Author: Vince Kimball

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“Persuasive Design”: This interview at User Interface Engineering goes a step beyond “usable design” (“Can the visitor use the site successfully?”) and focuses on ways to help achieve the site's goals. A key tactic is to make sure that the visitor can get the information they want, rather than just making the information you wish… Continue reading Untitled

'Jennifer Government': Guerrilla Marketing

'Jennifer Government': Guerrilla Marketing. In Max Barry's novel, set in the near future, companies go to extreme lengths in their marketing campaigns. By Rob Walker. [New York Times: Books]

Groove 2.5

Groove 2.5. Team blogging Groove founder Ray Ozzie and his teams have always pretended to build application software. But what they have actually delivered are the operating systems of the future — years ahead of schedule. The XML business Web is only now achieving the architecture that Lotus Notes laid down 15 years ago: message-oriented… Continue reading Groove 2.5

The high-tech trial of the future – I've spend the past few days in a trial that features lots of lawyers and lots of scanned images that are displayed on big screens.  I won't say more than it's a big class action case.

In my role as “technology anthropologist” I have a few observations.  First, many of the big shot lawyers are carrying Blackberrys and tap away furiously (no doubt some are sending messages to one another) during the trial.  Instant messaging would be a much better way to handle this (yeah, I know about the security stuff, but I'm just talking about what's possible).  And the Apple Rendezvous

The high-tech trial of the future – I've spend the past few days in a trial that features lots of lawyers and lots of scanned images that are displayed on big screens.  I won't say more than it's a big class action case. In my role as “technology anthropologist” I have a few observations.  First,… Continue reading

The high-tech trial of the future – I've spend the past few days in a trial that features lots of lawyers and lots of scanned images that are displayed on big screens.  I won't say more than it's a big class action case.

In my role as “technology anthropologist” I have a few observations.  First, many of the big shot lawyers are carrying Blackberrys and tap away furiously (no doubt some are sending messages to one another) during the trial.  Instant messaging would be a much better way to handle this (yeah, I know about the security stuff, but I'm just talking about what's possible).  And the Apple Rendezvous

Dell Quarterly Sales and Profit Jump Smartly

Dell Quarterly Sales and Profit Jump Smartly. Dell Computer reported strong quarterly gains in both sales and profits, demonstrating that it is largely immune from the travails of its rivals in the personal computer business. By Steve Lohr. [New York Times: Technology]

Is the Sun setting?

Is the Sun setting?. Cringely says: Cheap Intel and AMD hardware running Linux is going to kill Sun unless the company does something so stop it, which they aren't. Funny. I've been saying that for a few years now. I don't know how blind… [Jeremy Zawodny's blog]

All things Movable Type

All things Movable Type. Movable Type 2.6 is out. Here's what's new, and how to use it.  [dive into mark]

Business Week

Business Week.  Apple's Rendezvous is maturing nicely.  Self aware networks.  Combine Rendezvous with mesh wireless and your head starts to spin. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]

Servers / Clients/ Centralization

Servers / Clients/ Centralization.  The center of nowhere in particular Mitch Kapor blogs eloquently on the design issues that come with building a workgroup product for an organization. While the OSAF's Chandler is a P2P-based product at heart, and Mitch a decentralizer at heart, when it comes to big groups, servers become sort of important.… Continue reading Servers / Clients/ Centralization