17th
July
2001
“Simplicity and rigor are the essential qualities of a durable web namespace: As I was writing last week’s column, I checked my homepage for a reference to an earlier column, but the link was broken. Say what? I soon found, as some of you have also found, that a planned migration of Byte.com (from TechWeb’s content management system to Dr. Dobb’s CMS) had altered the former namespace…”
posted in Content management | Permalink |
17th
July
2001
“Welcome to the wonderful world of Cornfield Maize Mazes, be prepared to be puzzled beyond belief. Our Maize Mazes will give the whole family a real fun day out with puzzles, quizzes and Courtyard activities not forgetting the mind-bending, brain-straining Maize Maze its self.”
posted in Et cetera | Permalink |
17th
July
2001
“But the problem is that the term ‘information architect’ just isn’t a good description for this broad practice of work. And as Mark Twain said, the difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between ‘lightning’ and ‘lightning bug.’ In fact, I’d argue it’s becoming a jargony term that’s in some ways preventing clients and co-workers from understanding what we do.”
posted in Information architecture | Permalink |
17th
July
2001
“But the problem is that the term ‘information architect’ just isn’t a good description for this broad practice of work. And as Mark Twain said, the difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between ‘lightning’ and ‘lightning bug.’ In fact, I’d argue it’s becoming a jargony term that’s in some ways preventing clients and co-workers from understanding what we do.”
posted in Interaction design | Permalink |
17th
July
2001
“When Paul Grimes, the originator of the Practical Traveler column, turned it over to me 14 years ago, he said the most important task was to read the fine print on everything — tickets, insurance fliers, tour brochures, guarantees. In the big type, he said, everyone fibs. Typical is the ‘nine night’ tour that the small type clearly shows includes one night in an airline seat. It’s a good first principle. And now that it is time for me to yield this space, I thought to compress into the allotted 1,200 words other nuggets I have derived from 613 weeks — I did take vacations — of sometimes furious research. So here goes.”
posted in Travel | Permalink |
17th
July
2001
“Simplicity and rigor are the essential qualities of a durable web namespace: As I was writing last week’s column, I checked my homepage for a reference to an earlier column, but the link was broken. Say what? I soon found, as some of you have also found, that a planned migration of Byte.com (from TechWeb’s content management system to Dr. Dobb’s CMS) had altered the former namespace…”
posted in Web development | Permalink |
