Archive for May, 2005

I’m back

I’m finally back in Denver after 2 weeks in D.C. The conference is over and we’re both very happy to not be in D.C. anymore. The conference was a resounding success on just about every front. The Washington Post has a nice article that gives an idea of the scope what all [...]

A Journey Done

My colleague and I have been on-site with the client for almost 2 weeks now. The work we’ve been doing for the last year has finally come to fruition this weekend. We’ve been building a conference management solution including everthing from event setup and tracking to registration and check in. The system [...]

Interface Design

As software developers, we’re constantly being reminded about good UI design. Issues like color schemes (are they web safe?!?), screen layout, interface density, etc. are constantly being brought up. But good interface design also applies to things like phone menus: is the voice understandable? are there too many options in one [...]

Apple Culture

I’ve been planning on getting a powerbook this summer if everything works out all right. As such, I’ve been looking more and more at all things Apple. One thing that’s always annoyed me about Apple users is the fanboy mentality of most of them I’ve talked to. These people have had an [...]