Caught an unexpected segment in the news on airline boarding (ending is great): I’ve mostly had (terrible) experiences with boarding Continental flights and I’ve often thought why the process is so screwed up. I’ve come up with the following conclusions...
From an NPR interview with Walter Isaacson, Jobs’ biographer: On Jobs’ father, who rebuilt cars, and held design and craftsmanship in high regard: “He would show Steve the curve of the designs and the interiors and the shapes … and...
I can’t say that I can add much more to the tutorials and articles already out there on the Net on this topic, but I’d like to point to the definitive example of how to implement one: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg193964.aspx David Taylor’s blog...
Unorganized thoughts from Switzerland: It reminds me a little of Taipei, oddly enough. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it has a similar feel (except it’s not 98% Asian and things are a lot more expensive). I...
I’ve blogged about it before, but seriously, the question has to be asked: if you’re a developer with limited bandwidth to focus on mastering new technologies, why would you spend that time on Silverlight? Not only is WP7 floundering, but...
If you’re setting out on writing your own SharePoint service applications, there is an important lesson that you should keep in mind (instead of learning it the hard way): ensure that all of your proxy, application proxy, service, service application,...
I caught a portion of an interview last night on NPR as I was in my truck, leaving Lowes. I sat there for a moment, dumbfounded by what I was hearing and entirely outraged by the bullshit that Republican Wisconsin...
Count me in 🙂 The smidgens and dabs became double-fisted squeezes and dripping spoonfuls. The table was not fully set until the squeeze bottle was centrally placed between the salt and pepper shakers. I carried breath mints in my bag...
The whole fracas over the USPS losing money has been overwhelming lately with the predictable arguments from the Right citing it as another example of Government Failure and a system that is better served by fully private corporations — not...
There are more than a few shopping sites out there with these “fancy” picture viewers like Home Depot and Newegg.com. This has to be one of the worst UX patterns out there and every site that uses it never fails...