Posted on July 5th, 2008 by Jobe Roberts
Last time it was Yahoo swallowing Flickr, now my YouTube & Google accounts have been linked to the collective.
Um, ok. Now what? What exactly just happened? Don’t worry, they’ve simply merged the member databases and now you can probably share information between the sites. Oh, and by the way your gMail contacts can see [...]
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Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
This is a wonderful email uncovered by Seattle PI and Usability News… a usability related rant from Bill.
“I tried scoping to Media stuff. Still no moviemaker. I typed in movie. Nothing. I typed in movie maker. Nothing.
So I gave up and sent mail to Amir saying - where is this Moviemaker download? [...]
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Posted on July 1st, 2008 by Jobe Roberts
It would seem that the local corner store is running out of my new favourite drink from the Coca-Cola company. Nestea Vitao comes in the following flavours:
Green Tea and Fuji Apple
Red Tea and Acai Blueberry
White Tea and Mandarin Orange
This is probably a good thing that the store is running out, since it has inspired [...]
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Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
Here’s a great example of a wonderful web2.0 logo ruined by the “need” for a useless tagline, and the ominous Beta designation.
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Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
There’s eight food groups that really count!
Toys - Corn - Butter - Beer - Music - Steaks - Cakes - Apple.
In that order!
via Engrish
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Posted on June 17th, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
Registering at a new social net site can be frustrating when your well-known tag/ID/handle/nick is already taken. “hey, someone else has Mitch69???” DANG!
Even offline, the issue of nicks can be contentious! In Wichita Kansas, C-Thug is a very sought-after nickname!
Sgt. Lem Moore said in a police briefing this afternoon that [...]
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Posted on June 16th, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
Using its Terms and Conditions as an excuse, Microsoft is deleting any XBox gametags (aka userids) containing the word “gay”. As reported by WebGuild, Microsoft explains that its platform is meant to be an inclusive and safe environment. This means Richard Gaywood (his real legal name) has to create a new [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
This morning, I’ve been nagged by two questions.
Question 1. Are software developers zombies?
According to Wikipedia,
modern zombies come in mobs and waves, seeking either flesh to eat or people to kill or infect. Typically, they show signs of physical decomposition such as rotting flesh, discolored eyes, and open wounds, and move with a slow, shambling [...]
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Posted on May 27th, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
The old adage is that data is never wrong, but its interpretation may be left to “interpretation” is a good analogy to many software systems. Back ends spew out data. Middle layers sort through it. The UI layer displays it and sometimes tries to make sense of it… Trouble is… [...]
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Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by Mitch Brisebois
This morning, I got an interesting email from a dazzling woman named Melinda Hathaway from GroundUpAdvertising. She wanted to purchase ad space on SensoryMetrics. But…we don’t do ads here. Then I checked out GroundUp… They have four lovely ladies working as advertisers. Troubling thing about those profile pictures though… [...]
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