Archive for 'Peeves'
I was just reading some interesting content on a rather large, well-known website. The content was interesting enough that I thought “maybe I’ll blog about this and link to it.”
Alas, I was annoyed by banner ads full of flashing, spinning things I wasn’t interested in.
“Hmm, I thought, maybe this is why I spend more time [...]
Posted: May 24th, 2008 under Marketing, Peeves, Web Tips.
Comments: none
One of the things that excited me about Facebook when I first joined was the possibility of promoting events. (I wrote about what I thought after first joining on the Bluelime blog.) I didn’t mention the slightly annoying fact that there was no network for the Sunshine Coast. “OK,” I grumbled, “we’re kind of small. [...]
Posted: June 30th, 2007 under Design, Peeves, Usability & HCI.
Comments: none
The evidence is overwhelming, as you can see.
Bad enough we’ve been finding feathers all over the laundry room (evidence of struggle, but no bird to be found). And bits and pieces here and there on our sidewalks. Today’s catch was so fresh the blood looked like brilliant, wet, artist’s paint. Poor thing.
Oh, and the [...]
Posted: May 9th, 2007 under Life, Peeves.
Comments: 4
I’m trying to find information about appliances available at a major department store. I go to their website and can’t find anything related. In desperation I click the “shop online” tab, even though I don’t really want to shop online, just want information online. (Imagine that. Information. Online.) A search for “dishwasher” returned “We could [...]
Posted: April 12th, 2007 under Design, Peeves, Usability & HCI.
Comments: 5
Maybe I should stop calling it new, but since I’ve been a die-hard PC user since I was a kid, OSX is still new to me…
I know this is blasphemy in some circles, but there’s some things I find more difficult in OSX than with Windows. Current peeve: not being able to clear dialogue [...]
Posted: March 13th, 2007 under Peeves.
Comments: none