Archive for June, 2008
Windows and Microsoft.com Usability
I really feel for the people who get put in the middle of a mess like this email from Bill Gates. It’s a somewhat amusing read coming from the world’s richest man and the leader of the largest software company in the world, criticizing his own products.
The email is an overview of his frustration while [...]
Visual Design Trends
I’m working on updating my Wordpress install on this blog, and refreshing the design/template too. I love how easy it is (most of the time). It really does give non-technical people access to personal publishing with a pretty amazing level of personalization and customization.
While I was looking around for inspiration, I found this [...]
ProductCamp Austin: A great success!
The second ever ProductCamp started in Austin at 8am this morning. I had never been to any BarCamp-style “un-conference” before, but I must say I really enjoyed it. It was active, informative and agile, in the sense that we the participants, voted on the sessions at the beginning of the day, we were [...]
OpenID, my new favorite thing!
I’ve had an OpenID for nearly 2 months now, and I have to say I’m really enjoying the ease and simplicity it offers.
From the OpenID Wikipedia page:
OpenID is a shared identity service, which allows Internet users to log on to many different web sites using a single digital identity, eliminating the need for a [...]
…and another skill becomes a cheap commodity. Ouch.
My designer friends are gonna hate me for that comment. 8-) Sorry guys.
Check out Crowdspring, a marketplace for simple logos and other design work. Most of them going for well under $500 bucks. Some designs are certainly crap, but some aren’t so bad. Yes, you may get what you pay [...]
One Startup. 60 Seconds.
Just found one of Techcrunch’s new projects: http://pitches.techcrunch.com. It’s a site with 60 second videos of CEOs/founders of startups/companies giving their “elevator pitches” to the public. You can rate/comment on each.
I’ve heard of about 3 of the companies that have video pitches up, but I’ve found a few things worth checking [...]
