If you’ve ever seen my Facebook profile, you already know that I basically don’t watch television (much to the chagrin…
Firefly: every page a chat room?
Lately, I’ve been checking out a newish web app called Firefly. It’s a simple chat script that enables people to…
[GUEST POST] Listening & the pattern
Dan Rockwell is a User Experience Researcher at Lextant. [BACK STORY: I met Dan at BarCamp Ohio and started following…
Yelp: is your library in there?
There are a lot of online review sites. But one in particular is hitting the mainstream and has made the…
Short and sweet…URLs
Sometimes, URLs can be insanely long. For example: http://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.com/ Or: http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032301951%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e Yes, both real. Both annoying. And, if you try…
Bluetooth: Look ma, no cables
Perhaps when you hear the word “Bluetooth,” the first image to spring to mind is that of a Bluetooth headset?…