Comments for No Secret http://noccrit.com/Steveblog Not everything must be a CCrit. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:11:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on It’s Friday: Dumb UI of the Week by noccrit http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/2010/07/its-friday-dumb-ui-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-242 noccrit Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:11:19 +0000 http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/?p=212#comment-242 I'm not sure I trust wallets made solely of electrons as much as those that contain protons and neutrons too. I usually lock my computer when I walk away from it, especially in a public place, and it self-locks after a few minutes anyway, but.... I’m not sure I trust wallets made solely of electrons as much as those that contain protons and neutrons too. I usually lock my computer when I walk away from it, especially in a public place, and it self-locks after a few minutes anyway, but….

]]> Comment on It’s Friday: Dumb UI of the Week by Paul C. Easton http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/2010/07/its-friday-dumb-ui-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Paul C. Easton Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:17:06 +0000 http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/?p=212#comment-241 I love these UI design rants, and I agree with all of your points, but I do wonder why you are repeatedly digging out your card from your wallet instead of using a form-fill application like Roboform, Lastpass, or your browser's built-in e-wallet. I love these UI design rants, and I agree with all of your points, but I do wonder why you are repeatedly digging out your card from your wallet instead of using a form-fill application like Roboform, Lastpass, or your browser’s built-in e-wallet.

]]> Comment on A Semi-Off-Topic Post for a Friday by Pawel Brodzinski http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/2010/07/a-semi-off-topic-post-for-a-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Pawel Brodzinski Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:44:06 +0000 http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/?p=210#comment-227 That's exactly one of my recent musings: why <a href="http://blog.brodzinski.com/2010/06/dont-promote-engineers-to-management.html" rel="nofollow">best engineers aren't best candidates for management</a>. However you bring it to the next level, since I didn't really think about lack of talent being a trigger to learning process which ends up with a good starting position for management role. That's an interesting insight and the one I agree with. That’s exactly one of my recent musings: why best engineers aren’t best candidates for management. However you bring it to the next level, since I didn’t really think about lack of talent being a trigger to learning process which ends up with a good starting position for management role.

That’s an interesting insight and the one I agree with.

]]> Comment on What Do Fake Rolexes, Overpriced Wine, and iPhones Have in Common? by Richard http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/2010/05/what-do-fake-rolexes-overpriced-wine-and-iphones-have-in-common/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Richard Mon, 10 May 2010 15:46:30 +0000 http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/?p=207#comment-179 I don't think you were trolling for comments with this, but I balk at the "iPhone is just marketing" meme: it's more like BMW versus Chevrolet (or Yugo, if you include Windows Mobile). ;-) I don’t think you were trolling for comments with this, but I balk at the “iPhone is just marketing” meme: it’s more like BMW versus Chevrolet (or Yugo, if you include Windows Mobile). ;-)

]]> Comment on “PowerPoint Makes Us Stupid” — True or False? by Michael http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/2010/04/powerpoint-makes-us-stupid-true-or-false/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Michael Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:05:50 +0000 http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/?p=190#comment-147 That previous comment got butchered by my phone's autospell feature. It was supposed to say: I liked this balloon-juice post too. Apparently the military had lots of presentations with bullet lists before Powerpoint: http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/04/27/powerpoint-is-evil/ You seem to collect links to Powerpoint Wisdom. Here is one more: http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint That previous comment got butchered by my phone’s autospell feature. It was supposed to say:

I liked this balloon-juice post too. Apparently the military had lots of presentations with bullet lists before Powerpoint: http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/04/27/powerpoint-is-evil/

You seem to collect links to Powerpoint Wisdom. Here is one more:
http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint

]]> Comment on “PowerPoint Makes Us Stupid” — True or False? by “PowerPoint Makes Us Stupid,” Part II « No Secret http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/2010/04/powerpoint-makes-us-stupid-true-or-false/comment-page-1/#comment-145 “PowerPoint Makes Us Stupid,” Part II « No Secret Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:57:32 +0000 http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/?p=190#comment-145 [...] “PowerPoint Makes Us Stupid” — True or False? [...] [...] “PowerPoint Makes Us Stupid” — True or False? [...]

]]> Comment on “PowerPoint Makes Us Stupid” — True or False? by Michael http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/2010/04/powerpoint-makes-us-stupid-true-or-false/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Michael Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:13:29 +0000 http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/?p=190#comment-141 I liked this Belgium post too. Apparently the military had lots of presentations with bullet lists before powerpoinr http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/04/27/powerpoint-is-evil/ I liked this Belgium post too. Apparently the military had lots of presentations with bullet lists before powerpoinr

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/04/27/powerpoint-is-evil/

]]> Comment on “Oops” UI of the Week by Paul Easton http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/2010/04/oops-ui-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Paul Easton Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:26:38 +0000 http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/?p=184#comment-128 Web-form annoyances account for a number of my pet peeves. Their number increased when I moved outside of the United States. Perhaps the biggest is forms that give you an option for selecting a country other than the United States or Canada, but still require you to select from a list of U.S. states and Canadian provinces, without even giving an "other", "foreign", or blank option. Another one that I'm seeing more of is in country lists where Taiwan is not not listed or is listed as "Taiwan, Province of China." You can bet that the company outsourced part of the web-site development to Chinese programmers. Then there are the forms requesting common information (name, address, phone) that don't work with my form-filling application (now Lastpass, in the past I used Roboform) because the form-fields are poorly named. Ah, venting in the blogosphere is therapeutic. I feel much better now. Web-form annoyances account for a number of my pet peeves. Their number increased when I moved outside of the United States. Perhaps the biggest is forms that give you an option for selecting a country other than the United States or Canada, but still require you to select from a list of U.S. states and Canadian provinces, without even giving an “other”, “foreign”, or blank option.

Another one that I’m seeing more of is in country lists where Taiwan is not not listed or is listed as “Taiwan, Province of China.” You can bet that the company outsourced part of the web-site development to Chinese programmers.

Then there are the forms requesting common information (name, address, phone) that don’t work with my form-filling application (now Lastpass, in the past I used Roboform) because the form-fields are poorly named.

Ah, venting in the blogosphere is therapeutic. I feel much better now.

]]> Comment on Ten Good Things New in PowerPoint 2010 by Kim_Office_Team http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/2010/03/ten-good-things-new-in-powerpoint-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Kim_Office_Team Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:49:56 +0000 http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/?p=157#comment-72 Steve, Thanks you so much for your thoughts and great breakdown of the features you're valuing in Office 2010. I'm sure the Office team would love it if you shared your expertise with the rest of the PowerPoint using community at the PowerPoint page on Facebook. You can join them here: http://www.facebook.com/MicrosoftPowerpoint. Thanks again! Best, Kim Microsoft Office Outreach Steve,

Thanks you so much for your thoughts and great breakdown of the features you’re valuing in Office 2010. I’m sure the Office team would love it if you shared your expertise with the rest of the PowerPoint using community at the PowerPoint page on Facebook. You can join them here: http://www.facebook.com/MicrosoftPowerpoint.

Thanks again!

Best,
Kim
Microsoft Office Outreach

]]> Comment on Joel Won’t Be on Software Anymore by noccrit http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/2010/03/joel-wont-be-on-software-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-66 noccrit Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:10:50 +0000 http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/?p=153#comment-66 I agree with you re both paragraphs, Michael. I wasn't trying to suggest he should keep it going, but rather simply noting the passing of his (regular) voice. I agree with you re both paragraphs, Michael. I wasn’t trying to suggest he should keep it going, but rather simply noting the passing of his (regular) voice.

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