Day: September 20, 2005
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Why Software Sucks
I’ve moved most of my straight linkblogging to del.icio.us (hate the URL, love the thoughtfulness of the directory structure), but it’s worth calling attention to Scott Berkun’s Why software sucks essay. There’s plenty to consider here, so only one nugget: … “this sucks” is right in the middle. In order for people to say “this…
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Reuters podcasts… with a computer voice
So Reuters opens a lab, and their first product is podcasts, read by a computer. I applaud them on introducing a public experimentation space, but the human voice has a future, at least for a bit longer. Compare the Reuters tech offering to Charlie Cooper and Leslie Katz in the News.com podcast, or Dan Farber…
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Orange is the color of money, or initial reactions to TimesSelect
I’m not a visual design expert, but when I went to the NYT home page (which I do rarely, I realize) to look at TimesSelect, which was introduced yesterday, my reactions were to the visual presentation. More on that below. What is TimesSelect? Read the full details, including a well-presented comparison chart speaking well of…