Since I’ve read the book “The Humane Interface” by user interface pioneer Jef Raskin, I’ve tried to follow his accomplishments. I was sad to learn that early versions of ‘THE’ (The Humane Environment) were quite disappointing — not so much in innovation but rather in quality and maturity. It was even more sad to read in in [...]
At home, we’re enjoying working on a brand new PC. Since I never got the NetVista X40 fixed completely, an upgrade was way overdue. This is actually my first ‘all-new’ computer. My previous expenses never went above €150. Which basically means that I’d seen enough reliability and compatibility woes for quite a while. I had some [...]
Code debuggen in een droom is lastig. Het gaat niet. Het is onmogelijk. Aaargh! Een bijzondere eigenschap van dromen is dat cijfers en tekst erin veranderen als je even wegkijkt. Bovendien gedragen technische apparten zich zelden naar behoren in de droomwereld. De ervaren dromer leert zulke eigenschappen te herkennen en er gebruik van te maken, om zo tot een lucide [...]
FOSDEM 2008 is getting in shape (in sharp contrast to yours truly), and it’s time to think about a developer room and/or booth if your project could use one. Go look at the call for devrooms at the spiffy new FOSDEM 2008 website. Speaker interviews for this edition are planned, but not yet available.