‘freedom’
Saturday, June 14th, 2008When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. - Eric Hoffer Which explains why Linux seems to have no unique UI. It's either a UNIX-alike, Windows-alike or Mac-alike. Mood: Scowling
Archive for the ‘Annoyances’ Category
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. - Eric Hoffer Which explains why Linux seems to have no unique UI. It's either a UNIX-alike, Windows-alike or Mac-alike. Mood: Scowling
iPhone woe
Friday, June 13th, 2008I had a problem with my iPhone last night. The 123, space bar and Return key were not working on the software keyboard - they just didn't respond. There was nothing physically wrong with the device because if you opened Safari, the bottom bar worked fine - so the hardware ...
Entitlementards…
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008The BBC News weighs in on the iPhone 3G release but the more interesting opinions are in the comments. Vish of London writes: "After Apple's arrogant and blase behaviour over their flaws in the Safari browser, I am going to stick with Nokia. At least their platform is secure and they have ...
Microsoft re-invents the past. Again.
Friday, June 6th, 2008Back a hundred years ago when I was studying Human-Computer-Interaction, there was much discussion about touchscreens. They mostly discussed the difference between a mouse, a touchscreen and a light pen. The latter two devices got short shrift from my lecturer as they had two issues. your arm obscured the screen your arm ...
Focus
Thursday, June 5th, 2008The focus I'm talking about now is in terms of your current window manager. I remember light-hearted but heated discussions about window managers - did people prefer 'focus-follows-mouse' or 'focus-follows-click'. Focus follows mouse (FFM) means that the keyboard input and live widgets on screen are a result of the placement of ...
Few things more irritating…
Friday, May 30th, 2008...than talking to someone (for instance, a recruitment consultant) and being promised a call the very next day. And the very next day you're told that yesterday was his last day. No wonder recruitment people get such a bad rap in technology circles. I'm thoroughly fed up now.
What can you do about content thieves from a .cn domain?
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008These guys are dirty thieves. I, and others, are getting pingbacks daily from c/p'ed content.
Right people for the right job
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Today I'm alone. Back in March I suggested to some senior managers that if they were desperate to get developers for the new projects which were coming in, they could do no better than the three guys working for me. It would debilitate my team in the short term but we'd ...
Police arrest 15 year old for saying “cult”
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008A teenager is facing prosecution for using the word "cult" to describe the Church of Scientology. The unnamed 15-year-old was served the summons by City of London police when he took part in a peaceful demonstration opposite the London headquarters of the controversial religion. ... The teenager refused to back down, quoting a ...
itv.com full of FAIL
Monday, May 19th, 2008I don't like the terminology but I feel forced to use it. ITV recently emailed me to let me know that, as a Mac user, I can now watch itv episodes on my Mac. This was a nice catchup to BBC's iPlayer which, although very limited on the Mac, allows me ...