Monthly Archives: February 2007
Come to my SXSW panel on user interface consistency
At this year‘s SXSW Interactive festival, I’ll be moderating the panel Getting to Consistency: Don’t Make Your Users Think. The blurb: Predictable and consistent software is much easier to use. This session explores interface consistency, examples of consistency failures and … Continue reading
thoughts on code
“The best code you have is the code you didn’t write.” “Legacy code is any code without tests.” (likely paraphrasing Michael Feathers)
Address Book AppleScript example
Here’s a simple AppleScript that exports all of the email addresses in your Mac OS X address book as a comma-separated list: p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 41.6px; text-indent: -41.7px; font: 12.0px Verdana} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 83.2px; text-indent: … Continue reading
Hilarious Ellen DeGeneres excerpt
Ellen picks up the phone and calls 88-year-old Gladys Hardy of Austin, Texas, who proceeds to steal the show. Then, she calls her again:
Anya Marina house concert photos
Eric Carter and Enric Teller posted some photos of last month’s fantastic Anya Marina house concert.
Windows Vista upgrade decision flowchart
Windows Vista upgrade decision flowchart
yellow homefried potatoes
Jeff Potter‘s yellow potatoes miniature potatoes paprika cumin oregano salt & pepper a little bit of cayenne pepper turmeric wash potatoes. cut into chunks. coat with mixture. cook over low heat in frypan until potatoes are tender.