Archive for January, 2007

w850i and the mobile Gmail app
Thursday, January 18th, 2007

I finally reached the end of my tether with Orange and their customer service, continued cold calling from mobile phones, dreadful cattle-market style shops, and lack of knowledge of their sales staff. I was also paying over £100 a month for the everyday 50 plan which is about 9 years old now. It has only [...]

links for 2007-01-17
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

the 200ok weblog: two weeks on twitter
Very interesting post about the uses and behaviour of Twitter
(tags: social network review)

danwebb.net - Scripting Essentials
Dan Web’s personal scripts as a library of essentials
(tags: javascript web2.0 tools)

Screencast Guide: Tools for screencasting in Linux.
Screencasting for Linux
(tags: tools software reference linux howto tutorial)

CSS Importâ„¢ | The CSS Gallery
Design inspiration
(tags: interface design [...]

links for 2007-01-16
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

It Ought To Be Simple: I’m an Idiot…
Brilliantly written witty article on why your users arent stupid for not understanding software with usability problems.
(tags: interface usability tech software)

ACM: Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice
a code of practice for conducting behaviour according to ethics and professiobnalism
(tags: programming reference software standards howto)

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Upcoming geek fun and frivolities
Monday, January 15th, 2007

So there looks to be a particularly busy period of fun things to do as a geek in and around London! Not being so close to the capital I won’t be going to all of them but, for your information I thought I would briefly sum up some of the happenings. The first of which [...]

links for 2007-01-13
Saturday, January 13th, 2007

Multi-Touch Interaction Research
Bi-manual, multi-point, and multi-user interactions on a graphical display surface.
(tags: usability interface interaction)

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links for 2007-01-12
Friday, January 12th, 2007

FreeMind - free mind mapping software
This looks really useful
(tags: documentation education graphics java software tools)

Ubuntu sugar cookies
Im not sure what a sugar cookie is but Im all for trying to make Ubuntu cookies!
(tags: cooking howto recipes Recipe reference Food ubuntu linux geek tech)

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links for 2007-01-10
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

How to write a proper CV and get hired as a web developer - Wait till I come!
Christian Heilmann shares tips for web developers on how to find a job worth having
(tags: programming webdesign employment)

Linking a word automatically
While serverside solutions are preferable for this sort of thing, this is a nice JS solution should you [...]

links for 2007-01-09
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
(tags: art design usability howto guide)

A List Apart: Style Guide
(tags: guide standards writing)

Web 2.0 how-to design style guide
(tags: design reference tutorial webdesign guide howto)

What Does 200 Calories Look Like?
A visual que for geeks on a diet
(tags: cooking diet geek)

Web-Sites of the Month: December 2006 | Smashing Magazine
Fantastic collection of web [...]

links for 2007-01-08
Monday, January 8th, 2007

28 chapters
A fun project for all amature filmakers across the world. One film with 28 chapters, each made by a different film maker
(tags: video entertainment)

geo - Microformats
Something I must look into at some point, now on the shelf of things to play with …
(tags: geography microformats map html)

BBC - Radio 4 - Working from Home [...]