by Tom | Mar 29, 2004 | IT
Productivity in the Service Economy sees Jakob calling for 200,000 clones of him. Well sort of, anyway. I agree that usability should be a wider, deeper discipline.
by Tom | Mar 27, 2004 | IT
Some good thoughts about why OSS isn’t being adopted by IT managers. We’ve got to address all of these in the next six months of LAWs.
by Tom | Mar 27, 2004 | Science
More timelines of scientific endeavour. I always like to see how far back they can go and still feel credible.
by Tom | Mar 27, 2004 | IT
Interesting proposal for doing
by Tom | Mar 27, 2004 | Reading
Seems to be in the air today: have a look at a water soaked gummi bear and some freaky shots of aerogel.
by Tom | Mar 27, 2004 | IT
Markdown looks like a neat solution to the markup / readability discussion.It has a few benefits over Wiki formatting, but then Wiki formatting is far more widespread. Hmm. Time to move the blog over to one of these, but which?
by Tom | Mar 26, 2004 | IT
Seven tests for quality web content are exactly that. I’m not sure that a promotional site necessarily has to exude serenity (not much of a call to action there) but otherwise these are really good. They certainly work for me and my interaction with things I...
by Tom | Mar 26, 2004 | IT
ColorMatch Remix is yet another colour picker.
by Tom | Mar 26, 2004 | Reading
Plain English Campaign reports on the worst phrase ever. “At the end of the day” wins it. Time to tighten up my language. I tend not to use phrases like these very often, but then I am a consultant, so the occasional one slips in.
by Tom | Mar 26, 2004 | Personal
Blue Shirt Society is for me. [Confession: I have a blue shirt on today]By joining the Blue Shirt Society, you are affirming your identity as a go-getter, a “mover and shaker”, and a true maverick. People will immediately recognize you as the no-nonsense,...
