A trip down memory lane. Our first Grainger UI. This the famous “first” global/local navigation site for a big company. Original Commadot.com The infamous Vagina site for Vday. And my personal favorite Flash intro with “Do Right” audio. Silly Koko thank you. GE Medical Systems. The template that saved the…
A dated, but good presentation about RIA using Macromedia products. I still think Macromedia Flash is the best avenue to build real RIA business applications today. However, I see clearly the problem with choosing this technology. In many organizations, the engineering group dictates the technology used on the client-side. It…
Need more time to buy gifts this year. I got something nice for Katie, but the problem is that Katie sees all of the credit card purchases in Quicken. I think that is cheating. I need to get gifts for other people too. We are both behind. The boys are…
Wikipedia has a wonderful explaination of the history and usage of puns. Walter Redfern (in Puns, Blackwell, London, 1984) succinctly said: “To pun is to treat homonyms as synonyms“. They explain the different varieties of puns. (Homographic , Heteronymic, Homophonic and Double-sound. “The pun is mightier than the sword.” –…
Howard Stern is leaving free radio and moving his show to Sirius satellite radio. I used to listen to the show alot from 1990-1995. After meeting Katie, I started listening more and more to NPR. NPR is very rewarding and fills my head will knowledge that I cherish, but NPR…
Look at this article about Iran’s President. He basically says, “Who cares about WWII? Israel is our land and you took it. Move Israel to Alaska and we will stop being angry at the West. And these are the guys who are building nuclear weapons. One question, Wouldn’t it have…
Originally in this article, a guy was outraged that a Wikipedia entry had his biography linking him to the Kennedy Assassination. Then later, in this article, this guy admits he did it as a joke. He said he didn’t know Wikipedia was used as a serious reference tool. This is…
Konfabulator has been relaunched as Yahoo Widgets. Very interesting technology. Easy to create, small and useful. I wonder if Yahoo can make it catch on. I wouldn’t be surprised if Google comes out with something similar. And Microsoft is already experimenting with “Gadgets”, but who knows what will catch on.…
Both Katie and I are not jazzed up for the holidays this year. There are many factors as to why, but none seem to make perfect sense. New House, new neighborhood. Renting, not owning. New School for Ethan, no school yet for Jared or Matt. House is smaller than previous…
Quick article from Psychology Today. June, 2003. This is exactly what I was discussing with Katie. Our brains react more strongly to negative stimulus. Having a positive attitude is harder than having a negative one. This is the exact opposite of “It takes more muscles to frown than to smile.”…
Grouper 2.0 beta was just released. I actually interviewed there over a year ago. They seem to be developing well. The newest version emphasizes personal video sharing. Video is an interesting area in that despite being pretty cool, it hasn’t caught on the way I thought it would. Just look…
I installed Microsoft Streets and Strips 2006. Every complaint I had about 2005 has been fixed. They introduced voice directions, keyboard shortcuts, dynamic zooming, aliased lines, and much more. Bravo Microsoft. Good software. Someone asked me why I blog. He thought it showed some level of egotism. Although I certainly…
Donald Norman wrote a few lines in his book, Emotional Design, about Instant Messenger. He proposed that the main function of IM is to provide emotional connection between people and not to communicate specific information. Most of the IM traffic around the world can be summed up with the following…
Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest. Sorry, no time for more.