One of my favorite websites, the Daily WTF, posted a laundry list of spot-on examples for how not to write an error message a few days back: Press 'Y' if you promise not to do it again. Error: 1>=0. No! - Bad User!!! ... Do not do this again! O...
Jan Miksovsky wrote a while back about the dirty business of software updates. He describes the difficulty rich client software developers have with updating their software once it’s in the field (truer words were never spoken…it’s a serious pain)...
Will Pearson - a blind doctoral student, Microsoft MVP, and one of my favorite people in the world - posted a comment on my blog this morning about the potentially adverse effects of creating a splash screen that’s actually too attractive: [M]ost ...
My friend Rob forwarded me a link to an interesting article this morning, entitled How to Get Teens to Pay for Virtual Content from MarketingSherpa (gotta love that name): Teens register for free and create customizable online characters called Ha...
I’m hanging out in my apartment shirtless. I’m going to play Dead Rising on my Xbox 360 and 32” HDTV. While drinking red wine. I’m not sure what sort of message this sends, but I wanted to share it nonetheless. In other news, it’s my homedog Owen...
