He's back

Reading time: < 1 min The return of Mister Zeldman “The cult of web standards, of Flash, of accessibility, of usability: each reflects the passions of dedicated, intelligent people. But when passion becomes zealotry, we stop listening to each other, and when we stop listening we stop learning. Can’t we all just get along?”

Shake on it

Reading time: < 1 min Media Lab’s ‘Smart’ Clothing Is a Dumb Idea “People could exchange data with a handshake” Ok I know I’m pessimistic, but one issue this article doesn’t touch on one thing. Privacy. If you can exchange data via a handshake, then how long before someone hacks the ability to be able to grab pertinent personal information…

Out of touch

Reading time: < 1 min Dammit, Vaughan keeps making me think… (actually it wasTinka). We live in an age of instant communications. Why write a letter when you can email someone and receive a response in hours rather than days (depending on the person of course). Want the latest news? Check out your constantly streaming ticker app, hey, it even…

Happy customer

Reading time: < 1 min An example of good technical support Download update of product. Receive serial number. Try to Install and enter serial number – error message! Try again two more times. Give up. Contact Technical Support. Receive an email 20 minutes later with the correct serial number. Install product successfully. So, many thanks to Angie and the Stardock…

Referrer

Reading time: < 1 min Referrer logs are good. How else would I have found this, this, or been reminded that I haven’t put up the curtain rail in the living room.

BlogAmp Returns

Reading time: < 1 min AND it seems like BlogAmp has started to behave… find out what’s playing.