Tag: software

Rhythmbox

i like linux, but man, do the music players suck. this is the default one on ubuntu and it’s beyond awful.

Usability Disaster Story

What I discovered with horror as I looked through the logs was that people using Windows and MacOS were downloading software that was 2 years old. Mono 1.1.7 (released sometime in May of 2005) was the most popular download.

Splashup

another “formerly desktop” app moves to the web. acquisition candidate in 2008. .net based, eww. probably a flash ui talking to a paint.net backend

Misunderstanding enterprise software

By perpetuating a false dichotomy between the friendliness of consumer apps and the seriousness of business apps, all that Krigsman is doing is giving enterprise vendors cover for continuing to produce software that’s difficult and unpleasant to use.

p ft. consumer software has been more “scalable” for years now. enterprise software is only more reliable in the sense that it doesn’t get used because the UI makes you want to stab yourself.

Food Pairing

Nowadays, our palates have evolved to eat much more adventurously than before, with unexpected ingredient combinations becoming the new norm. As chefs and bartenders, this presents us with exciting new challenges and a whole world of creative opportunities. Our tool helps you to discover new flavor combinations in seconds. All you have to do is select an ingredient. We’ll come up with the matches!

the axioms of gastronomy?

Is software too soft?

Nobody ever gets into a car and asks: “Hey, where’d the steering wheel go?” +1 the unixy customization fetish needs to be much better hidden.

Vectormagic

that looks a lot better than that adobe thing i was using around 1991 🙂

Life as a Healthcare CIO

kinda painful to read, and it arguably doesn’t get much better infrastructure wise than at harvard medical. i shudder to think what kind of clunky, expensive and slow “systems” they use at lesser hospitals..

PuTTY Tray

next time i am on windows. sweet that someone ran with the tool to make it better

Enterprise Software’s Youth Drain

who cares about “enterprise” software? that’s right, no one.