Why Are Good User Interfaces So Hard to Make? By Microsoft in 1999. Why does MSDN still use frames?
Worst Interface Ever
The Worst Interface Ever, self destruct your Lexus while traveling around the country doing usability seminars.
Elected President
If I am elected President… Promises from a man you can trust.
More Synergy
Synergy seems to work a lot better with Windows as a server than Mac OS X. Before I was experiencing weird bugs, like the there was no 8 on my numpad. When I pressed 7 8 9 it would print 7 9 9
. Alt+tab didn’t work from the Apple keyboard, something about the Apple key not quite being the equivilent of ctrl. Anyway the deal breaker was it was taking far to long to get the mouse from monitor one to monitor four, especially when I was, for example doing email on 4 and chatting on 1. The obvious solution is to loop the displays so when I go to the edge of 4 it takes me back to the beginning of 1. I couldn’t get this to work and on a whim I started up Synergy as a server on one of the PCs and all the old problems have gone away.
Old Z About
Rate My…
Rate My Network Diagram.com. Hat tip: Noah Slater.
TextMate
TextMate is the hot new editor for OS X. I’m working on a new project which is very code heavy and repetitive and this might be just the thing. I haven’t found an editor I love on OS X yet, I’ve just been using SubEthaEdit in the interim. What’s even cooler, of course, is that they’re using WordPress for their Textmate blog. I’ll buy the software just for that.
WP Blacklist
Pardon His Icons
JZ Presents: Pardon My Icons, nothing to do with web development, but this is how I first came across Zeldman’s site.
Download Stats
WordPress 1.2 was downloaded over a hundred thousand times. About two-thirds of that was through the new download system where we can track stats better. It’ll be interesting to see the download rate of 1.2.1 (and subsequently 1.3).
WP 1.2.1
WordPress 1.2.1, bug and security fix.
6A Funding
Six Apart finds a pot full of VC Dollars. Good for them.
Blue Blog Design
Keith is giving away a great blog design to the most worthy taker. I suggested GPLing it in the comments and that seems to have picked up some momentum. Just a warning if Keith decides to host it himself: blog templates can use a lot of bandwidth. I know Kubrick gets a ton of traffic.
Another Beaut
A really nice looking WordPress site, Phono Phunk. Lots of details in the design and CSS, subtle and effective.
WordPress Category Map
WordPress Category Map in the style of extisp.icio.us.
Product Weblogs
Guide to product weblogs, well-written and thourough.
Kathy
Happy Birthday to Kathy. Big 30.
Tungsten T5
Palm launches the Tungsten T5 Handheld with 256mb storage and Bluetooth. Neat, can function as USB drive.
Eric Meyer – Pro?
Eric Meyer is featured on Apple Pro. “Have you noticed web pages loading a bit faster than usual? You might thank Eric Meyer.” Eric revels here. Interesting tidbit: If you look at the client list, in addition to AOL (I wonder what he’s doing there?) they list Apple itself as a Complex Spiral client. Did he have a hand in this quiet revolution on their site?
Alexa Web Services
Alexa Web Info Service, from the people who brought you the excellent Amazon Web Service. Update: Alexa itself isn’t new, but all its data being available through an API like Google’s or Technorati’s is.