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Electric Checklist. On the Tinderbox Wiki, Dave Garbutt describes a clever, ultra-simple Tinderbox technique. He's got a large project management journal that includes, among other things, a host of questions about his client's needs and equipment. Naturally, these questions appear in the Tinderbox — and, naturally, the titles are questions. Garbutt simply makes an agent… Continue reading Electric Checklist

Useit.Com: Mental Models For Search Are Getting Firmer. In user testing, people tell us that they want search on websites and intranets to work like X, where X is their favorite major search engine. Luckily, all three of the major engines (Google, Yahoo, and MSN) work the same… [Tomalak's Realm]

REAL ID. The United States is getting a national ID card. The REAL ID Act (text of the bill and the Congressional Research Services analysis of the bill) establishes uniform standards for state driver's licenses, effectively creating a national ID card. It's a bad idea, and is going to make us all less safe. It's… Continue reading REAL ID

Internet Attack Is Called Broad and Long Lasting. A break-in at Cisco Systems last year was only part of an extensive operation in which thousands of systems were penetrated. By JOHN MARKOFF and LOWELL BERGMAN. [NYT > Home Page]

Tablet PC, MD. I just returned from an appointment with a doctor whose office had upgraded to Tablet PCs since my last visit, and it was pretty cool to see non-techies benefit from these gadgets. The office had several docking stations which held the tablets, and my doctor undocked one as he walked in to… Continue reading Tablet PC, MD

Instiki author shows inability to learn from experience. So, remember Instiki, the ruby wiki by the guy who wrote Ruby on Rails? Remember its fatal habit of allowing web spiders to roll back all your content to nothing? Remember that it was because the tyro had put destructive, data-changing actions on GET resources? Remember that… Continue reading Instiki author shows inability to learn from experience

Tiger plagued by SMB, Active Directory bugs [The Macintosh News Network]

DOCTRINE. I am working on a paper (or a short format e-book) that will flesh out the doctrine of global guerrilla warfare.  My goal is to publish it by May 17th (this is to put pressure on me to write it quickly).  Hopefully it will be as informative as Mao's work on guerrilla warfare. [Global… Continue reading DOCTRINE

UI 101. For much of web development, the greatest challenge is not the code, but the user interface. What does the user see? How do they use the feature? Where do they click? Is it simple? Is it intuitive? The sad truth for developers is that no matter how good the code and database design… Continue reading UI 101

Rules for cats. Teal Sunglasses: Rules for cats: “Do not allow any closed doors in any room. To get door open, stand on hind legs and hammer with forepaws. Once door is opened, it is not necessary to use it.” [inessential.com]