Acts of Volition

Wow. Earlier this week, I posted a draft spec for, Gnome Outliner, a project I hoped to see developed. The response has been remarkable. Only four days later, there is a beggings of implementations in Java, Python, and C. It looks like, as I had hoped, I’m not the only one who would like to have a …

Since I’m now using Gnome as my primary desktop environment on Linux, I find myself wishing I had a simple outlining application along the lines of OmniOutliner. However, there doesn’t appear to be such a thing for Gnome (despite some old/abandoned projects).  •  Unfortunately, my limited skill …

When the Mozilla Foundation announced the name change for their web browser from Firebird to Firefox, there was a predictable response of skepticism. It was the second name change and people were understandably skeptical that the name would continue to change.  •  Even though the Mozilla …

Salon is running an article by Linda Baker about a new line of thinking in traffic design that lets people govern themselves. The idea is a bit counter-intuitive, but the article explains it well. The basic concept is that when you have no rules and as little division between roadway, sidewalk …

When a close friend reaches a new stage in life, it can rock your world. When that close friend grew up with you, is close to your age, is in a similar place in life, and regularly plays Nintendo with you, it can rock your world all the more.  •  Today my great friend Dan James is getting married …

When Amazon’s A9 search service was released last month, I put together a quick A9 Firefox search plugin and tried it out as my default search for a week.  •  I’m back with Google as my default now and I’ve written my thoughts in a brief review of A9 at silverorange stuff.

Doug Bowman and Adaptive Path have done great work with the Blogger redesign. The entire system feels simpler, more mature, and generally better. It is a pleasure to watch someone with such talent apply their craft.  •  Much has been and will be written about the new design. I agree with much of …