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Blog Drought
Wow, quite a drought I’ve had on the ol’ blog lately. I got some flack from Karen this evening about it, so you can all blame her for this. The truth is, I’m tired…quite tired…and needing to vent, so maybe I should do that. Why am I so tired? School is why. Job searching is…
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I O U
I owe y’all a good post…haven’t done one in a while. As for now, however, I’m not feeling too well so I should get some sleep. I don’t wanna be sick. I don’t wanna be sick. I don’t want to be sick. Here are some things I might comment on: Work, aka school Free cell…
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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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Feeling the Fartlek
Went for a Fartlek run today. Sometimes it feels really good to mix things up, as it did today. The run went fast…and now I can get to work…
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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…
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On Toilet Paper
Another really quick entry…I couldn’t agree with this more.
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Ughhhh
That is all. Just ughhhh. Many reasons. Don’t even want to begin on that road. Just ughhhh.
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Changes to the page
I made some changes to the look of my blog tonight. They’re all pretty minor. Do you notice any?