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Away with Applications: The Death of Desktop

There is a great talk that went up on Google Videos earlier this month called Away with Applications: The Death of Deskop. In it the speaker, Aza Raskin points out that no work is carried out actually using the computers desktop. He also points out the failing of desktop applications, that you frequently need to [...]

Posted 15 May 2007 † Pete § Tech § videos ‡ Comments (0) °

My volatile relationship with Javascript

I started work in web development in 2004 at this point in time JavaScript was hugely unpopular in terms of web trends, this is probably because it was mostly used for annoying pop-ups, animations and whole list of other horrendous Internet crimes. I can recall having a King Herod style culling of all JavaScript from [...]

Posted 20 March 2007 † Pete § Tech § Website Development § javascript ‡ Comments (3) °

The Paradox of Choice: Less is More

There’s a superb talk over on Google Videos of Barry Schwartz speaking about “The Paradox of Choice”. He covers how we are faced with far too many choices on a daily basis in modern life and how often increased choice leads to greater dissatisfaction. The talk is filled with some compelling evidence and some amusing [...]

Posted 08 March 2007 † Pete § Tech ‡ Comments (0) °

The 100% Easy-2-Read Standard (if you can find it)

I read a great Article on how to design websites so they’re easy to read and aesthetically pleasing yesterday on informationarchitects.jp. I was going to do a short post linking to the article and a few of their others I found especially good, however the article seems to have disappeared from their site! They obviously [...]

Posted 06 February 2007 † Pete § Tech § accessibility § css § web design ‡ Comments (0) °