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Monthly Archives: October 2005

Nice (and not so nice) updates to services

27-Oct-05

I use Bloglines as my RSS reader. I have a habit of checking the “Keep New” box on posts that I would like to read in more detail or post about. Checking the box would change the description display to indicate that there was a new post in the subscription.
Unfortunately, I tend to have [...]

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Blog usability: Top Ten Mistakes

25-Oct-05

Why do you blog? There are many answers to that question, ranging from “I just need a place to write down my thoughts” to “I want to change the world (and get rich doing it).” Your answer to that question should play a large part in how you blog. Or at least how you design [...]

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How paranoid, er, security conscious, are you?

24-Oct-05

Just as there is a fine line between genius and madness, there is a fine line between appropriate security and paranoia. On which side of that line are you?
Shred your sensitive personal documents before throwing them away? Appropriate security. Spread the shreds in the garden as mulch? Paranoia.
Passwords on [...]

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What you get is what you see (yes, that’s what I meant to say)

10-Oct-05

From Jakob Nielsen is R.I.P. WYSIWYG - Results-Oriented UI Coming, a look at the possible (and, he argues, needed) demise of the What You See is What You Get (WYSIWYG) design for user interface.
Unfortunately, we’ve now reached the limits of the current GUI paradigm. Displaying commands in menus, toolbars, and dialog boxes works with a [...]