December 30th 2007 Posted to internet, life

Simplicity Sells

I as always say, KEEP IT SIMPLE ! Watch this presentation given by David Pogue, New York Times technology columnist. The message is that when it comes to tech, simplicity sells.

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December 14th 2007 Posted to internet

You should hate flash web sites.

First things first. Adobe Flash is a nice tool, but not to create websites. You should not trust a Designer or a Design Company that build their own page using only, 100% width x 100% height, flash animations. You may ask, “why not?”. Simple, it only proves that they don’t know how to write good quality HTML code following the standards. That is not the only reason, I can list a few more:

• It does not render well on mobile devices or small screens.
• If you have special needs and use a screen reader, you will have problems.
• Should I mention that stupid music that plays loud and make your co-workers look at you with a not-so-happy-face?
• Wait 20-30 seconds while the content loads, no thanks.
• If the intro animations is good enough and worth be seen, why the pseudo-designer adds a ’skip intro’ button?
• A few flash functions does not work well on Linux browsers. Even Opera for Windows has some difficulties to handle it properly.
• Zero, nada, niente Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for you. Your site content will not be searchable on Google and other engines. Your competitors will.

If you love flash, at this time you are probably cursing on me. But, as I previously stated, flash is a nice tool if used under the right conditions. “The right tool for the right job” concept.

There are lots of good examples out there.

• Youtube embedded movie player
• Sydney Opera House Map
• SlideShare.com, the Youtube for PowerPoint
• Flickr slideshow viewer

So, if you are thinking on creating a flash site, or a web designer is trying to sell you one. Think twice!

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December 08th 2007 Posted to life, movie, tv

License to Wed at The Office?

I just watched the film License to Wed. Despite it’s 5.1 of 10 rating, the plot is OK and deserves a 7. But what I didn’t like about it was the cast chosen. Most of then also work at the “The Office” TV Show. I counted 4: Jim, Angela, Kelly and Kevin. I am not saying that they don’t perform well, it is just wired to mix the stories and see them interacting in a different way. The movie totally lost it’s identity, you never know if you are watching another episode of the The Office TV Show or The Office Movie or what.

I was wondering when Michael Scott would show up and say something inappropriate like always.

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December 04th 2007 Posted to hype, web 2.0

Here comes another bubble

Nice catchy music. No doubt the Bubble 2.0 will explode soon.

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