Read the thing.
Now, when I say these are three things you have to accept, I mean you have to accept them. Because if you don’t accept them upfront, they’ll happen to you anyway. And then you’ll end up writing one of those documents that says “Oh, we launched this and we tried it, and then the users […]
Open Source won’t get you laid.
I just read Jaron Lanier (father of virtual reality, etc.)’s December blog post, “Long Live Closed-Source Software,” re: the open-source movement’s ability to create faithful copies and complete inability to innovate in the user space.
Although I use some open source software RELIGIOUSLY (Firefox web browser, QuickSilver, some web coding programs), Lanier’s totally fuckin right — […]
Netvibes’ User Experience Problems
NetVibes has some very serious user experience problems, ones that I would hazard to guess they’re unlikely to fix. The solutions would undoubtedly domino into major changes and cannibalize other “features”, so I’m not going to presume to suggest solutions here. So why rant if I know it won’t result in improved future versions of […]
Who Rocks? Rogue Amoeba Rocks.
Three reasons why Rogue Amoeba’s Airfoil software rocks: Solves a need, Easy to buy, and Comes with a prize in the box.
Your bus is here.
Now your bus can send you an SMS when it’s about to arrive. This is so cool.
NextMuni is a recently implemented computerized system that uses GPS technology to trace the movement of Muni vehicles to predict their arrival times and post that information on line or on the electronic displays at all […]
Do you need a .mobi domain?
professor pheezy shares Mike Rowehl’s post from This is Mobility, about Mobile Search, *.mobi Domains, and Findability. I tend to agree.
Hush the Campfire chatter now, boys.
A quick Greasemonkey hack that hides the status messages in Campfire chats. No more “Ricky has joined”…”Ricky has left”… etc.
View Screenshot:
Download the Script: jm3-hushed-campfire.user.js
Enjoy, share, etc.
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Now, Secure Mail That Doesn’t Suck.
Digital signatures on your Gmails. Strong encryption. Easy.
The Code Swami GPG-Gmail system enables you to send and receive cryptographically secure mail with Gmail, completely within your existing personal workflow. Watch the screencast demo.
CNG, or, Comfort Noise Generation
OK, I know what I’m researching next…
http://feedmelinks.com/t/76845
Google Maps
Maps is Google’s newest web application and it’s tying developers’ and users’ panties in a knot… in a good way.
(Sidebar: If you don’t know what Google Maps is yet, the hole in which you live must be both deep and well-decorated. But it’s never to late to jump on the bandwagon. Learn more by reading […]