by Tom | Oct 3, 2001 | General
Really interesting site for architecture. Some particularly good shots of the WTC, especially one before No. 7 was built. 3:12:18 PMCracking stuff: “we put braille on drive up automatic tellers”. 1:59:17 PM
by Tom | Oct 2, 2001 | General
Highgate East is apparently where we bought the expensive sieve where we now live (Whitehall Park is mentioned in the article). 3:00:41 PMHenry Porter: Nothing you have seen on television prepares you for it. Extraordinary account of what Ground Zero feels like....
by Tom | Oct 1, 2001 | General
Easy Web Content Management. Content management systems needn’t rely exclusively on server-side tools. Using XSL transformations, XMLcmNOW lets you create and manage an XML-based site locally with direct FTP updates to the server. Interesting if a little geeky...
by Tom | Sep 26, 2001 | General
Forbes ASAP: The Tragedy Of The Commons. The solutions that resolve the problem of the digital commons are likely to be ingenious ways to collect money from consumers with little noticeable pain, and these should facilitate the operation of the Internet as a market...
by Tom | Sep 25, 2001 | General
Reasonable list of top usability sites. 11:01:19 AMComplicate your website. Right: anticipate everything you can in terms of user issues/problems/stupidity. 10:59:36 AMSpeed and level of information appear to be key in B2C websites. 10:58:35 AMWebShui from...
by Tom | Sep 24, 2001 | General
Dangerous Places: Adventure Guide to Afghanistan. Nutters, all of them. 3:44:35 PMWindows 2000 Services. For future reference, for me as well as everyone else out there who runs Windows 2000: a summary of every one of the approximately 100 services that run under...
by Tom | Sep 20, 2001 | General
Rapid Web Development. Includes user interface questions to ask with printouts. Good summary of XHTML/CSS website rapid development strategies. 5:20:28 PMEsquire, 2/99: My Name is Osama bin Laden. An oldie but a goodie. 9:38:19 AMZaki Badawi: “The atrocity of...
by Tom | Sep 18, 2001 | General
uiweb: The myth of optimal web design. Whether you are designing an intranet web site, or a microwave oven, you have at least three sets of overlapping criteria to deal with: Business objectives, user experience objectives, and resource limitations. These aspects...
by Tom | Aug 31, 2001 | General
Reasonable summary of why usability review is valuable. 10:31:41 AMFirst Monday: From September 6, 1999; The Visible Problems of the Invisible Computer: A Skeptical Look at Information Appliances. Andrew Odlyzko. Worth a read, but even the great bear himself had...
by Tom | Aug 30, 2001 | General
Whodunit? Only Webmaster Knows. The phone rings. On the other end is strange voice, threatening your life. Then the line goes dead. This is Majestic, the new online conspiracy game. 12:08:38 PMUseful article on card sorting. IA made real. 9:04:34 AM
