http://zaissianlogic.com Thu, 15 May 2008 17:24:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My recent free time has found me cleaning, organizing, and tackling projects that have been on the back burner for far too long. Top on that last list: Cataloging and posting my pictures from my trip to Spain with Shipra last September. Even though it's old news by now, some of ... http://zaissianlogic.com/general/2008/05/spain-8-months-late/ It's been a while since my last update, but some pretty substantial stuff has been going on in the interim. First and foremost, I'm changing things up professionally (again): Starting the day after Memorial Day, I'll be returning to Microsoft's Developer Division to continue my usability research work. It was a ... http://zaissianlogic.com/design/2008/05/future-bits-past-bits/ This will likely be fixed in no time, but the irony was too much to ignore. Jakob Nielsen released his Alertbox just a few moments ago, implying in the summary that, of all the bad design decisions a company can make, those around content are the most costly: Bad content, bad links, ... http://zaissianlogic.com/design/2008/04/the-criticality-of-content/ I so called this one. So I'm walking out the door today, and as I go to turn off the TV, I see the e*Trade talking baby commercial. Just before I turn it off, I heard something that didn't jive with what I had heard the 10 times I added the ... http://zaissianlogic.com/branding/2008/04/etrade-starts-to-backpedal/ Yes, I know it's been a couple weeks. It's actually been a big couple of weeks, but more on recent developments coming soon. In the meantime, my 12 half-written blog posts were giving me the evil eye, so yet again, I've returned to my neglected blog. http://zaissianlogic.com/general/2008/04/portfolio-banking-and-other-tidbits/ In general, I'm not a fan of wikis. I appreciate them as a collaboration tool, but I think their usability leaves something to be desired. However, six months ago, I decided that I needed a place online to keep notes, elaborate on ideas, and keep track of to do lists ... http://zaissianlogic.com/design/2008/03/what-happened-to-stikipad/ At the end of my review of Spaces yesterday, I mentioned an article over at 37signals. Like me, David identified the need to open separate application windows on different spaces, without being torn from one space to another. I followed his link to Mac OS X hints, and adjusted the Dock ... http://zaissianlogic.com/design/2008/03/getting-spaces-to-behave-slightly-better-using-mozilla-prism/ I've been excited about the prospect of Spaces for quite some time. Perfect for someone who wants to multi-task: I can have one space for email and chatting, another for blogging and photos, and still another (or two or three) for side projects. Brilliant! In some cases, applications will be nicely ... http://zaissianlogic.com/design/2008/03/leopard-chronicles-part-4-app-centric-spaces/ OK this incident was just freaky. Whilst I'm freaking out and asking Julian to help me recover my iTunes library, I was noticing that none of my IM emoticons were showing up. Instead, I just got the standard Apple "I don't know what this image is" question mark: Perplexed, I decided ... http://zaissianlogic.com/design/2008/03/leopard-chronicles-part-3-adium-i-do-believe-i-failed-you/ Shame on me for believing Apple when they say that their new Leopard OS "works with the software and accessories you already have." I've already mentioned that Leopard didn't play so nicely with Safari. It turns out that it doesn't play well with iTunes either. http://zaissianlogic.com/design/2008/03/leopard-chronicles-part-2-re-upgrading-itunes/