Articles Archive for July 2001
Living »
Had an interesting conversation with an old pal. Unfortunately we hadn’t talked for ages. Talked for a long time and in the end my friend said to me: “It sounds as if your growing up” (whatever that means!). I instinctly rejected the idea, but a couple of seconds later i had to give in an accept that it might be true… (how fearful it might sound!)
Weird »
Nikolaj sends this interesting link to a new commercial for OfficeXP. Microsoft has gotten to a point where the only thing that can brand/sell the new version of Office is sex! ;_)
Technology »
More AOL ScreenName help information/documentation- they seem to be very close to a rollout with this level of documentation/help.
Technology »
Will Digital Identities ever be open?
Got a sense that the first battle for open standards in digital identities is already lost with Microsoft & AOL going for their closed proprietary platforms.
Combined they must have around 200 million registered users that they’ll try to active as digital identity users within the next 9 months.
In terms of end user experience what will an open standard do better? What’s the value proposition compared to Microsoft Passport/AOL Magic Carpet ScreenName.
Hopefully we’ll see a world where end user applications offer MULTIPLE digital identity platforms as …
Design »
A visual vocabulary for describing information architecture and interaction design
