Apple has pre-announced their TV-integration product, tentatively named iTV.
This is exactly what I’ve predicted the long-rumored “Asteroid” product to be. Since Apple embraced video on the iPod it’s been a simple conclusion that Airport Express and Front Row would end up in a targeted device. Lately I wondered if they were going to […]
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iToldYouSo
September 13, 2006 – 8:32 am
Good UI sighting
May 22, 2006 – 7:05 pm
Technorati has a wonderful solution for shielding users from accidental destructive action: offer an undo link along with the response message:
This is much less disruptive than an “are you sure?” dialog, which are often ignored by confirmation fatigued users. It may seem too subtle, but designers are already tasked with tastefully drawing attention to […]
OpenID has it right
April 6, 2006 – 6:38 pm
There has been much ado over the last year about identity. Most of the early plays were centralized thinly-veiled attempts to own your identity. Even many of the 2.0 systems depend on the solvency of a managing organization. SAML is a big heavy beast as you might expect from a committee.
So, I […]
Push, schmush
March 31, 2006 – 1:39 pm
It seems a foregone conclusion that RSS marketing is poised to take off. I remain a bit skeptical about the uptake rate of Joe User to a brand new “not browsing, not email” medium.
Nonetheless, I believe it’s inevitable. Some fun approaches are surfacing, but perhaps more important are the more mundane applications that […]
Billiken hauntings
March 27, 2006 – 7:47 am
I’ve spent most of my academic life surrounded by Billikens, at University and high school. It’s easy to consider the fellow a Saint Louis phenomenon, but then he pops up in underground Seattle.
Researching a new digital camera, I was quite surprised to find him (even labeled) the centerpiece of a demonstration picture in Japan. […]
Reconnecting to the Church
March 18, 2006 – 9:17 am
Quote of the week: “f*ck it. i’ll just go to church.”
Healthy starving
March 11, 2006 – 5:50 pm
A researcher from the National Institute on Aging has demonstrated that a low-calorie diet is good for brain health, specifically keeping neurons healthy against disease. An article in Science News focuses on the reduction of glucose-triggered oxidation, but also mentions that simply reducing cellular energy has benefits:
This mild stress makes brain cells more active […]
Will thinks he’s funny
February 21, 2006 – 1:07 pm
Will Reinhardt is in full swing with CalicoMonkey.com, his little playground of animated shorts. You might want to start with Episode I, and do sign up for the newsletter.
On Rudeness
February 18, 2006 – 10:28 am
Today’s edition of “understanding human behavior through etymology”:
rude’s Latin root “rudis” means “untaught” and is also the root of erudite.
Feline Nirvana
December 27, 2005 – 12:31 pm
When good housecats die, they ascend to a heaven that exists between the two sides of a doorway.
