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- Selling the prototype
- Prototypes are fine as proofs of concept, but not what is delivered to a customer.
- Website design
- There are a plethora of YouTube pundits declaring what is required for building a website. They miss the point.
- Early browser wars
- Many seem to look at the early browser wars between Netscape and Microsoft as some sort of early cyber-bullying, but as a HTML developer at that time, I made the decision to drop using Netscape because it just wasn't anywhere near as useful as Internet Explorer.
- Left-field approach
- While many tasks are pretty straight forward, some come along which require a different approach.
- A system failover scheme
- In many enterprises, having backup systems is seen as a necessary but resented overhead, and they will often take risky measures to minimise their costs. But is that wise?
- File naming
- How we name files can enhance their utility.
- Divitis – its overlooked cause
- Much has been made of the very-unsemantic div HTML tag being overused on the web. Well, it is because of a simple inconsistent choice made very early on.
- A better faucet
- Lever type faucets have the problem that they are not very controllable initially, so people can get a rush of water that is too hot or cold.
- Web design Chaos
- Alongside SEO obsessions, there is a growing cohort of web designers trying to get people just as obsessed about their home pages.
- Audio recording
- Audio recording has its own special requirements for hardware that are the opposite of almost every other computer use.