by Tom | Jul 16, 2001 | General
AOL is muscling its way into online journalism. Be afraid.. Damn right. 12:59:30 PMAspiring DJ’s – Leave your records at home. One for Dodgy. 12:32:58 PMRich People Are Lucky Bastards. Science and Finance magazine with an interesting article that suggests...
by Tom | Jul 12, 2001 | General
Text a cab in Dublin. “Sounds crap, but this is actually a really good idea”. I do like the Reg’s style. 7:11:04 PMUS dotcom keeps ownership of SouthAfrica.com. South Africa the country backs down. US Corporate power continues unabated. 7:10:11...
by Tom | Jul 11, 2001 | General
What happens to the stars of Big Brother afterwards?. Big Brother 2 is in full swing in the UK, and just starting in the USA. Here, Jon Ronson investigates what happened to the original contestents on BB1 in the UK. 5:21:11 PMWeb Photos that Pop. Silly title, useful...
by Tom | Jul 10, 2001 | General
Microsoft is now inventing business terms. Nothing huge in this method of defining business value from IT investments. Too many MBA’s, lightbulbs, etc. 5:57:02 PMDiary of a dotcom demise. Brighthand founder documents his own boom to bust. Ouch. 12:32:34...
by Tom | Jul 9, 2001 | General
Adobe: Q&A with Jeffrey Zeldman. There is a tremendous amount of talent in the community. Particularly over the past two years, it seems to have grown exponentially. But what I see lacking in every aspect of Web development (not just design) is an ability to see...
by Tom | Jul 6, 2001 | General
DaveNet: The Micro Channel Architecture. Interesting, although his historical facts are wrong. The general trend seems right though: quite often, people have tried to kill something that users like. The users tend to route around this. 4:53:57 PMiomart mops up...
by Tom | Jul 3, 2001 | General
The most horrible page on the internet.. Terrifying. 11:50:25 AM602 Office software suite is free for any use and is a remarkably good copy of Word / Excel / Photo Editor. Roll on their version of PowerPoint. I could seriously contemplate using this. 11:49:57...
by Tom | May 31, 2001 | General
Good article on multilingual websites. Not too many definite conclusions, but c’est la vie. 2:17:26 PMSome good ideas on designing mobile applications. “Good application design requires thought about intent, context, and technology. Intent is what the user...
by Tom | May 30, 2001 | General
Interesting link on developing FAQs using binary trees. 1:12:20 PMDead right ‘Mouse-trapping’ has to be a bad idea. The browser is bad enough – breaking the back button just can’t be sensible. 11:47:02 AMWeak but interesting guide to a way of...
by Tom | May 29, 2001 | General
Good sense of humour in this article about how interface design is important [lies, damn lies: Word needs 30% more key presses and 100% more mouse movements than an “optimal” word processor. 6:25:53 PMI agree – the keyboard isn’t dead yet....
