Juliette/SF

Found in today’s nytimes.com, a compelling proposal for a ballot re-design.

Wordle has been making the rounds lately but I’ve just gotten in to mess around with it — and it’s fabulous.
Here is a Wordle rendering of all of my del.icio.us tags:

Sure, it’s just a tag cloud. But, because the final layout is so well done and the creation interface is so thoughtfully put together, […]

“I have finally decided to take the plunge. Last night I upgraded my Vista desktop machine to Windows XP, and this afternoon I will be doing the same to my laptop… Windows XP is both faster and far more responsive. I no longer have the obligatory 1-minute system lock that happens whenever I log onto […]

Why do I have to answer so many questions when I just want to shut down my laptop and go home?
Textpad: Do you want to save untitled.txt?
Me: No! If I’d wanted to save it, I would have.
Entourage: Do you want to empty your junkmail folder?
Me: I don’t care! Maybe I do, but why do I […]

Another conference/seminar/meeting, another reference to netflix.com.
Many web eons ago, back in 2001 or so, amazon.com was brought up in every conversation of “what a website should look like.” Build tabs! Tabs are neat. They’re like file folders. People understand them. Just keep adding more tabs as you get or define new content areas. If you […]

A week ago the Bay Area experienced a 5.6 magnitude earthquake. Below, part of the USGS “Did you feel it?” earthquake report form:
Your experience of the earthquake:
How would you best describe the ground shaking?

No description
Not felt
Weak
Mild
Moderate
Strong
Violent

About how many seconds did the shaking last? []
How would you best describe your reaction?

No answer/No
reaction/Not felt
Very little reaction
Excitement
Somewhat […]

Steve Ganz uncovered this gem:

The Solar Magnitude Forum concept is essentially that a given user will be most interested in topics that are either 1. very closely aligned with her interests or 2. unusually important and interesting.
The idea was initially defined within the context of the asynchronous discussion forum, but it could be extended further.
A couple days ago I […]

I’m listening to All Things Considered, where they’re doing an admirable job of explaining the new Microsoft Surface. Interesting confluence of very different media.
NPR story
more about MS Surface

This blog uses a color scheme that takes less energy to display on a CRT monitor than a standard page with a white background. Many great discussions on accessibility (color blindness, etc.) are found in the comments.
(Found on salon.com.