The Google PC. On the Google PC, you wouldn't need third-party add-ons to index and search your local files, e-mail, and instant messages. It would just happen. The voracious spider wouldn't stop there, though. The next piece of low-hanging fruit would be the Web pages you visit. These too would be stored, indexed, and made… Continue reading The Google PC
Author: Vince Kimball
Court: Names Must Be Revealed
Court: Names Must Be Revealed. The Supreme Court says people must give their names to cops when they ask for it, and cops have the right to arrest people who refuse. One privacy advocate says the government just turned silence into a crime. [Wired News]
Private Space Shot a Success
Private Space Shot a Success. SpaceShipOne climbs to an altitude of 62 miles Monday before dropping safely to the ground. It's the first privately financed manned excursion into space. Dan Brekke reports from Mojave, California. [Wired News]
Rogers Cadenhead
Rogers Cadenhead: “When Buzzword.Com was launched last week, I had a feeling that the good news about restoring service to Weblogs.Com users would have more trouble getting around than the original, over-the-top reports of a blogger's 9/11.” [Scripting News]
Investigating New Blogging Software
Investigating New Blogging Software. After all of my other connectivity problems as of late, now Radio is acting up and not publishing my posts when I post them. As far as I can tell, Userland's upgrade focus is on Manila, not Radio, and while I love using blogging software that integrates a news aggregator, I'm… Continue reading Investigating New Blogging Software
The Taligent Effect
The Taligent Effect Several times this week, I found my self using the term “the Taligent effect.” The Taligent effect is what happens when a group of people put adherence to a software trend first and lose sight of the value of shipping software that people will actually use. Taligent was Apple's (and… Continue reading The Taligent Effect
.NET Tools: Ten Must-Have Tools Every Developer Should Download Now
.NET Tools: Ten Must-Have Tools Every Developer Should Download Now: 10 Tools you can use to make your development easier, faster and more fun! Source: MSDN: Visual Studio .NET * [Archipelago]
Thesis Project Proposal
Thesis Project Proposal. I've gotten my thesis project proposal (29k pdf) approved! My project will be creating an application prototype for what Don Norman refers to as pile cabinets: a different way of organizing things on the desktop. Instead of file folders and hierarchies, you arrange stacks of documents into thematic piles, just like you… Continue reading Thesis Project Proposal
Thesis Paper Proposal
Thesis Paper Proposal. After seven (7) different ideas and proposals(!), I've selected a topic for my thesis paper: The Role of Metaphor in Interaction Design. My proposal (35k pdf) was signed off by my advisor Shelley Evenson this morning. Hooray! In case you're wondering what the other, unchosen ones were: A Taxonomy of Digital Adaptive… Continue reading Thesis Paper Proposal
SeeNote: Final Presenation
SeeNote: Final Presenation. My team presented our final concept, specifications, and scenario of use (5.76mb ppt) for the Microsoft miLife project. We created a device (that could also be just a software platform) that combines the always-on, flexible nature of post-it notes with the intelligence of software. If you want to know what I've been… Continue reading SeeNote: Final Presenation