Archive for the 'Web' Category



A Very Unique Clock

03Jun07

An Actionscript (Flash) programmer who has a blog called ‘PixelBreaker‘ has built a very clever clock that uses a polar plot to show the passing of time. Here’s a capture, with a link to the real thing: A great example of good information design, if there ever was one. I’m thinking that it might be [...]

Quickly Explaining Tech in Plain English

01Jun07

A web site called Common Craft has been doing a nice service for us techie types by producing clever little videos that explain some rather arcane subjects like RSS: And now they have a new video that explains the concept of Wikis and why you would use one: They are well done, and charming the [...]

Contactability Versus SPAMbots: What to do?

28Feb07

Here’s an issue that both touches on usability, as well as this blog itself: A visitor to this blog noted the lack of contact information (such as my email address) in plain view. My answer to him was that this is partly on purpose. As many people know, when you leave your email address on [...]