September 13, 2000
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Three words. Want Key Lime.
Archive: September, 2000
September 13, 2000
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Now, how about a topic which is completely unrelated to anything else I’ve blathered on about over the past few weeks? You see, I had this dream last night. In this dream, I was with a small group of people in a room that I can only describe as generically institutional. A door, at what … More
September 13, 2000
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Arguably one of the best things that Apple has managed to accomplish over the last few years was to poke, prod, and otherwise dissect its entire operating system strategy. Out of this examination came the whole technological circus train of NeXT, Rhapsody, Yellow Box, Carbon, Mac OS X, Cocoa, and of course Aqua. Regardless of … More
September 13, 2000
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It’s moving day at the office tomorrow and we’re about to relocate our two physically disparate web design teams into one happy, shiny space. As a result, a group of us were wandering around like some strange nomadic tribe gesturing with our measuring tapes and navigating by floor plan in an attempt to make sense … More
September 12, 2000
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Ooh, Craptastic is getting a biffy buffing as we speak.
September 12, 2000
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When did the art of creating simple, clearly defined linear icons transmogrify into the realm of photorealistic representation? When Apple started creating the Icons of Mac OS X, that’s when. These new übericons have more in common with the airbrushed streetvans of the seventies than the minimalist pixel sweat poured into the work of Susan … More
September 12, 2000
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Matthew Haughey was kind enough to send me a note clarifying his opinion on Eudora’s statistics feature. I certainly didn’t mean to take his original comments out of context, so I feel obliged to post this feedback. “When I said I was happy to see stats, I meant just that — the statistics themselves. I’m … More
September 12, 2000
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We’ve been kicking around the idea of revisiting some of the fundamental design structures for a site I’m working on. One of the bugs in our bonnet is whether or not to move from a fixed 600 pixel wide grid to one that uses an 600×800 screen as the lowest common denominator. Certain inseparable tendencies … More
September 11, 2000
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My blog turned into a caustic software review portal today. Sorry about that. I’ll try to expand on a few different themes tomorrow. No sense perpetuating the rut.
September 11, 2000
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Maybe I’m just not getting this. Matt thinks that the new email stats feature in Eudora 5.0 is a good idea. Worrying about how much time you spend using your email client is one thing. But if you’re at the point when you need a graphical representation to show you that it’s time to start … More