Reinventing the interface
24 May 2009 04:52 pmhttp://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2009/05/05/RSSReadersModeledAfterEmailClientsAreFundamentallyBroken.aspx
Looking back at the time I’ve spent working on RSS Bandit, I realize there are a couple of features I added to attempt to glom the river of news model on top of an email based model for reading feeds. These features includeGosh, that sounds just like Usenet.
* the ability to mark all items as read after navigating away from a feed. This allows you to skim the interesting headlines then not have to deal with the “guilt” of not reading the rest of the items in the feed.
* a reading pane inspired by Google Reader where unread items are presented in a single flow and marked as read as you scroll past each item
...and having an interactive kiosk at city hall instead of a human receptionist is probably a reasonable way to save money.
But did they have to gender it?
http://www.cityofsancarlos.org/civica/press/display.asp?layout=1&Entry=480
But did they have to gender it?
http://www.cityofsancarlos.org/civica/press/display.asp?layout=1&Entry=480
"Carly appears in the center of a monopoly-board screen that offers a menu of city departments and services. The Virtual Receptionist is designed to greet visitors and provide much of the assistance a human used to offer.
Residents can access the kiosk via the touch screen monitor, by tapping on the icons that surround her, gaining access to valuable information including department phone numbers and directions to the many city hall offices. In addition, when you click on Carly she begins talking and explaining what services are on the first floor and the second floor, and what services the city provides.
A couple of my friends do radio shows that are streamed live on the Internet, but they happen at times I usually can't listen, and they aren't archived for copyright reasons.
Is there any Mac software that works like a VCR for streaming audio, that would let me set a timer to record the shows so I could listen later?
(I suppose that would be against the copyright rules too.)
Is there any Mac software that works like a VCR for streaming audio, that would let me set a timer to record the shows so I could listen later?
(I suppose that would be against the copyright rules too.)
Not crossposted.
The fonts on comment pages are too small for me to comfortably read. I can manually increase the size of the fonts in my browser, but I get sick of doing that for every page.
I have the appropriate setting checked (Comment Pages: View comment pages from your Reading Page in your own style) but comment pages are not displayed in my style. They are displayed in the Site Scheme style.
Is there any way for me to either
1. Get comment pages in my style
2. Change the colors and fonts of the Site Scheme?
If not are there plans to fix this?
The fonts on comment pages are too small for me to comfortably read. I can manually increase the size of the fonts in my browser, but I get sick of doing that for every page.
I have the appropriate setting checked (Comment Pages: View comment pages from your Reading Page in your own style) but comment pages are not displayed in my style. They are displayed in the Site Scheme style.
Is there any way for me to either
1. Get comment pages in my style
2. Change the colors and fonts of the Site Scheme?
If not are there plans to fix this?
(Also another test of dreamwidth crossposting feature)
From a comment posted in James Nicoll's LJ here.
What I want to know is whether authors are getting more royalties due to there being no way to pass DRM'd e-books on to additional readers the way you can pass on a paper book.
I have my doubts, but if it turned out to be true I would consider getting one of the e-book readers.
(I'm buying as few books as possible because I have absolutely no space left in my house for books. The ones that don't come off my to-read shelf, I get from the library.)
From a comment posted in James Nicoll's LJ here.
What I want to know is whether authors are getting more royalties due to there being no way to pass DRM'd e-books on to additional readers the way you can pass on a paper book.
I have my doubts, but if it turned out to be true I would consider getting one of the e-book readers.
(I'm buying as few books as possible because I have absolutely no space left in my house for books. The ones that don't come off my to-read shelf, I get from the library.)
The OH wrote elsewhere:
http://www.speakeasy.net/press/pr/pr032707.php
So Speakeasy just got bought out by Best Buy. Ewwww! I'm not changingPress release here:
immediately, but I'd like some current recommendations for broadband
choices in the SF Bay Area. We prefer non-cable but are willing to
consider anything reliable at this point (we currently do not have a
cable hookup).
http://www.speakeasy.net/press/pr/pr032707.php
The OH wrote elsewhere:
http://www.speakeasy.net/press/pr/pr032707.php
So Speakeasy just got bought out by Best Buy. Ewwww! I'm not changingPress release here:
immediately, but I'd like some current recommendations for broadband
choices in the SF Bay Area. We prefer non-cable but are willing to
consider anything reliable at this point (we currently do not have a
cable hookup).
http://www.speakeasy.net/press/pr/pr032707.php
calling Mystery Case File fans
22 Mar 2007 01:04 pmFor those of you who are fans of the Mystery Case Files game genre (where you locate objects hidden in an image), they've come out with a new type of game in the same genre, called Travelogue 360 Paris. One difference is that the image is larger and scrolls (so you can't see all the objects you need at once).
I haven't played it yet; I just got a notice about it from one of the sites that carries it, BigFishGames.
I haven't played it yet; I just got a notice about it from one of the sites that carries it, BigFishGames.
calling Mystery Case File fans
22 Mar 2007 01:04 pmFor those of you who are fans of the Mystery Case Files game genre (where you locate objects hidden in an image), they've come out with a new type of game in the same genre, called Travelogue 360 Paris. One difference is that the image is larger and scrolls (so you can't see all the objects you need at once).
I haven't played it yet; I just got a notice about it from one of the sites that carries it, BigFishGames.
I haven't played it yet; I just got a notice about it from one of the sites that carries it, BigFishGames.
Thoughts on reading this post by
jackwilliambell via
supergee; the former post includes a link to this article from USA Today (warning, Firefox told me it tried to give me pop-ups):
"This is the Google side of your brain"
I find it interesting that the USA Today article doesn't make the connection between the usefulness of search engines and the aging of the population. More often than before, words and facts I used to know temporarily go missing. If I'm at my computer, I can look 'em up again.
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"This is the Google side of your brain"
I find it interesting that the USA Today article doesn't make the connection between the usefulness of search engines and the aging of the population. More often than before, words and facts I used to know temporarily go missing. If I'm at my computer, I can look 'em up again.
Thoughts on reading this post by
jackwilliambell via
supergee; the former post includes a link to this article from USA Today (warning, Firefox told me it tried to give me pop-ups):
"This is the Google side of your brain"
I find it interesting that the USA Today article doesn't make the connection between the usefulness of search engines and the aging of the population. More often than before, words and facts I used to know temporarily go missing. If I'm at my computer, I can look 'em up again.
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"This is the Google side of your brain"
I find it interesting that the USA Today article doesn't make the connection between the usefulness of search engines and the aging of the population. More often than before, words and facts I used to know temporarily go missing. If I'm at my computer, I can look 'em up again.