From: Gleanings
To: read-herrings
Subject: Gleanings: for girls with glasses and men who make passes
IA MATTERS
read these books.
and one from biggerhand.com
“because sometimes it’s good to remember that things should be fun.
and that fun and usability are NOT polar opposites.”
NEWS
j*sus f*cking chr*st. what the h*ll is happening in our society?
from tomalak:
SJ Mercury: Online companies violate our privacy because we let them.
Dan Gillmor. They lobby for what’s hilariously called self-regulation, and
create utterly toothless privacy-watchdog organizations that barely even bark
at the worst violations. We are not people to these businesses. We are data,
and we are fair game.
Xerox PARC: Free Riding on Gnutella
APROPOS OF NOTHING
this will make you happy, esp if you are from the midwest
http://web.0sil8.com/
FEEDBACK:
a friend writes regarding http://www.usps.gov/stories/spw :
“Wow… I’m speechless.
Okay, new web phenom here? This is the second time this week I’ve looked at a Flash cartoon that went on so long that I just closed out the window & gave up – it would be nice if people would start giving some indication of the LENGTH of these things instead of just leaving you at the mercy of their Flash movie.”