Jakob Nielsen in this week’s Alertbox comments on why simplicity rules the World Wide Web. Low end media (text & graphics) can have superior benefits at times over rich-media. Simplicity …
Fake War photographs by LA Times
Brad Main from one of my Post-Graduate classes, commented on this cover article which was published in the Sydney Morning Herald last week. The article refered to a fake photograph …
Technical information on the Safari Browser
Mark Pilgrim’s Safari browser page contains some useful information on the recent Beta builds of the Apple Safari Web browser (recently updated 14 April – Build 73). It has information …
Using special characters in ActionScript
Colin Moock comments in a Technote on using special characters in ActionScript. The post comments on Flash MX, ways to Escape characters and mentions the HEX and UNICODE equivalents for …
Usability research papers in New Architect Mag
There are some excellent and useful Usability Research papers in the New Architect Archive. You will need to subscribe to read.
Microsoft to launch Windows Server & Visual Studio .NET 2003
Microsoft is having worldwide events to coincide with the launch of their new Operating System, Windows Server 2003 and Visual Studio .NET 2003. The launches will be held worldwide and …
Did you say Wi-Fi or Hi-Fi?
Technology Review comment on the changing face of Wi-Fi (802.11b). From wireless access points to audio-video streaming network servers. The article comments on Steve Dossick and his company’s frustration with …
Auto-discovery of topic and subject servers
Here is an interesting article by Ben Trott on Auto-Discovery of Subject and Topic servers. He comments briefly on the current use and suggests two methods in which this could …
Business Buzzwords
Monster.com’s Business Buzzwords used in Management
Lag between the Eye and Brain
Dr Karl mentioned on Triple J today that the time it takes for an image to be captured by our eyes and sent to the brain can be measured in …
The end of the free-wheeling Internet is over
There is an interesting article in the Wallstreet Journal titled, Taming the Internet frontier. The article looks at the Legal changing face of the Internet, including copyright, sales taxes, among …
Dystopian visions within IT?
There is an interesting article in NEXT this week in the Sydney Morning Herald titled, Look out for the butterflies by John Lenarcic. The article comments on professional responsibility, privacy, …
What is Ogg Vorbis?
Ogg Vorbis is a completely open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and streaming technology with all the benefits of Open Source. Ogg is the name of the container format for audio, …
Protecting works from copyright in Australia
The Australian Copyright Council have a useful introductory article on protecting writing, visual imagery, music and moving imagery with copyright in Australia. The website also contains useful information sheets, publications, …
Hutchison launches 3G is Australia
Hutchison has today launched the next generation mobile phone network, 3G in australia. It is the first to offer services such as video news and sport updates, mapping services and …