I have spent most of this week at Usability 2006, which is a conference run by the Nielsen/Norman group. I started at the Usability in Practice sessions but then switched over to Interaction Design. I am really enjoying Tog. He has great stories and clearly has had a really fun career. So far, I agree…
Also Known as Vista Beta 2, I have sucessfully installed the operating system. I also have installed the beta of Office 2007. So far, I am pretty excited. The glass interface is very cool. The performance is pretty good. Alot of the new features are nice. On the down side, UAC (User Access Control) SUCKS.…
Check out this framework for motion tweening in javascript. This is brilliant. It is pretty concise code. Easily readable. It allows for Flash-like effects making things fade on and off and move on the screen. I am using it for a bunch of effects. It is the best framework of it’s kind that I have…
Still trying out html editors and still not WOWed. Review so far. HTML-KIT – This is the most customizable thing I have ever seen. Literally every single thing is editable. The problem is that the UI is so complicated that it is taking me so long to set it up the way I want that…
Google Calendar went into beta the other day. I think the execution is excellent. Very good all around. I am still struggling with the need for an online calendar. Is this better than a date book? I feel that I need the calendar in a PDA that I carry around. Meetings and appointments are usually…
Lately, I have been trying to keep my html well formed. (XHTML 1.0 Transitional) It is a lot harder to do, but I am finding that it is easier to debug on multiple browsers. Right now, I am working on a cleaned up version of http://www.intuit.com. This is also the debut of using OpenCube for…
I have been frustrated for years with Macromedia’s complete lack of support for Homesite. Even though it solves my problems, I do not like being treated that way. I want new Beta software, all the time! So I have been looking for something that is like Homesite, but actively being worked on. Dreamweaver failed the…
So both of my servers are down. I pulled our workstations off the domain and switched to workgroup mode. So far, I haven’t had any withdrawal symptoms. I was going to set up a Microsoft Media Center Edition 2005 box, but ran into a problem. To make it work, I would need a better video…
I researched the cost of the equipment I need to set up a PC using Windows Media Center Edition. I also bumped into a guy in the store who works for the MCE division of HP. He helped out alot with information. Unfortunately, I need a video card with a s-video output and a tuner…
I am seeing the light at the end of my server tunnel. The last steps are to: Backup Exchange and mail people the PST files. Re-configure Katie’s Outlook to ignore Exchange. Change to Workgroup mode and re-setup the profiles for Katie and I. Bring down Exchange. Install MCE 2005 on one of the servers and…
My god, online photo sharing is a complex landscape. There are literally a hundred choices. What I really want is to use JAlbum or Picasa or other tool to make the album itself locally on my PC. Then I want to upload it (automatically) to an online service. My issue is that all of these…
Flickr is going well. I forwarded http://pictures.kokopop.com to our Flickr address so you dont need to remember a new thing. So far I have uploaded 1042 pictures taken from 1999-2003. I have about another 1500 to go from 2004 and 2005. I think. I have been looking through the pictures and making sure the dates…
I am pleased with Flickr.com in general. The capabilities are pretty diverse and robust. The only complaint I have (and of course, this is the one thing I would pick on) is the UI. There spread all kinds of features around the page in seemingly random fashion. I found some pretty useful features completely by…
First, here is the SNL “Chronicles of Narnia”. Ben Peters showed it to me. Pretty funny. Ok some projects I am working on: Rip CD’s to MP3 so we can get rid of the CDs. Maybe sell them to Amazon. Burn all Lipka pictures to DVD Slideshow. Set up Flickr.com pro account and upload our…