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Documentation as an indicator of code quality

September 25, 2009

I often have to shunt around Lotus Domino databases, as well as all kinds of log files and bundles of XML data. I’ve got a cable modem connection to my home office, but still, uploads can take a while. So data compression is still important to me, and the newer LZMA algorithm can make a [...]

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Wolfram Alpha

July 13, 2009

The UI disaster that is Wolfram Alpha.

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Form design: You’re doing it wrong

October 2, 2008

The best way to lay out forms on the web.

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The disastrous Facebook redesign

September 19, 2008

Nobody likes the new Facebook. Here’s why.

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It’s 1975…

July 28, 2008

…and IBM is about to show you The Future!
A couple of things strike me about this set of presentation slides someone has found and scanned.
The first is that they clearly predate presentation software such as Powerpoint, and as such are mercifully free of the horrible stylistic habits such software has produced. Note how the slides [...]

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