Design FuBeating the sh*t out of bad appsDesign Principles- December 30, 2003 Best design principle I've heard in a while: "What can we fit on the form"http://www.gnome.org/~seth/blog//principles Back from LA- December 22, 2003 Got back from a terrific week in Los Angeles hanging out with Nancy. It was a little eclectic and frantic (perhaps too many activities), but still the best vacation I've had in a long time...and probably the last for a long while! She took me to (among other places) the Getty, which was the richest structure I have ever experienced. I thought places like that only existed in computer renderings like Myst and people's imaginations. In particular, I'm enamored with the musical rocks and the...http://www.gnome.org/~seth/blog//backfromla Transience and Instant Messaging- December 6, 2003 AOL has recently allowed multiple clients to be logged into AIM at the same time. Previously if you logged in from a new location the old login would be disconnected. As a wireless IM, user this change is generally welcomed: I previously maintained two separate accounts so that I could be constantly logged in from my cell phone, whilst still communicating using the rather faster keyboard when I was sitting in front of a computer. Unfortunately, as the explanation of how the "routing behaves"...http://www.gnome.org/~seth/blog//transient-im |