Is something usable, or is something useful?
Friday, August 15th, 2008 Posted in Usability | No Comments »One thing I've been reflecting on lately is how often I will use something because I find it incredibly useful - and yet in a lot of cases it's quite unusable. A potential reason for companies overlooking the importance of usability ...
Ancient Pompeii
Saturday, August 9th, 2008 Posted in Miscellaneous, Random link | No Comments »Forking street in ancient Pompeii, originally uploaded by gisleh. Check out the grooves worn into the roads in ancient Pompeii by the chariots. Apparently they were also subject to detours from roadwork, one-way streets and traffic jams. Darn New York Times and their ...
Georgia Tech?
Friday, August 8th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Can someone attending Georgia Tech please tell me why so many people from there are Googling "Tim Cederman"? :)
Random Wikipedia factoid of the day
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in Amusing, Random link | No Comments »Beer was prohibited in Iceland until 1989. This was too crazy a fact for me to just trust Wikipedia on. Sure enough: Beer was illegal in Iceland until 1989. Yes, this is not a misprint. Iceland, like the USA, underwent prohibition in ...
