Must be something in the water. Here’s an experienced designer ranting about Expression Blend and WPF. My favorite quote:
I think the message of Blend has some nice takes, but in the end the whole concept of [the] Designer <> Developer processes to me is always couched in developer controlled languages which is Blend’s ultimate failing. [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Humorous Microsoft Rant of the Day…
22May08 – 19:02
How to customize Mac Word
22May08 – 13:16
Hilarious rant about how difficult it is to assign a keyboard command to Find Next in Mac Word. Of course our own buzzword doesn’t offer programmable keyboard shortcuts at all, and it isn’t as Mac-like as it should be sometimes, so I shouldn’t throw stones. But this is so funny I can’t help it…
Trip Report: Germany
21May08 – 20:31
Got back from Germany on the 29th of April. Didn’t get a lot of time to ease back into work: went into 15 hour day mode immediately and stayed there until this week. It’ll be worth it. Meanwhile, I thought people who enjoy cars and technology might enjoy this trip report.
I spent my first few [...]
Quick recommendation: TED Talks on Video
21May08 – 20:13
Not exactly new news, but the TED folks have a nice video podcast of their historical talks. I’ve been watching them now and then as time permits and they are amazing and inspiring. You can also subscribe via iTunes, as I’ve done. One of my dreams is to eventually do something so amazing that I [...]
