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Restart Now? OK, How About Now?

In Design Discourse on 14 July 2005 tagged Unfiled, usability, windows with 4 comments

What genius at Microsoft decided it would be a good idea, after an automated Windows Update, to not only give you a “we’re going to restart your computer in 5 mins if you don’t stop us” dialog but have it come up every 15 mins or so with no recourse to stop it?!?! So if [...]

Back from Eastern Europe

In Design Discourse, Road Warrior on 7 May 2004 tagged Unfiled with 4 comments

I just returned from CHI in Vienna, Austria last week, which is probably the largest conference for the industry that I work in. OK/Cancel and going back to school has made me realize how little I knew of the industry as a whole so this experience was very different from the last CHI I went [...]

New From Adobe!

In Design Discourse on 18 March 2004 tagged adobe, usability with 4 comments

What is it with Adobe’s Photoshop series? EVERY new version, they seem to redefine their File menu. Of all the menus, that one should be the easiest to keep consistent. O for opening a file, S for saving, right? Last time, Adobe changed the recently opened files to be in a submenu of File. Worse [...]

Worth 1000 Words

In Design Discourse on 12 January 2004 tagged Unfiled with Comments Off

Kathryn and I are both into taking photos. I don’t consider myself even good enough to be called an amateur photographer because even that title seems to imply a certain level of skill and commitment these days. Nevertheless, we like taking good pictures and spending the time to compose good shots. Worth1000.com has photography contests [...]

All Hail the Horizontal Scroll, it is Dead

In Design Discourse on 28 July 2003 tagged Unfiled with 2 comments

Observant and regular visitors will note a few subtle changes in the blog design. A basic version of the photos section is up. It uses Sony’s Imagestation which I highly recommend because they have unlimited space and high rez viewable pics. Got rid of the calendar. Added a Recent Comments section so you can comment [...]

Prioritization

In Design Discourse on 23 July 2003 tagged Unfiled with 4 comments

At one of the clients I work at, they prioritize their tasks by “Must”, “Should”, “Could” and “Want”. Using this system, I’ve prioritized my items (italicized items are new items): SHOULD – Main blog area redesign (photoshop and paper) SHOULD – Redesign implemented in html and css MUST – Photos section WANT – Highlighted photos [...]

Project Plan

In Design Discourse on 22 July 2003 tagged Unfiled with 6 comments

I have returned from Austin and South Padre Island. I’m sure Kathryn will be posting a nice trip summary as she’s become a bit of a travel journalist. In other news, I am working on a few projects but I won’t go into details until I have more to show for it. One project I [...]

Keyboard, Camera and Monitor

In Design Discourse, Geeky on 2 December 2001 tagged shopping with Comments Off

So, I was in the market for a digital camera, ergonomic keyboard and a Flat Panel Monitor. Discussion follows: ###Ergonomic Keyboard These things are highly necessary for anybody who spends significant amounts of time using a computer (like me). And while there are tons of models out there (including some really snazzy wireless ones and [...]