Great article on how usability will trump every other issue in technology as more users join the ranks. Well worth the read.
Great article on how usability will trump every other issue in technology as more users join the ranks. Well worth the read.
What a day! Here's a bit of the noise I lived through. :)
What a day! Here's a bit of the noise I lived through. :)
Had a wonderful day at John and Anne's place. Brought our JRT, Buddy, to
their place because I love letting him run off the leash in their 13
acres of grass. Sure was fun.
Had a wonderful day at John and Anne's place. Brought our JRT, Buddy, to
their place because I love letting him run off the leash in their 13
acres of grass. Sure was fun.
/. has a an item titled User-centric GUI Design Explained to All with some great links. Primarily they're pointing to an article titled Usable GUI Design "showing that good user interfaces are not beyond the means of free and open software development: 'This article presents five key points of user interface design [...] that any software developer should be able to use.'"
It's particularly timely for me since my time is discussing usability and our applications designs daily.
/. has a an item titled User-centric GUI Design Explained to All with some great links. Primarily they're pointing to an article titled Usable GUI Design "showing that good user interfaces are not beyond the means of free and open software development: 'This article presents five key points of user interface design [...] that any software developer should be able to use.'"
It's particularly timely for me since my time is discussing usability and our applications designs daily.
Wired News has an article about
Researchers: Florida Vote Fishy giving the story about the UC Berkeley researches looking the 2004 election counts. Amazing. Give it read. I think it's a given that something fishy happened.
Researchers: Florida Vote Fishy giving the story about the UC Berkeley researches looking the 2004 election counts. Amazing. Give it read. I think it's a given that something fishy happened.
Wired News has an article about
Researchers: Florida Vote Fishy giving the story about the UC Berkeley researches looking the 2004 election counts. Amazing. Give it read. I think it's a given that something fishy happened.
Researchers: Florida Vote Fishy giving the story about the UC Berkeley researches looking the 2004 election counts. Amazing. Give it read. I think it's a given that something fishy happened.
She thought the mascot "thing" was wierd but posed anyway. Nobody
really felt like sushi after the movie (saw the Polar Express, HIGHLY
recommended).
Where we did finally eat. :)
She thought the mascot "thing" was wierd but posed anyway. Nobody
really felt like sushi after the movie (saw the Polar Express, HIGHLY
recommended).
Where we did finally eat. :)
Wow! Amazing Animation done by an artist who turned each frame into a stencil, went around town painting them, then put them together as the most amazing animation. Check it out!
Wow! Amazing Animation done by an artist who turned each frame into a stencil, went around town painting them, then put them together as the most amazing animation. Check it out!
If anyone has any remaining doubts about the business viability of software development using Open Source models, it's time to put them to rest. An article in the Seattle Post Intelligencer says that venture capitalists see open-source software potential.
If anyone has any remaining doubts about the business viability of software development using Open Source models, it's time to put them to rest. An article in the Seattle Post Intelligencer says that venture capitalists see open-source software potential.
Just saw this post from Joe Stagner titled Microsoft (and Joe) on MONO where he makes it clear that Mono may not as "unencumbered" as I imagined. I sure wish Miguel and Mono guys would make some visible response to this!
Just saw this post from Joe Stagner titled Microsoft (and Joe) on MONO where he makes it clear that Mono may not as "unencumbered" as I imagined. I sure wish Miguel and Mono guys would make some visible response to this!