Archive for the 'technical' Category
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
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Dialed. Busy. Set phone to auto-retry. Finally get through. Current time: 6:50 pm. Press buttons through the automated system. On hold. Still on hold. Current time: 7:07 pm. Finally, it gets through! Except it’s an automated message:
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Friday, December 8th, 2006
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Dear Videogame Makers:
You do not need to present a dialog informing me that my saved game has loaded successfully. I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to tell when my game has loaded without having to click through yet another dialog.
I’m looking at you, Ubisoft.
That is all.
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Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
Finally. Amusingly, I was in line right behind Bonnie John. Trip report in one or two weeks.
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Monday, November 27th, 2006
Still trying to get my hands on one.
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Sunday, October 29th, 2006
MacBook? Or MacBook Pro?
Form factor? Or FireWire 800 and ExpressCard?
Weight? Or a real video chipset?
Crazy magneto latch? Or back-lit keyboard?
Black? Or aluminum?
Geez, it’s hard to decide. Probably I should save my money for now.
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Thursday, October 19th, 2006
I’ve been following Rands in Repose for a while now, and I quite enjoy much of what he has to say. I figured based upon my earlier comments concerning mice that I’d point out someone with a similar “Hey you spend all your time doing it you should get the best” approach. I loved this […]
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
I am not a graphic artist; I don’t draw icons. To understand what I do, one of my favorite breakdowns of usable software design is Jesse James Garrett’s The Elements of User Experience (view the original diagram). I have taken his diagram and placed next to it a small selection of some of the methodologies […]
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