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Annoying blog trait: please stop trying to hijack the browser window

Kay — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:09:03 +0000

When compiling my “week in ColdFusion” blog posts for SitePoint, I sometimes come across JavaScript “frame-busting” scripts that drive me around the bend. Let me explain… After a long time as a FeedDemon user, I switched to Google Reader. Much … Continue reading →

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Annoying blog trait: please stop trying to hijack the browser window

Timezone awareness = good business

Kay — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:29:03 +0000

At Clever Starfish, we use 88Miles for our time tracking. Created by friend and colleague Myles Eftos, 88Miles is a simple web based punch in/punch out system that lets us keep track of billable time. Recently, Myles rolled out some … Continue reading →

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Timezone awareness = good business

Top Ten Blog Mistakes — Maybe?

Kay — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:56:07 +0000

I’m surprised that Jakob Nielsen’s Top Ten Design Mistakes for Web Logs hasn’t stirred much comment in blog circles I frequent. Maybe I frequent the wrong circles! Most of the mistakes are pretty obvious and not very contentious. Most of … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Blog Mistakes — Maybe?

Beyond Usability with Jeffrey Veen

Kay — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:27:03 +0000

So, back to Web Essentials. I’ve read most of the blog posts — new items on Technorati tagged with WE05 are starting to peter out — so I’ve got to get the rest of my thoughts out there. Next up … Continue reading →

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Beyond Usability with Jeffrey Veen

Usability on the bleeding edge

Kay — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:43:59 +0000

Jeffrey Veen is doing a full day workshop the day before Web Essentials in Sydney called “Designing the Next Generation of Web Apps”. It sounds like really good stuff — RIAs and Ajax stuff, user interaction and usability — and … Continue reading →

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Usability on the bleeding edge

Defensive Design

Kay — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 23:23:43 +0000

End of financial year around here means lots of boxes arriving from Amazon, spending up on those juicy tax-deductible books. One of my purchases was 37 Signals’ Defensive Design for the web. Thumbing through a copy at a colleagues’ office … Continue reading →

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Defensive Design

Best JavaScript Popups Ever

Kay — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 04:50:36 +0000

I dislike JavaScript. Well, that’s the polite version, anyway. There’s no space to go into why and I’m sure no one’s interested anyway. But the trend for JavaScript which is completely separated from the html markup — what do you … Continue reading →

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Best JavaScript Popups Ever

Swooshes, Swirls and Strange Jumping Men

Kay — Sun, 29 Feb 2004 05:30:20 +0000

A post over at flex-mx about unorignal client logos reminded me of a classic article on AListApart. I finally found it in the wayback machine and then some googling found a “real” archived copy of Being Jakob Nielsen: the story … Continue reading →

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Swooshes, Swirls and Strange Jumping Men