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Telus, if you are listening… you suck!

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

That’s right.  But you probably already knew that right?
Now, while I have your attention let me explain.  I have this here cell phone which I use on your network.  I should probably mention that I have been on your network for years now, but that’s not relevant (whoops, I already mentioned it).
Ok, I have this [...]

Bring on the gridlock! Bring on change!

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Short term pain for long term gain.
I tend to believe that in order for change to occur, there needs to be a (cheaper|better|more convenient) alternative to prompt a change in user|consumer habit.
After having read Jeremy’s post only minutes ago, it’s easy to see how we got to where we are today - specifically, in traffic [...]

CSS Practices

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Cascading Style Sheets: they take patience and must be understood. Otherwise you can get destructive and counterproductive.
Where is the example?

.feature-list {}

We’ve got a feature list that is used in several contexts: detailed, compact, expandable, etc.
If that is the case, you need to use the cascade or specificity here.

.feature-list.detailed {}
.feature-list.compact {}
.feature-list.expandable {}

Alternatively, use the cascade:

.page-summary [...]

When you “come around”, don’t be afraid to admit it

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

<rant>
You attain much more respect by admitting your mistakes than by ignorantly casting them aside.
We’ve all known or worked with someone who “defends bad ideas“. If you have defended a bad idea, made an error or simply fucked up… don’t be afraid to stand up and admit it.
No, you wont get shot. [...]

Color of the bike shed

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

Color of the bikeshed
I’ve experienced this so many times it’s something I come to expect when I work on any upcoming project.
The bigger - and more abstract - problem related to this is quite simply that a requirements grow, deliverables are behind and deadlines get missed.
People stay quiet on technical issues, but when an issue [...]

Property Managers, where are they?

Monday, October 16th, 2006

The condo I live at has recently changed property managers.
The last company (Aragon) was next to impossible to get a hold of. One time I kept track and it was 14 phone calls, 3 voice messages left, 2 messages left with a co-worker and the rest I just hung up. Did I ever [...]

Web2.0: the evolved web

Monday, October 16th, 2006

Ever find Web2.0 is actually beginning to piss you off? It is for me.
You see; for me, Web2.0 is more about the evolved web and what new and cool user experiences are being provided out there. I’m sure each one of you out there reading this (let’s ignore the fact I can probably [...]