Additional Resources
- GUI bloopers--A practical book, not a practical joke
- If you're looking for a humorous collection of interface oddities, you might find GUI Bloopers fairly amusing. But this book isn't just about entertainment. It's a manual of style for user interface development that will serve as a valuable resource.I don't know about you, but when I saw the title...
- Tags: E-mail clients, Groupware, Lamont Adams, GUI Bloopers, GUI, Johnson
- Technical articles 2001-12-10
- Lesson 1: Respond to end-user bloopers with professionalism
- If you spend any time in IT, odds are you're going to run across a few shocking examples of computer mistreatment. End users, even well-intentioned ones, can do some pretty wacky things when trying to "fix" their computers. Need a few examples? Check out our, "Computer bloopers...
- Tags: Bill Detwiler
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- OOXML or OOPS? Microsoft blunders in its open document specification
- A performance architect for a Fortune Fifty corporation deconstructed Microsoft's MS-OOXML specification for open documents and found many, many poor definitions and more just plain wrong formulas. Rob Weir reports in his blog how Redmond allows mixing of radians and degrees in seven functions (remember the...
- Tags: Revelation, Formula, Specification, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format (ODF), Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, John Bartley K7AAY
- Blog posts 2007-07-11
- An iPod in the hand is worth illegal activity to Bush
- Thanks to member twilasue for sending me a link to a recent news story about the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) accusing U.S. President George Bush of stealing music and downloading it on his iPod. TechRepublic's news channel features this blog entry on Gizmodo: "Prez a Music Thief, According...
- Tags: George W. Bush, TechRepublic Inc., Apple iPod, RIAA, Music, Digital Music, Digital Media, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2006-04-18
- The ultimate Battlestar Galactica post (with video)
- In case I haven't said it enough, there really isn't a good reason NOT to be reading John DeNardo's SF Signal blog, if only because he's got more Battlestar Galactica info than you can frakkin' believe. While I found the above music video on my own, everything on the list...
- Tags: Blog, YouTube Inc., Video, SyFy Portal, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Blogging, Web Technology, Channel Management, Marketing, Internet, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-12-07
- Interview bloopers offer good insight into what not to say
- Most job seekers have said something during a job interview that they’ve regretted. By the time you’ve clamped your lips shut, you know you’re not going to get a second call, not to mention the job itself.Take Stuart Crawford, an IT manager at Qualtech Seating Systems in Michigan, for example....
- Tags: Judith N. Mottl, job, interviewer, Take Stuart Crawford
- Technical articles 2003-05-30
- Watch your mouth and your audience
- Humor is a good way to get a class going and put everyone at ease, but it will backfire completely if the joke is in bad taste. Are your slips of the tongue alienating your students? Read on to see if you need to revisit your presentation style.Okay, I know...
- Tags: Gender and diversity, Veronica Combs, humor, trainer
- Technical articles 2000-08-10
- Live from LA: Java for .NET. . .for real?
- Lamont Adams is back with an assortment of recent thoughts and impressions. See how he feels about a Java to .NET compiler, X-Windows emulation, and stupid sports stars.I think that if Sun got behind some kind of an effort to build a .NET-compliant compiler for Java, like Savannah or JILC,...
- Tags: .NET, Programming languages, Microsoft development tools, Development tools, Lamont Adams, Java, IntelliSense, Microsoft .NET, J2ME, compiler
- Technical articles 2002-10-24
- tech support blooper
- tech support blooperThis is what happened to me while talking to a support rep with Dell today. It shows how tech savvy the support reps are anymore.First, the support rep asked me for my e-mail address. I proceed to give her my e-mail address, and she asks, "Is...
- Tags: e-mail, e-mail address, hardware, help desk, longennamer, PC, support, tech support
- Discussion threads 2005-06-20
- Will consumers tune in to portable video?
- Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest e-newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...
- Tags: Corporate communications, portable video, video, Sony Corp., video device
- Technical articles 2004-07-20
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