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Google Chat, gone
googleChatInBrowser Originally uploaded by josh.ev9. Hey, what happened to my browser-based Google Chat? For a while there I was able to chat in Gmail, but now I can’t anymore. Hey Google, what up with that? Update: Thanks to Tif, who gets the tech support of the day award. She correctly diagnosed and solved the problem!…
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Coldest. Run. Ever.
3.2 Miles of freezing ears. That run surely doesn’t seem like it should be very difficult. It’s pretty much perfectly flat, that’s city running for you. Still, it was mighty painful. Only now, 20 minutes after the fact am I beginning to regain sensations in my ears. It was 17 degrees when I left. It’s…
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Philosophy vs. Humans
Josh’s Design Philosophy Rule #356323: When a design philosophy (yours or another’s) stands counter to what would help a system work better for people, side with the people. I had a brief discussion with an unnamed colleague last night about making Wikis a little more usable. “Why can’t they just implement a WYSIWYG Editor for…
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The WOW Experience
Josh’s Design Philosophy Rule #453251: Great new software or software features do not necessarily make anyone say “WOW!” Rather, the great new software would do well if the user didn’t even notice she was using new software at all. This is a lesson I learned a long time ago, but the ideas behind this are…