a hit counter to the bottom of every page. Do you remember seeing those? They were little tags that said: This page has been viewed 000210 times since January 11, 1994. Every time you went to the page or [...]
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
I think I'll start doing a semi regular update on new feeds I've added to my reader. I love discovering new cool things so maybe you will too.
Webcomics
KittyBot - http://www.kitty-bot.com/rss.phpThe title should be all you need. Kitties? Bots? Sign me up. It's actually much better than that even. Gorgeous artwork, engaging writing, and some really [...]
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Thursday, July 19th, 2007
I just now had a bit of a what I call a "user moment". It's one of those times where my refined, logical understanding of technology and design breaks down and I see things the way an ordinary, "unskilled", user would. It can be a bit unsettling.
Clicking through Digg I saw an article titled: [...]
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Thursday, June 21st, 2007
For the last few months I’ve been seeing ads for Marriott’s new “Ultra Adaptable” rooms in various video podcasts. The ads feature stark white rooms with shape shifting futuristic furniture: giant pulsing speakers, a massive fold-out multi-screen display, a magic spinning holocube.
All the ad says is: “Plug in: the first ultra adaptable room from Marriott.” [...]
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Thursday, May 17th, 2007
Edit: I decided to update these with some qualification. Maybe that will make me sound like less of a douche.Some online services I love and use:Freshbooks - Great interface. Frequent updates. It does a lot for free but they have a solid business model so I feel like I can depend on them down the [...]
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Saturday, October 7th, 2006
I recently picked up a Sandisk Sansa e270 MP3 Player. I’m usually pretty rough with my gadgets, particularly the small ones, so getting the right case is the first thing I do whenever I get a new device. There are a few things I look out for when shopping for a case (in no particular [...]
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