March 2006 Entries

03.29.2006

Internet Adoption Plateaus in North America; Dependency Continues to Grow

While internet adoption may be slowing, dependence on it continues to grow , according to the latest Ipsos Insight's latest study, The Face of the Web. [+]

03.28.2006

Nice Collection of CSS sites

A fairly deep, well-curated collection of CSS layout and tutorial sites: Layout-palooza : Top CSS Layout Download Sites, Hacks, Galleries and Tricks from eConsultant. Too bad it doesn't have an RSS feed to notify users if/when new links are added. [+]

03.28.2006

Usability for Geezers

Tips on improving usability for web users aged 60+. Improve Usability for Older Users [Usability and Information Architecture]. [+]

03.25.2006

Rounded Corners Reloaded

A big list of tutorials on CSS rounded corners CSS Rounded Corners 'Roundup' from Smiley Cat Web Design. Added 26 March 2006: Generate anti-aliased rounded corners using CSS only without images or javascript using Spiffy Corners. [+]

03.22.2006

Latest Version of NetNewsWire Lite Released

Just announced: Ranchero Software: NetNewsWire Lite 2.1b18 released today... [+]

03.22.2006

Publish and Prosper: Blogging for Your Business

I had the great pleasure of being a co-panelist with DL Byron at last week's SXSW panel, "Does Your Blog Have a Business?". A designer and entrepreneur, he has co-authored... [+]

03.20.2006

Blog Boo-Boo

A quick note of thanks to Derek Sisson of Site Design: Designing in Quality for pointing out a typo (potfolio) in my Works section. Note to self: updating a site at 4am is not a good idea. [+]

03.14.2006

SXSWi 2006: Does Your Blog Have a Business

Thanks to those of you who attended the panel. And thanks, too, for the copious notes from the panel discussion from Rands in Repose and Auscillate! I also wanted to provide the link to Clay Shirky's essay on Situated Software... [+]

03.10.2006

SXSWi 2006: Day Zero

Austin, TX, March 10. I almost had a good night's sleep after having arrived in Austin, March 9 feeling wired and sleep-deprived from having just taken an out-of-state trip the day before. "Almost" because my hotel decided to test the alarm system early in the morning... [+]

03.10.2006

MSFT Origami

Microsoft finally released official product shots of the much-ballyhooed Ultra-Mobile PC (aka Origami Project). Ultra compact computing: great idea. Execution: butt-ugly... [+]

03.07.2006

Economics: The Abridged Version

I don't really watch SNL. However, I do remember one skit in particular with Father Guido Sarducci on Economics 101. Basically, according to him, all you need to know about economics can be summed up by the laws of supply and demand. Joel Spolsky has come up with an equally funny lesson on how to set pricing for your software: Joel on Software - Camels and Rubber Duckies... [+]

03.06.2006

The Case for Simplification

Complexity causes 50% of product returns, according to scientist Elke den Ouden in her thesis findings. On average, American consumers spend about 20 minutes trying to figure out how to work a new device before they give up... [+]

03.06.2006

Sitening SEO Tools

Free SEO tools from Sitening SEO Tools [+]

03.05.2006

Sanscons Icon Set

Nicely executed bitmap icons for general web/blog functions are available for free download and use at Sanscons: SOME RANDOM DUDE. Aside from being free, these icons' background colors can easily be customized via CSS. Nice work!... [+]

03.01.2006

SimplifierLab's RSS Feed

For some reason, my FeedBurner feed started acting up and kept prompting subscribers for a username and password so I switched to FeedBlender to manage my aggregated blog feed. Somehow I wound up with the feed number 666.... [+]