June 25, 2007
It seems like nearly every day I’m reminded of how lucky Alicea and I are to have a normal, healthy daughter. There’s a dad at work who I was speaking with on Friday who’s daughter is repeatedly in the hospital with heart complications. He was telling me of another family who’s 3 year old child’s longest stint outside a hospital has been 1 month.
I just came across a little article from The Seattle PI about a 13 year old who died today of a heart attack … complications from progeria, or accelerated aging. There is a story (with a number of pictures) profiling Seth in 2004. See http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/seth/
So sad.
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Posted by Nathan Novak
June 25, 2007
I don’t use Facebook either at this time, but I have to say this post from Download Squad definitely nails the reason I don’t use MySpace. Most of the content on there is CRAP. And the navigation is horrible.
It makes sense. Facebook started as a college and university only platform, which right off the bat adds a significant gap between the haves and have-nots. Add a pinch of irritation that users with an IQ above 80 feel when confronted with abhorent Myspace layouts and you have a recipe for the great unwashed to rally around Myspace, leaving the rest of us who can string a few words together as Facebook planted refugees from the ills and distaste of Myspace.
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Posted by Nathan Novak
June 25, 2007
Here’s a screen-grab from one of the iPhone ads, and it exemplifies why I don’t think Apple got it right. Here in Western cultures we read left-right. So WHY would you put the hang up button on the left - when a call comes in? That’s the first button your eye sees, and EVERY OTHER PHONE OUT THERE puts the answer and disconnect buttons on the left and right, respectively.
And how are you supposed to type on a screen with your finger when there’s no responsiveness to tell whether you’ve pressed a key? The tactile response of where you are on the keyboard is important.
This should be interesting.
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