If you know me, I am not active political person. So if I post something about politics on this blog, it is more about the technology or the community behind it. Website of the Day: The Obamameter PolitiFact has compiled about 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Translate: When Will It Get Better?
This is just for fun. I had to quickly translate one of Shneiderman‘s Eight Golden Rules of Interface Design. The input was this: 6 Permit easy reversal of actions. This feature relieves anxiety, since the user knows that errors can be undone; it thus encourages exploration of unfamiliar options. The units of reversibility may be […]
Continue ReadingBoxee, Hulu for Non-US TV Addicts
For a couple of days I am now an alpha tester of Boxee on my MacBook. And I have to say, I really like it so far. Dead simple interface, my downloaded TV-Shows are sorted well and the built-in “Friends Activity” could be very, very handy :-). It is like Cédric said “toyed with Boxee […]
Continue ReadingCustomer Satisfaction: No Thanks?
Just a few questions and I hope to get some answers: How important is customer satisfaction for you? What do you do if you cannot solve a (simple) problem in 5 minutes? I know, computer users sometimes really can be … unpleasant. But you as an IT guy, isn’t it your job to help them, […]
Continue ReadingQuake in the Browser: Google Native Client
Forget RIA/Flex/Silverlight and all those systems 🙂 Google Native Client is here! Once you have installed the plugin, point your Browser (Firefox 3 or Chrome) to this URL and enjoy some action http://projects.cocaman.net/quake/quake.html I think I gonna like C++ now 😀
Continue ReadingFirst Swiss Microsoft Innovation Center in Rapperswil
Today Microsoft and the University of Applied Sciences in Rapperswil opened the first Swiss Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC). The MIC family is as big as 110 centers in 60 countries worldwide. In Rapperswil it all started in 2003 with the .NET Competence Center. In 2005 the Swiss Software Solution Center has opened its doors. And […]
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