February 16, 2001
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Ah, there’s nothing like coming into work bright and early, ready to tackle the dozen or so things left over from the previous day, only to realize that you need to low level format your boot drive.
Archive: February, 2001
February 15, 2001
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Beyond the Bar CodeAll of a sudden, tracking online behavior using cross-site cookies, chunks of JavaScript, and those little embedded images found in HTML email seems downright quaint compared to penny-per-unit radio tags slapped on everything from soup cans to packages of underpants.
February 14, 2001
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In the midst of all the fun being caused by the latest server-clogging virus running rampant through mail systems around the world, the marketing team behind one of the sites I work on is diving head first into the shallow end of pool. In case you haven’t picked up on it already, I don’t like … More
February 14, 2001
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Source Reveals Origin of New Windows XP MonikerMicrosoft has been tooting its horn all over the blessed place about the new, albeit derivative, user experience in Windows XP. Well, here’s the real news behind the XP name: “…the XP that appears after the word Windows is really an emoticon, expressing the user’s experience with Windows … More
February 14, 2001
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Listen closely. You can almost hear the dull, repetitive thumping made by marketing folks at Hallmark as they smack their heads in unison against their office walls. It’s beats me why so many people would want to send ecards on Valentine’s Day. Go figure. Thanks to Garret for the pointer.
February 13, 2001
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Will the floppy disk find new life?Matsushita figures it can stuff 32MB worth of data onto a standard high density floppy disk using a technology called zone bit encoding. Cool. The down side to this breakthrough in cheap, nearly ubiquitous storage could be access speed. Transferring a megabyte of files on and off a floppy … More
February 12, 2001
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I think I understand the positioning and rationale behind Adobe’s new midrange image editing product, but what phase of the moon was it when the crew in San Jose congregated in some dimly lit meeting room and slapped the name Photoshop Elements up on the whiteboard? Gak. It sounds like a box full of clip … More
February 12, 2001
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The Interface RevolutionaryA lightweight, but interesting interview with Jef Raskin covering some of his opinions on new interface design and how users adapt. Interestingly, and quite coincidentally, he reiterates some of the same feelings I mentioned last week regarding Microsoft’s adaptive interfaces. “Adaptive interfaces are a disaster. When an interface “adapts,” it changes without warning, … More
February 12, 2001
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My wife and I spent a lovely, relaxing, and otherwise adjective-ensconced weekend in Lake Louise. We ate incredible food. We played cribbage by the stone fireplace. We had the salt-water pool to ourselves for what seemed forever. We walked several kilometres across a frozen lake. No kids. No phones. No computers. No stress. Of course, … More
February 8, 2001
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Colour me collaborative. The pixeliciously adroit Daniel has posted a new edition of fusion, and I’ll cautiously admit to being responsible for frame number five. Now presenting for your viewing pleasure: Mister Chuckles