From parc history “In 1970, Xerox Corporation gathered together a team of world-class researchers and gave them the […]
was parc the first IA home?
Doctor, doctor, it hurts when I do that….
… then don’t do that. “An Anti Pattern is a pattern that tells how to go from a […]
never think the title tag is not important
A Daypop search – link:www.boxesandarrows.com shows most people managed to include my whimsical “Because we can” that I […]
I’m in-choate
I think I may have beated my record for worst pun yet wiht that title. Anyhow, a big shout to Brad Choate whose pagination script made life better at B&A, but whose personal IM tech support made the code far more usable through the addition of next and previous. (as seen here Boxes and Arrows: Making emotional connections through participatory design)
all you MT heads, here is the B&A code.
bunny– no, iceberg
I should tell you to rush over and read Joel on Software – The Iceberg Secret, Revealed because […]
technology for the people
Double issue of ALA, with a search engine in Perl, and a backward compatible stylesheet switcher. “So what?” […]
that bug, yah
A List Apart notes the IE6 scrolling bug that both ALA and the early MT templates were stricken […]
not ready for prime time
Usability News – UML is not ready for users, finds seminar “The Usability and UML seminar in Scotland […]
FRAUD
Rebecca sent an email to a list we’re on revealing “the most evil spam I’ve ever received” it’s […]
paper won’t sit still
it doesn’t have to look the samepromotes simpler design to compensate for more complex platforms.
a matter of semantics
from Technology Review – A Smarter Web “The idea is to weave a Web that not only links […]
A Taste of Usability
Large parts of Bringing Design to Software are available online. Have a taste of this seminal book, especially […]
in which our hero learns style guides are important
Zeldman’s NYPL: Style Guide explains how to make pages that are acessible, usable and in brand. good guide […]
well, it’s not!
For years now my sig line has been “It’s not paper.” We can’t design or architect for the […]
spel thes
PC911 – Friendly Computer Help In Plain English posts a useful hack to windows allowing you to add […]
good use of the medium, good use of the tool
The Morning News‘s roundtable is a sweet use of movable type to get people discussing a topic.
Lick spam with stamp
STAMP – Secure, Template-Aware Mail Processor keeps spammers from harvesting your emal addresses.
craft does matter
I came across the PUBLISHERS’ PAGE OF SHAME which lists books that have fallen apart almost immediately upon […]
good tutorial
Functional Spec Tutorial :: What and Why “By creating a blueprint of the application first, time and productivity […]
movable feast
Morality may not be a movable feast, but thanks to ben and mena, I’ve been able to use […]
new and improved
I just tripped across movable type, and I think it has what I want in blog management system. […]
money on the barrelhead
Trouble on the horizon “The Siren Song of Patenting the Web’s Infrastructure” and Paying Royalties To Use CSS […]
ISP advice
Lou needs a new ISP. tell him what is right or wrong about yours. I also recommend if […]
technology: friend or foe?
I put together a hasty beautiful and usable sites page for one of my talks at Seybold. And […]
games change you
How video games influenced the attack on America is an interesting article on how video games shape certain […]
f*ck art, lets program
I just was forwarded this old post: DaveNet : Gender balance in high tech featuring this sterling quote: […]
testing, testing
Matt sent me OTIVO’s automated test tools review a few days ago, but what with one thing and […]
understanding open source
Cam posted his talk “A Guide to Open Source Technologies for Project Mangers “ which is a nice […]
On my list for santa
USB Q Drives from Agate “the Q-Drive for Windows and Apple Mac – USB Storage from Agaté, a […]
p2p and agitprop
p2p weblogs If you deal with stylesheets a lot, you probably already know Agitprop, but if you are […]