by Tom | Nov 6, 2001 | General
Web Services, Part I: Introduction. The first step is to explain the basic concepts and terms involved in the procedure. This is still all far too complicated for man on street. 5:35:44 PMSpanish (or related) usability sites. 1:28:48 PMHow to make collaborative tools...
by Tom | Nov 5, 2001 | General
Good article about the new knowledge economy. 6:38:40 PMIs this for real: Hot Property. 1:08:06 PMWay of the exploding stick.Class. 1:02:49 PMChi-web: interesting set of postings around usability and information architechture. 12:34:27 PMGuide to semi-structured IA...
by Tom | Nov 2, 2001 | General
Darwin Magazine: A Failure to Communicate. Wouldn’t it make more sense if the computer could collect the information itself, carry out process-oriented jobs without being told and adapt to the user’s needs rather than vice versa? DARPA thinks so. 6:10:50...
by Tom | Nov 1, 2001 | General
Cheesy name but a great site: covers truly innovative open source software. 12:47:52 PMVery cool realtime JavaScript interpretation. 12:36:50 PM
by Tom | Oct 31, 2001 | General
Good list and discussion around building accessible web pages. 12:14:35 PMSome interesting discussion around why pop-up windows suck. 12:12:33 PMAnother useful usability document spec. 12:08:49 PMWeb ReDesign: Workflow that Works. Bought it. Hope I like it…...
by Tom | Oct 30, 2001 | General
Secondhand WinXP for sale. Can you sell a pre-owned version? Not yet cheaper than the cashback offer… 6:38:42 PMuiweb: Strategies of Influence for interaction designers. Step back and examine the dynamics of how decisions are made on your team. Who are the...
by Tom | Oct 29, 2001 | General
Good analysis of why the American Airlines make-over sucks. 2:48:11 PMGood article on why dropdowns and pop-ups/pop-outs don’t work. KEy theme: users decide where to click before moving the mouse, so giving new options as you hover forces a re-evaluation of the...
by Tom | Oct 26, 2001 | General
Puff, the Magic Genome. They’re close to figuring out the genetic sequencing of the Japanese pufferfish. Researchers are getting excited, and here’s why. Essentially the Puffer Fish has far less junk DNA than we do, so can be used to work out which bits of...
by Tom | Oct 25, 2001 | General
Reasonably good Zeldman article on what not to do in the downturn. 2:45:15 PMWhat is News Industry Text Format? 2:44:02 PMTalk | Dozens of reasons why CVS is better Visual SourceSafe. I’m happy to try some Windows-based CVS solutions. 2:42:02 PMA Linux OS to...
by Tom | Oct 23, 2001 | General
Excellent readings around PopTech. 3:19:16 PMMIT Technology Review: A Smarter Web. Many feel it can’t be done. Even though things are heating up in research labs, the Semantic Web as envisioned by Berners-Lee is hampered by social and technical challenges that...
