TiVo Sucks
My premise is simple: TiVo sucks. I will defend it, but I do want to make one thing clear: TiVo sucks, but having used TiVo, Comcast and DirectTV DVRs I feel confident in saying “so does everything...
View ArticleFriday Development Anecdote
[I was reminded of my favorite "Point-haired boss" anecdote today. Thought some of you might be able to relate.] It was ’97 or ’98. Netscape 2.0 (and the first iteration of JavaScript) were only a...
View ArticleTiVo Sucks, Part 2
As I’ve written before: TiVo sucks. In that first article I lamented the lack of innovation and features for this premium product. The worse thing I can say is that now, over a year later, every...
View ArticleIn defense of Comic Sans
Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan has an excellent overview of several UI innovations that have later taken bad raps, “Who Designed Clippy? The History Behind Four Legends of Early UI“. It reminded me of one...
View ArticleStupid Arguments for Pedantic People: One or Two Spaces after a Period
There are certain arguments that attract certain people. Arguments that sane people ignore for the simple reason that none of the positions raised actually matter in any way. This series will explore...
View Article“Mother of All Demos” by Douglas Engelbart
On December 9th, 1968 Douglas Engelbart finally gave an extended public demonstration of the personal computing system that he and his team had been working on for over five years and planning about...
View ArticleARS Explores Hated Design Trends
After Windows Phone 7 design (but not commercial) success, everybody has gone flat. It may have taken Apple longer than most, but they’re getting there, and the next iteration of Android will be the...
View ArticleDesign: Twitter Hearts
A tweet I liked. You probably haven’t heard about it – unless you’ve been online, seen TV or talked to people – but Twitter made a change recently. In brief, they’ve changed the “favorite” button to a...
View ArticleIndian Traffic is Amazing
I spent much of December in Southern India for business. I was awash in culture and history yet the most amazing thing I experienced the entire time was the traffic. It’s impossible to accurately...
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