Many people use the email address given to them by their employer or ISP, but this can cause problems. If you change jobs or ISP’s then your email address will no longer work and friends, family and business contacts will no longer be able to get in touch with you. Chris Brogan today wrote a [...]
Archive for February, 2008
UI Testing and Screen Recording Software
February 27th, 2008
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In reading a recent blog post from Coding Horrors about listening to your users, it got me thinking: Could software companies utilize screen recording software to analyze user interaction? What I envision is users record their computer desktops while using the software. The resulting movie is sent back to the software company to analyze and [...]
PodCamp and Democamp
February 26th, 2008
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What a weekend it has been with Podcamp on the weekend and Democamp last night. Over the last 3 days I have met some great people from Toronto and beyond. I have taken in so much information my head is still buzzing but I am slowly starting to wind down. To start with Podcamp was [...]
Wii Therapy
February 25th, 2008
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Wired recently wrote an article on how the Nintendo Wii is being used by hospitals for physical therapy. Some call it “Wiihabilitation.” Nintendo’s Wii video game system, whose popularity already extends beyond the teen gaming set, is fast becoming a craze in rehab therapy for patients recovering from strokes, broken bones, surgery and even combat [...]
You used Perl for what?
February 18th, 2008
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Over at CIO.com I found an interesting article which describes the best and worst uses for Perl. Every programming language has its strengths…and its weaknesses. We identify five tasks for which perl is ideally suited, and four that…well, really, shouldn’t you choose something else? There are exceptions to every rule but in general this article [...]
Fun Friday: Corner Chaos
February 15th, 2008
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If you haven’t already figured it out, I enjoy puzzle games. I would buy every puzzle game on the market if I could afford both the monetary cost and the productivity lost. So instead of paying for the full game, I download the demo and try it out. If the game is really good I [...]
Drobo Storage Robot
February 11th, 2008
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Data Robotics has come out with a nifty external storage solution which I only just heard about. If you are looking for expandable external storage without the hassles of drive management then the Drobo would be an excellent solution for you. As they say on their website: Avoid the hassles associated with managing multiple external [...]
Fun Friday: Galder
February 8th, 2008
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The rules for this game are simple, the scoring easy to figure out but the real challenge is to be able to plan ahead. Check this out for a break from work for an hour or a day. It took me three games to figure out that you need to remove as many gems at [...]
News without a Television
February 6th, 2008
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I don’t own a television and I don’t have a newspaper subscription. These two things amaze some people and they usually ask the same question: How do you get your news? Well, I have two simple ways in which I get my news, most of which is more relevant to me than anything on television [...]
Typical Mac User
February 4th, 2008
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Typical mac user is podcast run by Victor Cajiao who switched to the Mac platform a couple of years ago and has been podcasting his experience learning the Mac. The show covers a wide range of topics as he will talk about what interests him that week. Not ever week may be of interest to [...]
