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Apologies for those who've already seen this posted elsewhere (lateness excuse: on holiday, no internet etc etc). It should be no surprise that it's getting so much coverage, though - the Accessibility Institute at the University of Texas has been a leading light in this field of research. When I ...
As IDEA 2008 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference. As Event Coordinator for IDEA, I fill a variety of roles, including the Interviewer of IDEA Presenters (which I proudly share with Liz Danzico).This is the second interview in the series, and this time I pulled the name of Andrew Hinton, Lead Information Architect at Vanguard,...
Here’s how the game works: You’re on your computer, instant messaging away. One IM session is with a real person and the other is with an artificial intelligence (AI) program that’s designed to pose as a human being by using a casual conversational tone. The AI is able to respond in complete sentences with realistic syntax to mask its identity, even throwing in...
Wanna feel ripped off today? Sign up for an online virtual service that charges a one-time activation fee. It’s a special feeling to hand over $35 for nothing.
I’d almost understand if there was actual work involved. Or hardware was manually set up. Or someone had to climb some stairs and walk down a few halls to flip something on.
Some recent posts at the 37signals Product Blog:
Highrise
Top magic site thrives due to Highrise and Getting Real
I’ve been poking around a lot of architects’ web sites lately and I’m thoroughly surprised at how bad they are. It seems almost without fail that they are either blowing my browser window up full size, asking me to read light grey 9px text, overflowing with obfuscatory flashterbation, teasing me with custom designed scrollbars that don’t behave as you’d expect, or...
