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Posted on March 28, 2009July 11, 2019 by: Leona

Net anonimity schmanonimity

Clicktale, crazyegg, userfly. Suppose I asked you to Google those and then come back. If I had those sorts of things installed on my pages, …

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Posted on March 17, 2009July 29, 2019 by: Leona

Projected metadata : a new way of interfacing

A friend of mind passed on this video on a new type of wearable tech called ‘Sixth Sense’. Built as a device cobbled together from …

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Posted on March 3, 2009June 16, 2019 by: Leona

Towards declarative programming

Way back when the web was barely out of its nappies, grey-haired coders could be found in the odd dotcom, singing the praises of Lisp, …

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Posted on January 4, 2009July 29, 2019 by: Leona

Rating, reviewing and ranking systems : Part 2

This is a continuation of my previous post on review systems. Having looked at some of things that make your average review system less-than-useful, I …

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Posted on January 4, 2009July 29, 2019 by: Leona

Rating, reviewing and ranking systems – Part 1

Ranking and rating are activities that are almost entirely subjective by nature. They are based on a (usually unknown) value system. In the case of …

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Posted on September 22, 2008June 16, 2019 by: Leona

Localisation part 3 : Customisation

As discussed earlier, localisation generally depends on skinability. Often too, localisation will require a deeper level of adaptive behaviour: This is the role of customisation. …

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Posted on September 13, 2008June 16, 2019 by: Leona

localising software part 2: reskinning and more

If you’ve read part one of this topic, you’re ready to look at the two main types of presentation-level adaption : re-skinning and localisation. The …

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Posted on September 7, 2008June 16, 2019 by: Leona

localising software Part 1: retrofitting adaptive behavior

Sooner or later, a modern software app will need to spread its wings and go global, making itself available everywhere – or failing that, at …

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Posted on February 21, 2008June 16, 2019 by: Leona

Holistic design: planting software acorns – II

In my first post on holistic design, I talked about how designers are sometimes better positioned to approach a project with a holistic mindset (compared …

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Posted on February 16, 2008June 16, 2019 by: Leona

Holistic design: Planting software acorns – I

The acorn seed: a tiny thing, with the enormous potential to become a mighty oak tree. The realisation of this potential is often used as …

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