Author: Vince Kimball

Radical software customization. The always-interesting Sean McGrath has a great column this week about software customization. He says, in part: In order to stay sane, most programmers concentrate on the part of the problem they are working on today. As a consequence, their view of what pieces of the functions under development need to be… Continue reading Radical software customization

Jared Spool: The InfoDesign interview. Jared founded the world's largest research, training and consulting firm specializing in website and product usability. We ignore the evidence, such as Rolf Molich's amazing CUE tests, where he asked different usability teams to simultaneously evaluate the same design. Not surprisingly, every team came up with completely different results with… Continue reading Jared Spool: The InfoDesign interview

The 'Harvard experience' redefined. A Harvard College education should include more science, more personal contact with professors, and some time spent outside the United States, according to the committees charged with overhauling Harvard’s undergraduate curriculum for the first time in a quarter century. [Boston Globe — Front Page]

Wired: “The unacknowledged father of Apple's iPod is engineer Tony Fadell, who created the gadget as an independent contractor. Apple wants the story kept under wraps, but little by little, it's leaking out.” [Scripting News]

Ed Foster: “The spread of spyware is becoming a major headache for many IT organizations.” [Scripting News]

Update: Tasks Pro 1.1. The web-based, multi-user task manager adds time tracking, file attachments, support for themes, iCalendars and RSS newsfeeds for each task, and other improvements. [MacInTouch]

WiFile Brings Samba to Palm OS 4, 5. WiFile is a Palm application that allows Samba (SMB) file sharing access over a Wi-Fi-enabled Palm OS 4 or 5 handheld: This solves a long-standing problem with the handheld devices integration with existing network storage infrastructure…. [Wi-Fi Networking News]

Coder to Developer: Tools and Strategies for Delivering Your Software. Eric had an interesting book review on Coder to Developer that I found interesting. Looking through the table of contents this looks like a good book, although its relevance may quickly be outdated since its so tied to technology of today. Still looks like it… Continue reading Coder to Developer: Tools and Strategies for Delivering Your Software

Useit.Com: B2B: Help Your Fans Convince Their Bosses. Advocacy kits are rare on current B2B sites, but they're a great way to leverage the Internet's one-to-one ability to reach directly inside a customer company and connect with people who are eager to help you close the deal. [Tomalak's Realm]