March 2010
9 posts
When Couples Fight on Facebook, Everyone Knows the... →
This is why I continue to say that We Live In Public should be required viewing in Social Studies classes.
Windows Phone 7 Series will have copy & paste,... →
Maybe, now that Windows Phone 7 Series is initially shipping without cut & paste, people will acknowledge that clipboard behaviors are really difficult to design when you’ve completely overhauled the underlying metaphors of your computing platform.
TheAtlantic.com | Marry Him! →
a.k.a., a direct example of Barry Schwartz’s commentary on Satisficers vs Maximizers.
When we’re holding out for deep romantic love, we have the fantasy that this level of passionate intensity will make us happier. But marrying Mr. Good Enough might be an equally viable option, especially if you’re looking for a stable, reliable life companion. Madame Bovary might not see it that way,...
kung fu grippe: Entitled to Care →
Marco.org - News flash … Straw man, Marco. It’s not a question of entitlement. It’s a question of clear vision about the inevitability of painful, weird change, and whether we can each find the courage to face it without folding. If anyone’s acting “entitled” right now, it’s the many…
“But” they’ll say, “But we’re the media. We’re *culture.* We...
Macs as the back-end
I’d be willing to say that this year might be the last year we see major front-end changes in Mac OS X.
Last night it struck me that the Mac desktop is now the equivalent of the tuning console your car mechanic might use to make fine adjustments to your car’s internal systems when you bring it in. The car, obviously enough, is now the iPhone OS.
I don’t think Apple wants to,...
WatchCourier Pagestream UI demo - Uploaded by engadget
The devil’s in the (shipping) details, however. These renders look awesome, but I’ll reserve the full 2010 Awesomeness Prize until we see some hardware and a live demo.
(For starters, most of the pen usage shown in the renders are hands floating over the device, but none of the writing shows the user resting their hand/wrist down on...
One-Third of U.S. Without Broadband →
This is fascinating and worthy of discussion in our industry. Collectively, we’ve screwed up. Badly. What can we do to make computers attractive to the third of our country who don’t use any of our stuff?
Make them less like cars and more like radios.
Remove the maintenace, tweaking, under-the-hood nonsense, and replace them with extremely clear features and use-cases.
(This is why I...