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April 11 to 17, 2005
In related news, thanks to Google Maps, you can see how the forestry industry is de-greening British Columbia via clear-cutting. Hopefully activists will make use of this new tool to help enforc...
March 21 to 27, 2005
At last, "rising gas prices threaten vi
ability
of biggest SUV sales". Note that many Americans are still buying inefficient vehicles and driving them farther to boot...
February 21 to 27, 2005
To those electronics manufacturers who have been talking trash about the iPod, I would counter: stop burdening your devices with needless features and design bling bling - usable elegance is the ne...
February 7 to 13, 2005
Today's Web designers should learn how to use the XMLHttpRequest object to build highly dynamic interfaces like Google Maps, Google Suggest, and Gmail...
January 17 to 23, 2005
I had the pleasure of listening to XM Satellite Radio all week (which was bundled with my Alamo rental car) while working in Mountain View, CA. It sounds great and the music choices are wonderful...
"Study: Watching Fewer Than Four Hours Of TV A Day Impairs
ability
To Ridicule Pop Culture...
December 13 to 19, 2004
An article on Web "design us
ability
" that takes up only 20% of the page, surrounded by grievous clutter...
December 6 to 12, 2004
I really like the design sense of the architects behind it, but am continually frustrated by the design of architects' Web sites. Architects typically have the least usable sites on the Internet ...
November 29 to December 5, 2004
What will be the role of religion in the 21st century? Despite the fact that so many in America purport to be religious, mainstream voices paint the majority of citizens as preferring war over peace...
November 8 to 14, 2004
In 2005 Hawaiian Electric will start a large-scale test of Internet over power lines in Pearl City. It will also offer the
ability
to read electricity meters remotely...
October 25 to 31, 2004
Proper evoting system us
ability
means much more than just looking at the voting process alone. Here's the informal us
ability
report I prepared on the eSlate system in September 2004...
August 22 to 29, 2004
A new Windows worm has the
ability
to spy on users with webcams and microphones...
August 2 to 8, 2004
Students in India and China commit suicide (and spark riots in the process) due to their in
ability
to pay tuition/testing fees...
July 26 to August 1, 2004
After a year in operation, Kev's News goes online! Since everyone seems to have a blog these days, I decided to go ahead and just do it. I see the rise of blogs as a symptom of people learning how t...
July 12 to 18, 2004
Recent progress in 3D visualization technology allows "virtual excavation", in this case, the
ability
to completely examine the contents of a 3,000 year-old mummy without touching it...
June 14 to 20, 2004
Theme of the week: Humanity I just finished watching "The Corporation", an amazing film that traces the roots, rights, and wrongs of the corporate entity. It ties together politics, global issues...
March 31, 2004
While the islands have seen a few distinctive architects that were compelled, nurtured, and influenced by Hawaii's natural environment - Dickey, Ossipoff, Morgan - the last 40 years has been witnes...
March 29 to April 5, 2004
"Energy bill would improve economic st
ability
- A bill that maps an energy strategy for Hawaii appears stalled in the Legislature....
February 16 to 22, 2004
Got a Windows PC? Be afraid. Be very afraid. Thanks to the recent Windows code leak, this security vulner
ability
has been found - if you're running Explorer version 5, simply loading a certain imag...
December 8 to 14, 2003
A Pattern Language for Sustainabilit...
August 12, 2003
If you combine the
ability
to track others with their cell phone.....
August 4, 2003
3) That good design takes into account the inherent limitations of one's
ability
to process information Also, please forward this to people you know who increase the amount of mediocrity in th...
It is official U.S. policy to encourage people to buy larger, less efficient cars: "The Senate rejected a proposal to require a sharp increase in automobile fuel economy Tuesday after concerns wer...
July 28, 2003
When nothing gets done in groups the way people want that's perhaps more often due to an in
ability
to manage agreement than manage conflict - read about the Abilene Paradox...
July 8, 2003
Despite the overwhelming evidence of negative consumer attitudes toward RFID technology revealed in its internal documents, the Auto-ID Center hopes that consumers will be "apathetic" and "resig...