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Quickly #

Published 11 months, 1 week ago.

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The cathedral plus the bazaar: Open source and Apple (design) envy #

Published 1 year ago.

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I am definitely one of those guys who believes in Open Source software, but wont give up my Apple MacBook Pro or iPhone.

Coding Horror: Avoiding The Uncanny Valley of User Interface #

Published 1 year, 7 months ago.

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The seminal Understanding Comics was where I first encountered this concept, too. It's a sort of digital Zeno's Paradox. The more accurate your digital representation of a person, the more visible the subtle imperfections become. This is why computer generated people in recent movies like Polar Express feel even more unnatural than the highly abstract people in 1995's Toy Story. (The current state of the art, at least by some accounts, is The Emily Project. You be the judge.)

PuTTY Connection Manager #

Published 2 years, 6 months ago.

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