There’s a scene in one of the Star Trek movies - the one with the whales - when the crew winds up back in the 1980s. Scotty needs to use an old Macintosh computer. He looks at it and says, “Computer, respond.” When it doesn’t, he picks up the mouse and yells into it. “Computer, respond!

Derek Powazek (noted because I have often been tempted to ditch all logical troubleshooting techniques and employ this method of communication with my useless Macbook Pro over the last couple of months.)

More Usability Bitching.

Do not review an application without linking the page where you can either download it, or at least research it further. I know everyone is about trapping users on their site, I’m sure as a sort of hat trick to get more ad clicks, but if you routinely leave important links out of your posts I will stop following your site. Immediately. And using BIG. ANGRY. UNSUBSCRIBE. FINGERS.

who is on twitter?

http://www.sashafrerejones.com/2009/01/who_is_on_twitter.html

  1. people who are just back from a really awesome run
  2. people who are involved with “computers”
  3. DJs
  4. DJs at the airport
  5. DJs who are drunk
  6. people who don’t have anyone’s email address
  7. people who are mad at television
  8. people who have forgotten how to email
  9. people who have forgotten how to text
  10. people who are involved in “social networking” and optimizing the power of re-Tweeting and “computers”
  11. people who can’t find a reasonable picture of themselves
  12. people who really like the news
  13. DJs at the airport