kev/null design/book/comics/games/photos/presentations

Posts Tagged ‘Unfiled’

Remembering Birthdays is not Customer Experience

In Unfiled on 15 October 2004 tagged Unfiled with Comments Off

Many sites ask you for birthday information for one reason or another (sometimes for no reason at all). Putting aside the fact that sites really shouldn’t ask for information they don’t need, using the information for additional spam really makes little sense to me. On birthdays (I’ve had a few), I have found I typically [...]

Top 5 Cities

In Unfiled on 11 October 2004 tagged Unfiled with 3 comments

In High Fidelity, John Cusack makes top 5 lists of everything from his breakups to best motion picture soundtracks. Here are my top 5 cities to move to following London in no particular order: Tokyo Vancouver New York San Francisco Seattle The noticeable omissions are Hong Kong, which was excluded because of a lack of [...]

Unique Usernames

In Unfiled on 10 September 2004 tagged Unfiled with 1 comment

Why do websites still insist on using usernames instead of e-mail addresses as unique logins? Remembering passwords for the multitude of sites out there is already a chore. To usernames to that list is like remembering two sets of passwords. I could use the same strange and probably unique username everywhere but then find that [...]

MMORPG Gaming Studies

In Unfiled on 25 August 2004 tagged Unfiled with 2 comments

I am 2 days away from my thesis deadline. The tests and results have been interesting and I lvoe talking about it. Typing about it is another matter altogether but then I’ll be glad I went through the process of collating the infromation in a digestible format (if by digestible, I mean a 70-100 page [...]

Comics. Lots of Comics.

In Unfiled on 13 August 2004 tagged Unfiled with Comments Off

Yes, I’ve been incredibly busy with my thesis work. If you look at the thread, you’ll see that Tom and others contributed a lot in helping me refine my test. Thanks to all of you, I have a better chance of passing. Actually, I got my interim transcript and found I actually did better than [...]

Newsflash!

In Unfiled on 19 July 2004 tagged Unfiled with 6 comments

People ask if I’m blogging less because I’m busy. Perhaps it’s, simply because there is simply nothing left to report in the world.

Choosing a Domain Name

In Unfiled on 21 June 2004 tagged Unfiled with 7 comments

In 1992, I wrote an RPG with a few classmates of mine for a computer science project. We called ourselves Prism Software. Later, we found the name was already in use so we renamed ourselves to Illusion Software. The name was completely unnecessary but it was fun to put up the piece of paper on [...]

Realism of Graphics and Suspension of Disbelief

In Unfiled on 7 June 2004 tagged Unfiled with 12 comments

As some of you know, I’m doing a master’s thesis (if you can call it that given it’s to be done within 13 wks) on a subject related to video gaming. I’m going to try to be REALLY brief in the description of the thesis but if you have a few extra cycles, I’d love [...]

The Giant Jerry Springer Show

In Unfiled on 2 June 2004 tagged Unfiled with Comments Off

Every so often, I stumble on some interesting and intelligent articles. Increasingly, these articles offer a public comment area immediately following the article for anyone to give feedback. From reading these blogs and articles, this is the conclusion I have come to: The internet is a giant Jerry Springer show. I hate Jerry Springer because [...]

Exams are Done

In Unfiled on 24 May 2004 tagged Unfiled with 4 comments

I’m finally done. It took 5 vodka and red bulls and about 8 hours before relief set in but it has now. Exams are done, the portfolio piece is done, in fact all but my thesis due August 27th is done. That’s 60% of my course that’s under the belt now. Now I don’t know [...]