Updated 20-Sep-2023 There has been a raft of poor design in the web design on important websites and applications. There is no explanation for it other than the fact that the designers are believing their own propaganda. Let me explain. Five Recent Design Disasters Evernote, Skitch, Springboard Mashable YouTube Design is Not Important Design is ... Read more
Updated 20-Sep-2023 Update 2019 - This Aged Well Apparently as of mid 2019 Windows 10 has 50% market share and Windows 7 has 30% market share (of worldwide OS usage). The suggestions to Skip Windows 8 was taken globally. Microsoft did not release a Windows 9, and is now staying with Windows 10 and providing ... Read more
Updated 20-Sep-2023 Usability is a complex phenomena, especially when it comes to mobile. Hardware, operating system, application ecosystem, all play a role. I've just updated an old Kindle Fire to Android Jellybean. This experience forced me to compare iOS on an iPad 2 with Android Jellybean on a Kindle Fire. Obviously the screens are different ... Read more
Updated 20-Sep-2023 Psy is breaking records with Gangnam Style (480m YouTube views as of this writing). This is more than just a catchy song and music video. It is actually astounding for its resonance for several reasons. These reasons also tell us what can make content a success for SEO and the web. Gangnam Style ... Read more
Updated 20-Sep-2023 > just woke up from a nap, how fked up is that -- Mac Miller, Blue Slide Park I've discovered the brilliance of napping. The benefits are significant, but one has to have a system for it to work effectively. Power-Napping This is a bit like a focused recharge of one's batteries. Taking ... Read more
Updated 20-Sep-2023 Install Chrome on Debian sudo wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb Create a Shortcut on Debian to Chrome Create a shortcut with the following command line: /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --password-store=basic %U Update Chrome on Debian Simply run the first two commands to update Chrome on Debian, every, time.
Updated 20-Sep-2023 I want to caution everyone on Alexa rankings. I just put several clients and inhouse projects into Alexa to see what I could see. The ranking numbers have no relation to reality, either in terms of search traffic or in terms of overall traffic. Alexa Rankings have Zero Relevance I see some sites ... Read more
Updated 20-Sep-2023 Peter Drucker claimed that there were only two areas of interest in terms of Entrepreneurship: Innovation and Marketing. Innovation is the creation of a new level of performance (mostly through deploying inventions, not actually inventing things). Marketing is the creation and maintenance of a customer. Of course there is more to Entrepreneurship than ... Read more
Updated 20-Sep-2023 This is the famous photo making the rounds in email and the Facebook of the Spanish bullfighter Alvaro Munera overcome with compassion for a bull while in the ring. Except it isn't. It isn't Alvaro Munera, and it isn't a bullfighter being overcome with compassion. What it is, and how the famous Alvaro ... Read more
Updated 20-Sep-2023 Back in the early 1990s I realized that most computers were misconfigured. Even today, nearly 20 years later, the otherwise well-engineered Apple products have not solved this problem. SSD drive-based Macs can particularly benefit from a half-dozen or so tweaks. SSD - Reasons and Prices mid-2012 Once you go SSD, there is no ... Read more