So most of you know that I’ve been using www.bloglines.com to read about 20 RSS feeds, both blogs and news, for some time. You can see many of them in the Blogroll to the right. Big deal, I’ve still got information overload syndrome. But now Google just released a technology that NOT ONLY lets you… Continue reading Google News RSS Feeds
Category: Web
“Give me AJAX or give me death”
After reading the recent Wired news story claiming a web revolution based on AJAX (Slashdot coverage), I’m excited to see where web developers will take us. Although I really like the direction KDE is taking, most futurists agree that high-powered desktops will eventually be obsoleted by low-powered networked computers and thin-clients. AJAX is the perfect… Continue reading “Give me AJAX or give me death”
Usability – Real and Virtual
Alright, fine! I’m back and I should be posting more often, but I’m lazy. Has it ever bothered you that software developers are often terrible at designing interfaces? These guys are, and I am too. But software developers aren’t the only ones… Microwave Ovens are the worst offenders of keypads on appliances. There is no… Continue reading Usability – Real and Virtual
New website, and words on WordPress
For those of you keeping track of philipandjenny.com, I have finally got something up and running. Whilst perousing the web, I stumbled across a PHP-based weblog server. Sure it has tons of useful features, but the best features are its GPL licence and compliance with web standards. Then, to my great surprise, Slashdot mentioned a… Continue reading New website, and words on WordPress