Posts Tagged ‘ web ’

I’m not sure if Big Brother’s peering out at us right now through our LCD monitors. Or maybe it’s just Little Brother, but when it’s Google and Verizon … it’s big enough. Net neutrality is a core concept underpinning the foundations of the entire internet. Everything that goes through the “pipes” is treated equally:...
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I can’t believe how shockingly bad some major companies are when it comes to user interface design. These days there are just so many resources out there, so many knowledgeable people, and testing is so easy to do … there’s just no excuse for really horrible, hostile user interfaces. Exhibit #1 Notice the empty...
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Everyone who builds or designs for the web should read Fred Wilson’s 10 Golden Principles of Successful Web Apps. Fred is a venture capitalist at Union Square Ventures in New York, and writes the not-very-creatively-named A VC blog. Check the full article for all the details … but here are the main points: Speed...
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Usability is like cooking: everybody needs the results, anybody can do it reasonably well with a bit of training, and yet it takes a master to produce a gourmet outcome. One of the discount usability movement’s basic tenets is that we need a drastic expansion in the amount of usability work done in the...
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“The budget was about 20 percent of what we normally would charge,” said Greer. “After one meeting with the client, almost all our communication was by e-mail. The script was developed and approved using a collaborative tool provided by www.box.net. Internally, we all could look at the script no matter where we were, make...
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FourSquare is an up-and-coming social web app that provides context to place and people, allowing you to: Find your friends Get points and badges Discover cool things to do To all those who are endlessly plugging it – many people in the web2.0, social media sphere – I have a few questions: Do you...
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Interesting, however, that the agent on the case has a Yahoo! email address … in China.
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As I first saw on Twitter, the WWW is 20 years old today. It’s hard to believe that something so ubiquitous and useful and … essential is only 20 years old. I mean, I wouldn’t have a job if it weren’t for the web, and that’s probably true of millions of people today. Around...
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I signed up for a Windows Live Messenger account this morning and was struck by the infrequently asked questions: The title says frequently asked questions, but they’re obviously not. They’re actually questions Microsoft wishes people would ask … What ordinary person – Joe in the warehouse, Betty in accounting – has ever asked: How...
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From the Google blog: We’ve known it for a long time: the web is big. The first Google index in 1998 already had 26 million pages, and by 2000 the Google index reached the one billion mark. Over the last eight years, we’ve seen a lot of big numbers about how much content is...
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UPDATE Feb 21: pls note Trisha’s gracious reply below … I can’t believe believe people are still sending out link exchange requests: Hello, Recently I contacted you regarding a link exchange request. I was hoping that you’ve had the time to review this request and consider my proposal. We are developing a reciprocal link...
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If you ever needed a visual explanation of how marketing can shoot itself in the foot, see this: First line: PROFESSIONAL WEB HOSTING (emphasis added) Third line: Starting at $4.95/mo (emphasis added) . . . . . . ‘Nuff said.
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Job warehouse Monster has had an ongoing security nightmare, with hackers infiltrating the database and pilfering usernames, passwords, and email addresses with which to launch phishing attacks.The worst part? Monster doesn’t know how bad the problem is! From an email sent to me this morning (note the bolded portion): As you may be aware,...
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March 22 note added: I’ve been in touch with the owner of Motiono.com and we’ve resolved our differences amicably. The DMCA takedown notice has been removed.
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