Of all the things advertisers do online, one of the most annoying to me has to be the ad that expands, pushing down the entire page. The problem here is not when it’s user-initiated, it’s when it happens automatically, after I’ve already started reading the article. Take a look at this, and see where the [...]
Category Archives: In my own mind
Naming the iPad
March 8, 2012 – 2:53 pm
I’ve been reading a lot of people that are complaining about the naming of the iPad, and it’s confusing me. Some people seem to be thinking that taking away the number is an odd choice, just calling it an iPad instead of “iPad 3″ or “iPad HD” or “iPad 2S”, but it seems to me [...]
Freshly
November 21, 2011 – 12:16 pm
I’ve been working on something for a long time, and finally got around to making it happen. Freshly is a way to find out what farmers’ market is near you, open, now. It’s driven by trying to remember when the markets are open, and where they are on which days. I wanted something that would [...]
The iPad is not the same as your laptop
November 16, 2011 – 12:33 pm
There was a post this morning by Dave Winer regarding the google results on an iPad. He thinks it’s bad design because Google changes the results layout, optimizing for tablet and providing less content. His thoughts here: Google search on iPad is bad design. While some of the points he makes are valid, I have [...]
The future of QR codes
October 23, 2011 – 7:38 pm
It’s been some time now that we’ve been trying to get QR codes working as a marketing or user experience conduit, and it’s still just not working. For the majority of the smartphone-using public, QR codes are just not an option. They don’t know what a QR code is, they don’t know what to do [...]
