June 2008

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• 06.24.08 | Posted By Bryan
  From Click and Drag to Tap and Sweep impressions, outside, review | (3)

  HP just released their TouchSmart Series of desktop PC to the consumer market. These all-in-one PCs feature a touch sensitive 22" widescreen monitor Which is designed to be the primary method of interaction. HP designed a software suite that allows users to access their information, music, pictures, TV and social networks through a multi-touch interface that emulates the tactile feel of the iPhone.
• 06.22.08 | Posted By jason kuhn
  AI or the real thing? impressions | (0)

  Could even robots know that the Eagles stink?
• 06.21.08 | Posted By jason kuhn
  NASA Uses Scriptaculous or 100 Companies and Their JavaScript Frameworks best practices, blog, brain monkey, impressions | (4)

  I was browsing the NASA website looking for panoramas of the Mars mission when i noticed that they had animated elements. Naturally, I coupled my curiosity with Firebug and the WebDev toolbar and discovered that they're using the Scriptaculous JavaScript framework. I asked Google what the top 100 companies to work for are and went to each website to see what they're using for their JavaScript/UI needs. Google told me that it's #1 and that it's above using 3rd party frameworks. Sometimes Google will tell you things that you already know. I want to focus primarily on JavaScript frameworks ONLY. I do ...
• 06.17.08 | Posted By Bryan
  Swarming with Data impressions, outside | (1)

  code_swarm is a very cool application created by Michael Ogawa that takes the history of changes to a software project and creates a video describing those changes over time. The videos remind me of watching a massive space battle in a sci-fi movie. The visualizations that code_swarm produces are not interactive, but they should be. It would be useful to have the ability to zoom into a particular area or toggle developers and file types on and off.I could also see this type of visualization being very useful in tracking personal or cooperate cash flow. You could watch money stream ...
• 06.12.08 | Posted By Lee
  Tables? Where were going we don’t need, tables. impressions, opinion, review | (2)

  Here we go. Much like the iPhone, this might kick off a big race to have the latest and greatest touchable gadget in your business. It is interesting to see how they are using surface at the casino. I would love to see some data connected to the metrics this is supposed to be tracking and processing. I would also love to see why Harrah's chose Microsoft rather then a smaller company. I understand the need for accountability in a situation like this, but in tough economic times I would think it would be a wiser investment to spread the ...
• 06.05.08 | Posted By jason kuhn
  Web Form Design Design, best practices, impressions, review | (1)

  I was looking into best form practices and I stumbled upon this PDF slide show which has a lot of information and examples of existing web-forms. It goes on to describe styling issues from content grouping to placement of labels and excessive visual noise. Why one thing might be better than another given the circumstances and application of the form. Also, it’s mostly pictures of forms with some bulleted slides here and there. I don’t know why he is an authority or what his credentials are, but some of his opinions make sense to me. Luke Wroblewski will be giving the ...

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