The Chronicles of Noivad

Category: Computing

  • “For why is there no Second Article?” a.k.a. Research & App Overload

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    Wow WordPress just failed me badly. I spent a good hour or more on a long post, and this is all that’s left: Well, I planned on having the second article in the communications series out by now, but it hasn’t happened for a few reasons. None of them being procrastination. As it turns out,…

  • Quick Tips for a smooth OS X upgrade

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    This article was written in reponse to Lion, but it applies to pretty much any OS upgrade, aside from the OS X specific apps mentioned. Check you critical apps and anything you just can’t do without for compatibility. (Note: Rosetta is gone! you won’t be able to run PPC Apps) Update the Apps that you…

  • Communication is Key: Part 1

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    Over the course of the next few weeks or months, I will be rolling out articles about the use of Computers, Interface Design, How People Function, And Setting Product Goals During Design. However, I am not going to use the standard perspective of someone that knows so much about technology that they forget what the…

  • OS X 10.7 (Lion) review

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    So, I’ve had Lion installed for less than a week and there’s some good/great things about it and some really frustrating changes. Now, there’s a lot of articles that cover the same ground and mention the same problems or improvements. I’m going to try to add new information about Lion’s new capabilities and steps backwards.…

  • Back to LinkedIn

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    Well, after they closed out my account last year, I’m back on LinkedIn. The reason my account was closed is simple: they deactivated my account when someone else’s DB was compromised and they thought my password might be the same as the other site. I refused to change my password, since it wasn’t the same…

  • 10 minutes to 1TB

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    WARNING this post contains all the boring details of a HD swap and Lion (OS X 10.7.1) installation. For those of you with ADD or couldn’t care less about this geeky stuff, stop yourself now and click on this.

  • HP concedes Tablet Market and why Apple has nothing to worry about

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    Well by now those savvy tech people have already heard that HP today decided to fold its tablet device offering not long after cutting the price by $100. This doesn’t mean much in isolation, but then news comes that Galaxy Tablets will be given away with purchase of large LED HDTV at Best Buy. Is…

  • “WorldWideWaste-A Rant” OR “A Plea to UI Decision Makers and Marketing Folk Everywhere”

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    Ah, the Web, what would we do without it. It allows us instant access to information and instant communication with anyone else with access. But aside from the dark corners where viruses aplenty lurk, there’s another downside: sloppy content writers and coders. When the web was new it appealed to just the computer savvy programmers,…

  • Communication

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    I had a huge misunderstanding with someone over text last week and it blew up into a big fight. The weaknesses of technology is that it lacks subtle cues and timeliness of face to face interactions or even the telephone. It makes me hesitant to use text or IM for that matter. Luckily, we resolved…

  • What’s done is Undone, part 1

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    Well, In my last post I thought I was pretty much done with the comic site, but then I got an idea…. It requires the rescripting of some bits here and there to work. I’m regretting early design decisions I made for the sake of speed realizing I’m going to have to go back and…