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Absolutely WONDERFUL tutorial from Simon about why & how to use OpenID. He’s followed up with an excellent
screencast too.
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Nice rundown of ten seriously useful APIs
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Nat’s written a great article describing how and why to perform simple usability testing. The real gold, however, is in her little tips and tricks for getting testers to loosen up and flow with the process — I particularly like the stapler trick!
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Every time I forget a password and the site emails me the original password, I have exactly the same thoughts!
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“See – people who work with word processors and spreadsheets have rights too! And they could benefit dramatically from much better collaboration.”
Mark nails it again – a great challenge for OSS to attack
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“Geeks aren’t interested in politics because government doesn’t double its efficiency and speed once every 18 months”
Great geeky Xmas cracker mottos from Stuart
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Cute little quiz. I scored 20% and am not sure whether that worries me or not!h
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“But we’re leaving a lot of folks behind. And I’m not just talking about the digital divide that separates the Internet haves from the have-nots. Even among the haves, the ideas and tools and methods that some of us take for granted haven’t really put down roots in the mainstream.”
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“The holiday season is supposed to be a time for families to make memories together. When my kids are grown, they’ll remember waking up every December morning and finding the murdered corpse of a six inch shepherd by the piano.”
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“I don’t even know the seller’s name, but I take some comfort in the fact that if I ever need to buy drugs or a gun or a Playstation 3, I already know the routine.”
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“91% of the people who came to the permalink for yesterday’s post visited WordPress.com to see the new design. Online advertising is usually thrilled to get a 1-2% clickthrough rate.”
