Two quick thoughts on the new Google Finance secton that is being discussed so much online:
(1) After seeing Google Finance for the first time, our lead developer sent out an email pointing out that the stock graphs are fantastic. He’s right. Being able to drag the graphs,...
Continue ReadingOnce again, Microsoft delays the shipping date for Windows Vista. Is anyone even paying attention? A quick poke through the first few features mentioned on the marketing site is underwhelming. The interface has some nice visual effects, but it isn’t fundamentally different from what we’ve seen over the last decade....
Continue ReadingThere’s an article in Monday’s online Washington Post about the cherry blossom festival and the need for Japanese speakers to help out with increasing number of tourists from Japan. The picture is my son, Renny, who’s fluent in Japanese. But that’s not the point of this post. What’s interesting is when you look at the blogs that have commented on the article....
Continue ReadingA few days ago I stumbled across this great article via Slashdot about a musician named Sandi Thom, who in lieu of physically touring to support her new album, uses an online service called Streaming Tank instead to host a nightly concert. Initially I had visons of some online cable access show that had all of 3 viewers (think Wayne’s World),...
Continue ReadingJoel Spolsky, the guru behind Joel on Software, has a straightforward and on point definition of usability:
“Something is usable if it behaves exactly as expected.”
By that definition (and just about any other), the beta web search currently available off of Microsoft’s Live.com website isn’t usable....
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