What does she want?
What do women want? Well, to start, what women want are power tools, dishwashers, digital cameras, automobiles, and houses. Not surprising to those who… Read More
This is my archive
Happy B-Day iPod: iPod Gets Older But Not Wiser
After five years, the iPod is still not doing certain things well. And for the stuff they think they do well – well, they… Read More
Resolution Independence
Apple has revealed that Leopard’s interface will be resolution-independent. This is a big deal in the development word, as it is the first acknowledgment that… Read More
Apple Droning: Explained
Two weeks ago, I wrote about why Apple was doomed. That entry generated a lot of …er… feedback. The feedback was emotional [and misguided], to… Read More
DAMN OFFICE PHONE!
I have joked (in a not-so-funny-way) that the reason I (an otherwise marginally capable web developer) have trouble with office phones is that there really… Read More
They can put a man on the moon… so why is my cell phone so #$&@ hard to use?
It was with great hope that we purchased our latest round of cell phones. New phones! Surely these will work better than our last phones,… Read More
ROI in UI
Mike Padilla from Digital Web Magazine wrote a great (and courageous) article on the compromises that we often make as UI designers. In “… Read More
That broken phone isn’t really broken
A new survey of 15,000 “faulty” wireless devices returned to UK provider WDSGlobal found that 63 percent of them weren’t broken… Read More
Metaphor-me
Sarah A. Rice just wrote a nice piece on Boxes And Arrows about how metaphors can increase customer acceptance. In the article, she… Read More
Jane Jacobs & the web
For someone who grew up disliking the bustle, noise and apparent violence of the city, Jane Jacobs was a real eye opener. Read More