January 2010
9 posts
“New Worlders have no reason to be gun-shy about loading up their device with...”
– http://stevenf.tumblr.com/post/359224392/i-need-to-talk-to-you-about-computers-ive-been about the iPad.
“The government likes to tout the number of jobs that have been created or saved...”
– Opinion piece by Ron Paul at http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/25/paul.stimulus.waste/index.html?hpt=C2
This review of the economy seems sane. However, I would like to hear some debate from other economists.
“It’s a new car with a couple bells and whistles, but it’s still...”
– Mattman on his new Windows installation.
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Rails link_on with prompt
Early this morning I was working on the http://thealpinetrainingcenter.com website, something I love to do because it is used by real users.
One of the things I do on this Rails based website is allow the owner, my friend Connie, to administer pages with a secret key. This is an easy way for her to change content on the website. I needed a way for her to delete records with a link but I...
My new software manifesto
My friend Matt-man recently got angry and posted something like the following which I am re-writing as my software usability manifesto:
Attention retarded assholes who make software:
If you don’t particularly like people and/or are extremely shitty at explaining things to people then for love of Christ do not take a job where you make software for real users. That is all. Now go back to your...