http://www.gurtle.com/ppov the personal website of Patrick Kennedy Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:52:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en TiVo will change the way you watch TV. Unless you've already owned a DVR, in which case you might not be that impressed. Our living room is now home to a TiVo HD DVR after we upgraded from our old Humax PVR 8000T. Having played with the TiVo for a few ... http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/2008/07/19/tivo-is-good-but-is-it-the-best/ I eagerly await more details on how Singularity will actually work. Here's what their [quite nicely designed] website says: Singularity is the first large-scale online web conference in the world. On October 24-26, join 100 of the world’s top web visionaries, developers, designers, thought leaders, and celebrities for three days of talks ... http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/2008/07/07/singularity-the-next-wave-in-conferences/ OK enough is enough. I have finally ditched my Maxtor Shared Storage II NAS drive which I had so much trouble with. I was sick of it screwing up, but mostly I was sick of not being confident that my data was secure. So today, after getting a refund for the ... http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/2008/07/05/bye-bye-maxtor/ I read with interest, some of the great ideas in trendwatching.com's Innovation Avalanche. As someone at work commented, there are definitely some services ripe for reproduction in other markets, for example: Parkingspots.com connects those who have parking spots to rent out with those who need them on a monthly basis...[full article] Though ... http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/2008/06/30/online-business-ideas/ A recent discussion at work revealed some cracking quotes that are worthy of sharing. The ones I like best are those that were originally coined in an entirely other context, but ring true when applied to something like website usability. And what the heck, having all these here will probably ... http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/2008/06/20/favourite-user-experience-quotes/ It's on again, Web Directions South will hit Sydney in September. From past experience, particularly last year, I'd say WDS is the best web industry conference held in Australia—and I'm not just saying that to win an iPhone :) There's a great line-up and a healthy dose of user experience discussion for ... http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/2008/06/19/find-your-way-at-web-directions-2008/ | View | Upload your own This afternoon I presented my session at WebDU on the topic of information architecture for designers and developers. In the particular case of WebDU, these designers and developers mostly specialise in Flex and Flash. I'm fairly happy with how it came together in the end, ... http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/2008/06/13/demystifying-information-architecture-webdu/ Yesterday I attended the half-day WIPA Usability and Eyetracking Seminar, and found it fairly good use of a few hours of my time. Largely because it helped confirm some things in my own mind. First up was Challenges for Usability in Agile Development presented by John Eklund of UX Research. There ... http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/2008/06/05/agile-ux-and-eyetracking/ It's so typical for usability professionals to point out the un-usability of everyday things they encounter, and I normally try to resist, but I just have to comment on the Bonds EasySuit. You'll no doubt have seen the ads on TV, cute lil buggers wearing stretchy one-piece numbers. They look good ... http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/2008/06/05/the-not-easy-suit/ Lucky I have a terabyte of storage, I'm going to need it if we keep taking this many photos of our kids! Here's a sample from weeks 6-12. http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/2008/05/28/infant-shutterbug/