February 6, 2004
IBM DeveloperWorks: You don't exist. Go away.
When I recently received a scam in the mail, I decided to discover how the scam worked. Unexpectedly, I ran into a problem: When I told the scammers my name, they didn't believe me. I've experienced that problem before.
CNN: Newest electronics short on simplicity.
Not only are the latest gadgets packed with more features than ever, they're also harder than ever to figure out. Culprits span the gizmo gamut from DVD players to digital cameras and wireless devices. Even televisions are increasingly acting more like computers, those notoriously confounding beasts.
Pacifica Tribune: Jef Raskin, Macintosh inventor, looks to the future of computing.
His newest efforts involve a growing legion of fans who have discovered Raskin's book, "The Humane Interface." Now translated into nine languages, the book outlines the future of computing as Raskin sees it. He's even got a nascent company of his own, T.H.E., promoting the concepts and software of his efforts.
Useit.Com: Keep Online Surveys Short.
One goal beats all others when designing a customer survey for a website: maximize the response rate. Low response rates can create actively misleading survey findings because they're likely to be based on a biased sample of your most committed users as opposed to most users...
EE Times: FCC sets vote on VoIP rules.
The vote on a so-called Notice of Proposed Rulemaking would serve as a framework for setting rules on how to regulate VoIP and other emerging IP-based services. The scheduled vote follows months on internal debate at the FCC on the extent to which VoIP should be regulated, if at all.
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