Too close for missiles; switching to guns….

Navigating the changing IE landscape

Monday, October 18th, 2010 Posted in Design, Development | Comments Off

Now that the IE 9 beta is available, people have started popping up on some of the stats of a few of the websites I maintain, and this is proving to be just as troublesome as just about every other ...

Apple’s Magic Trackpad: Not Magic, just good

Sunday, September 19th, 2010 Posted in Blatherings, Geeking Out | Comments Off

I've been living with this thing on my desk for a couple of weeks now, and I think I like it. I bought the Apple Magic Trackpad because I like how the interaction on all my 'i' devices works. I ...

Windows virtual desktops: harder than it looks

Sunday, January 18th, 2009 Posted in Blatherings, Geeking Out | Comments Off

I have been living with my virtual desktops for a little more than week or so, at least consistently, and I have found that my initial infatuation with DeskSpace was blinded by lust. After running it for around 36 hours ...

Virtual desktops for Windows

Sunday, January 11th, 2009 Posted in Blatherings, Geeking Out | Comments Off

Ever since I started playing around with Ubuntu and was introduced to the awesomeness that is Beryl, I became addicted to having virtual desktops. I love the fact that I can do that on my Mac lappy and have multiple ...

New Microsoft ads beat the Mac ads: because they are nicer….

Friday, September 12th, 2008 Posted in Blatherings, Marketing | Comments Off

The two new Microsoft ads are engaging because of the strangely familiar interaction between Gates and Seinfeld, which really does read like an old Seinfeld episode (no real surprise there). They are also ambiguous enough to be entertaining rather than ...