Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

Month: April 2006

  • Philadelphia

    Philadelphia Originally uploaded by sneezypb. I keep saying that one of these days I am going to scan my film pictures. So I bought a photo scanner. I’ve already done 5!

  • Once Through the Firewall

    Sites like eMessenger are often very useful. I once memorized the URLs to AOL’s and and Yahoo’s web-based IM clients. When I started keeping my bookmarks online that made it easier. Occasionally I have found myself needing to chat without being able to start up a client. For instance, going off to a training or…

  • Once Through the Firewall

    Sites like this are often very useful. I once memorized the URLs to AOL’s and and Yahoo’s web-based IM clients. When I started keeping my bookmarks online that made it easier. Occasionally I have found myself needing to chat without being able to start up a client. For instance, going off to a training or…

  • 10 Types of People

    10 Types of People, originally uploaded by sneezypb. “There are 10 types of people in the world; those who understand binary and those who don’t.” Its nice to have a Mom who encourages my geekliness. 🙂

  • UFO Seeker Hacker

    Poor guy. I am curious about how people come up with the figures they do about how much damage a hacker caused. My guess is whatever they spend to fix the problem. So… holes in computers they should have patched by didn’t or software they should have purchased but didn’t until the hacker caused the…

  • No Habla Internet Explorer

    Sorry, I don’t use Internet Explorer. I am not going to go crank up Internet explorer to get past your advertising gimick. Instead, I spent my money elsewhere. Yes, it cost me 5% more. Better that than waste my time at your web site.

  • Internet Elephant (in the Corner)

    In the web design and web application world, Internet Explorer is always the Elephant in the Corner. The most popular web browser is one of the more cantankerous and annoying web browsers to design HTML and JavaScript for use inside it. For a long time a few web designers have preached a need for Web…

  • The Importance of User Experience

    The Importance of User Experience, originally uploaded by soldierant. Bryce Glass’ diagram on usability and user experience.

  • Company Culture

    In this article, Rands describes the building of a company culture in getting a software product to 1.0. Company culture has become a topic of interest to me lately. In taking a new job in a place with a very different mindset, I want to better understand my component in this machine. Thoughts in my…