infotec 2006

Several folks have asked about my presentation at Infotec next week. Here are the specifics.

A Crash Course in Web Usability
Infotec 2006
Wednesday, 05-Apr-2006
9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Speaker: Jason B. Shepherd, Bass and Associates, Inc., Consultant

Abstract:
Many people erroneously believe that designing good Web user interfaces is simply a matter of applying common sense. Why then are there so many cumbersome, inefficient Web applications on the market today? In this highly interactive presentation, Jason will demonstrate techniques for designing and evaluating Web user interfaces. Jason will also describe ways that an organization can help support user-centered software development.

flickr photostream added

I added a Flickr badge of my photostream to the right side of the page (under my profile). This shows photos I've most recently uploaded to Flickr. Most of the time it will be pictures of my children (which are also posted here).

time to stop beating a dead browser

I'm officially ending this post. See the bottom of that post for rationale (like anyone actually cares anyway *grin*).

squatting?

I can't believe MS let this slip under their radar.

I should probably clarify the link above for historical purposes. If MS pursues legal action and the linked site gets taken down, I should note that at as of March 16th, the page shows a Mozilla Firefox insignia with a link to the Firefox Web site.

another msie css annoyance

I updated this post with my latest gripe about MSIE's CSS support. This time the source of my frustration is attribute selectors.

essence of computer science

Some of my favorite quotes about CS:

Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. -- Abelson and Sussman in The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Computer Science is a science of abstraction--creating the right model for a problem and devising the appropriate mechanizable techniques to solve it. -- Aho and Ullman

Any programming problem can be solved by adding a level of indirection. -- Anonymous

The user is not me -- Anonymous/Unknown?