Y'know things that are all the rage? Blogs. Everyone has one; or at least had one before Facebook, Twitter et al diluted the realtime pool.
Since I'm nu-old skool — and watching endless streams of people writing #incomprehensible #twaddle u n me l8r lol @knickerlicker isn't Like-worthy — I figured why not make a blog? The main difference here compared with other people's blogs is that instead of being limited to one topic, you get a little slice of everything all mashed up. Now Im dahn wiv da yoof.
Vorsprung durch Technics
[1 comment] · 992 words (kills about 5 mins)Forget Meccano. Lego is where it’s at. Even now it’s the epitome of construction cool, as I recently refound out.
A question of breakdown
· 667 words (devours about 3 mins)You know that sinking feeling you get when a warning light comes on in the car and it won’t drive properly. Fat, saggy, pants.
BUI: Bad User Interface
· 1322 words (vacuums up about 6 mins)What do cars, supermarkets, the weather and software engineers have in common? Poor design.
KeLLy's Driving Schoo'L'
· 83 words (kills less than a minute)Driving instructor approaching. Wait, well, I’m not sure if it is. Could be a taxi. No, phew, the insignia has confirmed it.
Centre of the software universe
· 602 words (eats up about 3 mins)Here’s a novel concept: if I’m the user of a computer, shouldn’t I be the one in control of how I use applications I’ve installed?
Label me mad
· 435 words (eats up about 2 mins)Take one sheet of 21 labels in a 3×7 matrix.
Mix with Microsoft Word.
Waste an evening trying to get the labels to line up.Strive not for unnegativity
· 347 words (kills about 2 mins)Even in the touchy-feely age of gestures and finger taps, user interface design is littered with confusing options and crappily worded dialogs.
