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Aug 11, 2003
iRooster

eSellerate

The Mac OS X shareware application that I have been working on, iRooster, is done. Well, that is, except for the lovely business of integrating the eSellerate engine into it. I have to say, the eSellerate people have been really cool, and really h...

Aug 10, 2003
Usability and UI Design

Linux Usability Disasters

The single most irritating type of comment I ever read on Slashdot is the “but we should stop copying Windows and invent our own unique, better user interface!” This bothers me to no end. I honestly cannot believe that the Linux community will dev...

Aug 10, 2003
Usability and UI Design

KDE Usability Gripes

Just for fun, let’s look over the KDE screenshot from before. Issues: What in the world is “aRTs?” Why would I want to enable or disable full duplex operation? Hell, I spent four years getting a computer science degree, and I have no clue he...

Aug 09, 2003
Mac OS X

Rendezvous

If I ever meet Stuart Cheshire, I am going to buy him a beer. I was bored to tears at work today – I completed the project that I’ve been working on a couple days ago, and everyone I work with is gone so I can’t get any feedback – so I started pu...

Aug 08, 2003
Zoon Politikon

A Minnesotan' Take On Arnold

So, unless you’ve been living under a rock since Wednesday you have heard that Arnold is running for governor of California. Considering that I had the good fortune to be a subject of Jesse Ventura until recently, I think that I have a pretty good...