Month: January 2004

Older Windows Life Support Extension. Microsoft has extended support for Windows 98, 98 SE and Me, which is a smart consumer-service decision. Support for Windows Me was supposed to end on Dec. 31 and the Windows 98 family on Jan. 16. The extension means that Microsoft will offer paid phone support and, more importantly, security updates… Continue reading Older Windows Life Support Extension

Counting on that email?. Remember how I was telling you about our work ISP and the fact that they simply stopped sending bounces for bad email addresses? I have been working on a “tip of the week” for next week and trying to explain to our users that email is not reliable, that if they… Continue reading Counting on that email?

Lacie's 1 terabyte external hard drive. Running out of space for all your MP3s and pirated movies? Well hopefully it'll take you a little while to fill up the Bigger Disk, Lacie's new one terabyte external hard drive which has enough capacity for 30 days of non-stop MPEG2 video. Uses FireWire 400, 800 and USB… Continue reading Lacie's 1 terabyte external hard drive

Amazon's 800 number. Ahhh, the elusive holy grail of e-commerce sites … Kevin Kelly lists Amazon's 800 number on his Cool Tools blog. Sweet, sweet justice! [LibrarianInBlack] 800-201-7575

IEEE Spectrum Feature Article: Cover StoryA Fountain of Knowledge. 2004 will be the year of the analysis engine The great strength of computers is that they can reliably manipulate vast amounts of data very quickly. Their great weakness is that they don't have a clue as to what any of that data actually means. Computer… Continue reading A Fountain of Knowledge

Solving the Real Productivity Crisis. The key to better productivity? Get a life, for starters.  When it comes to work, a lot of us have a little problem: We don't know when to say when. Or worse still, we can't. Nearly half of American workers put in more than 50 hours a week on the… Continue reading Solving the Real Productivity Crisis

K-Collector v. 1.0. evectors announces k-collector version 1.0, an RSS aggregator aimed at the enterprise market. If you haven't seen k-collector in action, it's worth checking out. The aggregator organizes weblog entries on four dimensions: what (subject/topic), who (as subject or author), where (events, geographic location) and when (date of publication). More about k-collector from… Continue reading K-Collector v. 1.0

Process flow meets the London Underground. Harry Beck's 1933 London Underground map is an info design classic (thanks Erin). Martin Kay has used the tube map's visual language for flow diagrams. The results are luscious and engaging in a way that vanilla boxes and arrows can't rival. More than just sample deliverables, Martin offers a… Continue reading Process flow meets the London Underground

User Experience Books from 2003. Every year there are more user experience books than I have time to read. This list includes both books I've read, and books I hope to. If I missed a book (published in 2003) that you think I should include, drop a line in the comments and I'll add it.… Continue reading User Experience Books from 2003