August 2005 Archives

We'll, the big one has just gone live :-)

Some of you asked for key points that are worth mentioning, so here's a
list off the top of my head:

• It's a free update for any licensed user of MT 3.x
• There's a $30 discount for personal users
• All licenses support an unlimited number of blogs now
• The system overview is new, letting you manage all your blogs in one
  place
• We've got the best spam protection and community management around
• And, as always, MT comes with great support and the backing of all you
  ProNet members

Well, I'm off to download, more later...

Just watched the pilot of Lost.

Well, no cliché left unturned but somehow, wonderful fun. Lots of good, old-fashioned seat-jumping moments, in your face sound-effects and a suitably Lynchian cast...

While the crash itself is totally absurd (the idea your fuselage would not disintegrate once the tail section had fallen off etc) there are all sorts of kinky ideas, like the idea that a jet engine would keep spinning well after the crash. The turning blades make a great background sound adding to the tension.

By the end of the pilot we have the whole thing set-up. Everyone's got a secret, the cast has just killed Godzilla's baby (oops) and the island they chose to crash-land onto turns out to be part of some sinister French goings-on à la secret research facility goes wrong in a Jurassic park meets Godzilla kind of way...

I might just have to watch next week:-)

Received the following from a reader called Andrew MacLaren a few days ago. He does make some good points so I'll see what I can do:-)

...by some unfortunate deep linking i somehow landed at your 'website', having spent a few miserable minutes reading your mostly uninspiring and often self-rightous (pap) posts, it would appear to me that in many ways you come across as a borderline wanker, and although that may seem harsh i've just had another look and to put at nicely its a bag of shite! and from what i can gather this is what you actually do!??

Unfiltered commentary on usability...
...interface design, advertising and marketing communication.

surely your site reflects none of the above? It certainly falls flat on its lame ass when it comes to either interface design or usabilty! Although there is consistancy in the layout (black text and blue links), the positioning of the main elements appears confusing while also being extremely flat (not sure what content / links are of most importance), and in terms of 'usabilty' what the fuck is going on with 'Topics and Donkey' and 'Archive' being butchered into a scrollable box? surely if 'Topics on Donkey' contains many of your important links / latest information - they should be instantly available to the user? but there mainly hidden, which in fairness benefits everyone!

I'm sure this feedback is greatly appreciated and i will no doubt here from you soon.

Your extremely sincerly,
Andy