May
19
Refactoring with User Experience and IT Structure
May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I read an article by Peter Hornsby on UXmatters talking about utilizing the software code revisionist method of code refactoring. The idea is to make the code easier for software engineers to understand and work with. There is no change to the functioning of the software but the code gets cleaned up and easier to [...]
Mar
17
iPhone 3.0 Software
March 17, 2009 | 1 Comment
Macworld did a great job of giving us a live commentary of what the improvements would be for the new software.
Rather than repeat them all, here is the link to the commentary:
Macworld iPhone 3.0 Commentary
There will be additional announcements over the coming week, but they did manage to get some of the 15 features I [...]
Mar
16
15 iPhone 3.0 features we’d like to see
March 16, 2009 | 2 Comments
Tomorrow (March 17, 2009), the new iPhone 3.0 software will be revealed and explained in Cupertino and there has been plenty of hubbub since the inception of the iPhone asking for new features. Here is an article listing the top 15.
System wide custom cut/copy/paste
Push notifications/background apps
Landscape mode in every app
Mail improvements
Sync notes & To-dos
Better app [...]
Mar
14
UX in an Agile Development Process
March 14, 2009 | 1 Comment
I had a conversation with a colleague yesterday about Agile development environments and how it is difficult to evangelize usability and design with UX in mind. While I argued that it was completely possible to keep usability as a priority while still scrumming constantly and pushing the envelope of development, I realize that in larger [...]
Mar
12
Apple iPhone 3.0 Software
March 12, 2009 | 3 Comments
Some invitations went out today (I still haven’t received mine, Jobs!) for the March 17th conference in Cupertino to talk about the latest iPhone software and SDK that will be released.
The 2.0 software release about a year ago hailed in the flood of third party applications that made the app store a primary destination for [...]
Dec
17
Blackberry Storm Review and Firmware Update
December 17, 2008 | 1 Comment
For those that already got the Blackberry Storm, there were apparently two firmware updates released (not to the general public) over the Thanksgiving weekend.
These are the reasons why sometimes it is good to wait on getting new technology (iPhone 3G anyone?)
Lets get it together and allow EVERYONE to get these updates, hmmm, RIM?
There have been [...]
Dec
14
CS4 Dreamweaver Review
December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I decided I would purchase CS3 as the prices have come way down and I am making the big switch over to mac. That means that my CS2 on my Windows box is pretty useless and I am starting over with a new server and files anyways. I am excited to receive my macbook pro [...]
May
13
Zen and the Art of Software Design
May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I read Robert Persig’s book when I was younger and found it to be accessible and instructive as well as opening my eyes to the beauty in man made objects. It definitely deserves to be revisited and I think that Dirk Morris does a great job of making comparisons in this article to the book [...]
