Nov
25
Edward Tufte in SF
November 25, 2008 | 2 Comments
I am registered for the Dec. 8 course and am looking forward to meeting Edward Tufte as well as pick his brain on Interaction Design, graphs, charts, data and statistics.
I highly recommend going to see him in SF, San Jose, Austin or Houston. At the very least, take a look at his books which are [...]
Nov
25
YouTube New Widescreen Mode
November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
YouTube has finally made widescreen available (960 pixels). With the ubiquitous HD cameras as well as movie trailers available, this is a little late in coming, but we should embrace it now. check out full screen mode now on your HD computer monitors!
Additional information on the release HERE
Nov
21
Blackberry Storm is Here!
November 21, 2008 | 1 Comment
I am headed to the Verizon store right now to get my hands on the Storm.
Five reasons this device could really be an iPhone killer:
It has a better camera -
The iPhone 3G comes to the table with a puny 2 megapixel camera and, at the moment, doesn’t offer video capture. The BlackBerry Storm, however, features [...]
Nov
19
Give Up and Just Use Tables
November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I don’t know abut you, but trying to make that site look perfect with CSS can sometimes be a pain with all the hacks and such. Maybe you should Give Up and Just Use Tables.
Nov
17
Zend PHP & Flash/Flex
November 17, 2008 | 1 Comment
Adobe is now cooperating with Zend, a PHP company so that developers can create applications, content and video across different platforms so they will run in a browser using Flash or Flex, or on the desktop using AIR.
This is an exciting development and there are free tutorials and videos to teach you how to use [...]
Nov
17
American Airlines Debuts Mobile Boarding Pass
November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Your cell phone may help you avoid the long lines at the airport this holiday season, as American Airlines is implementing a mobile boarding pass program at select airports. These services have been available for a few years already in Japan and, to a lesser extent, in Europe.
In partnership with the Transportation Security Administration, the [...]
Nov
15
Quick Turnaround Usability Testing
November 15, 2008 | 1 Comment
More often than not, a contract will be offered to me just as the client is about to go live with their website, or release their product. This not only requires some focus on the glaring usability issues, but also puts a time constraint on assessment, implementation, testing, analysis and reporting of the usability tests.
Here [...]
Nov
15
12 Quotes on Technology from Barack Obama
November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
original post HERE.
The historic U.S. Presidential election has come to an end with Barack Obama emerging victorious against John McCain. Obama will become the forty-fourth President of the United States and the first African-American to be elected for the highest office.
* “To restore America’s competitiveness, we must recruit a new generation of science and technology [...]
Nov
13
Gmail Video Chat
November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Google has now added Video Chat to Gmail.
Now there are lots of options.
Skpe
Seesmic
SightSpeed
Eyeball Chat
PalTalk
Ustream
And many more.
There is no reason why people should not be taking advantage of the increased communication power that face-to-face video chat provides.
Nov
13
Blackberry Storm Release Date
November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Verizon has finally given a release date and a price for the Blackberry Storm.
They will be available November 21. The price will be $249.99 with a $50 mail in rebate with a 2 year agreement. Total price $199.99
compare the Storm and the iPhone here.
additional stories and videos about the Storm:
Blackberry Storm Articles
