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Category Archives: Rant
C++: The oldest new kid on the block
Is C++ coming back to a warm welcome from Microsoft?
Also posted in C++, Software Development, Windows
Tagged .NET, c++, Visual Studio, win32
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London Underground UI Fail
You’d think replacing a magnetic board with a digital system would be a good thing, wouldn’t you? Well, not if you get the “user interface” completely wrong…
Programming is like a bad analogy
The joy of programming can be a difficult thing to describe. I take a look at some of the bizarre things people have compared it to.
TwitterVision: How Twitter transformed TV
How has Twitter transformed the act of watching TV?
The 7 signs your UI was created by a programmer
Programmers are notoriously bad at creating good user interfaces. How can you tell if your app was designed by a programmer? (Hint: it’s easy).
Also posted in Excel, Software Development, Usability
Tagged Excel, GUI, Usability, win32
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Static libraries are Evil
In my opinion. Why? Well, because it’s too easy to use them as an excuse for not defining your shared library interfaces properly. The reason this is on my mind recently is that several hundred, yes, you heard that right, several hundred DLLs have been released by my group over the last, ooh, 10 years [...]
Back from the brink…
<sigh> After the attack of the incompetent hosts (1&1). Previous content should be restored shortly.
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