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233 posts from 2006

Nov 09, 2006
Meta

MT Weirdness

I’ve always found that if something is worth saying, it’s worth saying twice. Or seven times. ;-) In other news, I am currently researching a new blogging engine for my website. MovableType and I don’t seem to get along.

Nov 09, 2006
Meta

MT Weirdness

I’ve always found that if something is worth saying, it’s worth saying twice. Or seven times. ;-) In other news, I am currently researching a new blogging engine for my website. MovableType and I don’t seem to get along.

Nov 08, 2006

El Rushbo

…is back to being his old dickhead self of the mid-90’s. Somehow, everything seems right in the world, again: Now I'm liberated from having to constantly come in here every day and try to buck up a bunch of people who don't deserve it.

Nov 08, 2006
Vista

Vista Shipped!

Windows Vista’s finally out the door, and with it comes a whole bevy of new stuff, like .NET FX 3.0 (with WPF/Avalon). I’ve spent the past year working on nothing but ensuring that Visual Studio works beautifully with Vista, and it’s great to see ...

Nov 07, 2006
Innovation

3D Maps in Your Browser

Microsoft released version 4 of Windows Live Local yesterday, which includes the very Sim City-esque 3D maps feature. San Jose Mercury News covered this, and includes a link to a super-high quality screenshot of the service in action: Microsoft up...

Nov 07, 2006
Usability

Toyota Prius Weirdness

The Toyota Prius has a really handy in-dash display that gives you all sorts of information, like the current radio station, GPS maps, and so forth. It also displays messages to you under some circumstances, like the following one that I observed ...

Nov 06, 2006
Usability

Usability testing on a shoestring budget

Joel Spolsky and Jakob Nielsen are both big believers in conducting usability tests with no more than five people. Jakob has a few fantastic insights into this domain: The most striking truth of the curve is that zero users give zero insights. T...

Nov 04, 2006
Windows Forms

Handy Windows Forms Tricks

CodeGuru has a great article on Winforms tricks that will improve the fit and finish of your application, such as optimizing databinding and using the built-in PropertyGrid control in .NET FX 2.0. It’s short, but you might learn something that wil...

Nov 02, 2006
Ui Design

More about fun user experiences

Back in July, I talked about the important role that fun plays in great user experiences. A sense of fun, playfulness, or adventurousness goes a long way towards making your software or website more inviting to current or potential customers. Of c...