While the first reactions to Windows 8 UI demo ranged from “whatever” to “WTF”, most of them were focused on the published technological decisions rather than UX aspects. I want to present my opinion about the UX itself. The very first word coming to my mind when I see the Metro start screen is “gaudy”. And no, it is not …
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This tweet is written using messagease, an absolutely crazy keyboard. It reminds me zx spectrum. # @MessagEase crazy cool, but not my default keyboard. I need handwritten chinese recognition, so I use scut. # @MessagEase no, no, I do really mean handwriting. Pinyin is nice, but by far not enough.. # It is 16:38 again. …
Fukushima update
Fukushima topic has lost its headline position in the news, but the situation there is far from being stable. TEPCO was injecting water into reactors, because otherwise they would supposedly get hot and start contaminate air even more due to the smoke. And because the reactors are believed to have holes, the water didn’t run back …
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Love, or die trying. # hat einen gold-braunen Schmetterling auf der Brücke und eine Wiese mit leuchtend-blaunen Blumen gesehen. Der Tag war nicht umsonst… # Watching a 3D movie on your home PC with NVIDIA 3D Vision is not that weird as I feared. Actually, I enjoy it. Quite immersive. # it feels like Friday …
Love and Lie
I’ve stumbled upon this saying by Sergey Dovlatov, one of the best soviet writers: The opposite of love is not disgust or even indifference. The opposite of love is lie. This has made me think trying to understand how did he mean it. But then, I’ve remembered the Bible, where we read: Let no debt remain …
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how crazy is that… RT @shanzai: Android smartphone within a tablet, the TransPhone http://dlvr.it/TYKXG # Microsoft has renamed Windows Gadgets to Windows 8. Now they should rename their OS to avoid confusion. # I wonder what html-based CMS will declare itself Windows 8 compatible first. # Suggestion to Microsoft: rename IIS to Windows Azure 8. …
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One photo is better than 1000 words. One video is better than 1000 photos. One call is better than 1000 videos. One meeting is priceless. # But still, one word can be priceless, if you have waited for it like forever. # An interesting reading for language geeks: http://j.mp/fiRhx0 # is intrigued http://twitpic.com/53qn9h # is …
Kübler-Ross model, revisited
There is a direct road between Fürth where I live and Erlangen. The road has a comfortable walkway alongside, with great sights and tons of fresh air, as well as a bike way. You need just a couple of hours to walk or 40 minutes to bike from city center to city center. In the last ten years, I’ve used this road quite a few times, …
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Very similar to my first workplace :) http://habrastorage.org/storage/fa47e9ff/4d968522/95879e81/f6863051.jpg # We are our choices. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBmavNoChZc&feature=player_detailpage#t=380s # According to this http://atmc.jp/ame/?n=7, Fukushima province had May 7th to 12th radioactive rain with the fallout 1 to 8 Curie/m2. # If I'm not mistaken, this is comparable with the fallout on the next day after a nuclear explosion test …