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User Interface Fundamentals
Lately, I've seen a lot of user interface designs that just don't work. Sure, they look pretty - but they aren't usable. The designers think their designs are wonderful, and don't seem to grasp why they won't work or what basic principles they have violated. I tried to find some documentation on the fundamentals of user interfaces to help them ( Read more... ) -
Tagged Butterflies?
Ok, I've seen plenty of tagged birds, and a few tagged deer, but until today I don't think I'd even heard of tagged butterflies. ( Photos and details behind the cut ) -
Why do we put up with bad software?
When I look at a lot of the popular software today, I really wonder why people use it. Much of it is slow, bloated, bug ridden, constantly crashing, difficult to use, and with the features you need hidden or only half implemented. And I'm not talking about just desktop applications - it's Operating Systems, cell phones, ATMs (a Blue Screen on the ( Read more... ) -
Over-reaction City
OMG Boston! There are these boxes all over the city, and they've got blinking lights! Some of them blink yellow, some blink red, and some blink in a pattern of yellow, red, green, yellow, red, green! And they're all over the city, practically on every street corner! Some of them have wires, and some of them are in groups hanging on poles above ( Read more... ) -
Software Lessons from Lego
Bear with me a moment, I'm going to try and explain a computer science problem by analogy.
Lessons from Lego
When I was young I would build anything I imagined from Lego(R). I had the small, generic blocks - and lots of them. Because they were so simple, because they connected so easily - I could build anything. Ok, so not all the edges were ( Read more... ) -
I liked "Dark Matter" better when it was called "The Luminiferous Aether"
I've been trying to keep up with modern physics and astrophysics ( Read more... ) -
Curious
Why is it that when I post pictures, nobody has any comments? -
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Today I went out to Calero Resevoir, to the stables and trails on the back side of the park. It was a bit warm, and all the high weeds are now turning into VERY dry tinder -- which the wild turkeys have stomped down nicely, and the horses have eaten all that they can reach. I saw a pair of golden eagles (also could have been immature bald eagles ( Read more... ) -
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My cousin Jenifer was in town for a few days and we went up to the Palo Alto Baylands to photograph some of the local wildlife. Unfortunately, we found out that the visitor center has cut back their hours and is closed completely on Mondays. We hiked around a little, and found some of the local swallows sitting still for a change (normally they ( Read more... )
