I just finished adding a new feature to the site, which is kind of fun. In a nutshell, you can now edit a shrub completely offline and it will be magically re-synchronized for you when you find an Internet connection again. It’s a pretty exciting development and wonderfully handy. Let’s say you’re at a conference, […]
Comment · Posted: June 16th, 2005
I just finished up a mini-tour of ideaShrub that I think everyone will find of interest. The tour comes in the form of a mini-screencast for everyone to watch. This is my first attempt at making a screencast and I think it went fairly well (save for the lack of voice over and mouse cursor, […]
Comment · Posted: June 14th, 2005
I just finished up a mini-tour of the new web application that I’m working on: ideaShrub. The tour comes in the form of a mini-screencast for everyone to watch. This is my first attempt at making a screencast and I think it went fairly well (save for the lack of voice over and mouse cursor, […]
Comment · Posted: June 14th, 2005
Just a heads up to those going to the 2005 HCI International Conference – a poster of mine is going to be presented there (by Tristan O’Tierney) concerning the work that I did on my recent Independent Study with Jon Schull. The title of the poster/project is called Two Way Web. It’s a very slick […]
Comment · Posted: June 7th, 2005
It’s time, once again, for the annual Apple Developers Conference – where a number of new products and technologies are announced to Apple Developers. This year’s largest rumor is that Apple is switching manufacturers from IBM to Intel [NYT Reg Req]. Beyond that, however, there is still a lot of speculation. The show begins at […]
Comment · Posted: June 6th, 2005
In an InfoWorld article, from last week, a mention of using streaming HTTP for advanced Web-based applications was made. There was barely any explanation of the technology and I imagine that some people don’t know how it works. I figured that I could pull together a couple examples to show people. The basic concept is […]
Comment · Posted: June 5th, 2005
Google just released an interesting feature that I’m sure is going to be getting a lot of play in the upcoming days. The premise is that you generate a site map of your web site, submit it to Google every time your content changes, and your site will get crawled sooner. I’m going to investigate […]
Comment · Posted: June 3rd, 2005
If you are not familiar with the ‘Thoughtless Acts‘ train of thought, I highly recommend that you read into it more. Here’s a snippet: Some actions, such as grabbing onto something for balance, are universal and instinctive. Others, such as warming hands on a hot mug or stroking velvet, draw on experiences so deeply embodied […]
Comment · Posted: June 2nd, 2005
