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Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Car powered by ... wind?
There is something new on the skyline of Northwest Central Ohio, a 150 foot wind turbine.
Apparently Byers Auto Group decided to build a wind turbine so as to be nice to the environment.
My estimation is that it is the most extreme of attraction stunts.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Q's on First
The numbers on my phone have 1 at the top left, then run sequentially left-right, top-bottom.
same with the copier in the office.
same as garage door keycodes
The numbers on my calculator have the 1 at the bottom left, then run sequentially left-right, bottom-top. Same as the onscreen calculator, same as my keyboard. I wonder why some product arrange one way and some the other.
What examples can you think of in your life?
same as garage door keycodes
The numbers on my calculator have the 1 at the bottom left, then run sequentially left-right, bottom-top. Same as the onscreen calculator, same as my keyboard. I wonder why some product arrange one way and some the other.
What examples can you think of in your life?
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Monday, October 12, 2009
The message below is intended for recipient only...
Are you still reading?
How many of you have a disclaimer at the footer of your emails?
Does it actually mean anything? Would that actually protect you if you sent an email intended for the client and it went to their competitor?!
How about all those social media websites? Do my tweets really bind me to anything? Or does their have to be something more?
Find out the answer to these questions and a few of your own at an upcoming CYP CLUB event click here for more details http://tinyurl.com/cypnov4
Thursday, March 19, 2009
For names sake
Look familiar?
If you wanted to learn more about me and my business Davlin Designs, you could go to DavlinDesigns.com and read about some projects I have worked on.
Should you decide you wanted to learn more about Kellogg's the wonderful breakfast cereal company you would type in Kelloggs.com and learn how grreat they are.
Suppose you wanted to learn about a certain type of car, let's say Nissan, what do you type in? Nissan.com right?
Unfortuanately not. Instead you will arrive at the wonderful business portal for Nissan Computer Company. Too bad for Nissan Motor Company, no wait - too bad for Nissan Computer Company. That's right, they didn't develop Windows so this "Mom and Pop" computer shop has been going at it now in the American court system for over 10 years.
In the meantime to find Nissan cars, you'll have to Google it.
Monday, October 8, 2007
QWERTY or DVORAK
this is typed on a Dvorak
Well at least that first line was. I discovered that a Dvorak typeset can be used on any computer. Dvorak is a keyboard organization that aligns the most used letters the home row line.
That's right, there is a better configuration than QWERTY. Back in the day when typewriters were used the Dvorak was used. Then it was replaced because, get this, it was too efficient!! Typers were crawling over the keyboard so fast that the hammers would get stuck and jam on one another.
Over the years the QWERTY keyboard became the standard for typewriters and so when the transition to computers came the slowing effects of the qwerty had been somewhat overcome so people could still make quality use.
This is a great example of how technology and user studies can affect our landscape of products. What would have been if our keyboards were reassessed after the silicone revolution? Would there be less carpal tunnel cases? Would typing have a easier learning curve? Would this have changed how texting (SMS) developed?
I will be trying the Dvorak keyboard occasionally to see if there is a benefit. Read more about the alternate keyboard arrangement online.
Well at least that first line was. I discovered that a Dvorak typeset can be used on any computer. Dvorak is a keyboard organization that aligns the most used letters the home row line.
That's right, there is a better configuration than QWERTY. Back in the day when typewriters were used the Dvorak was used. Then it was replaced because, get this, it was too efficient!! Typers were crawling over the keyboard so fast that the hammers would get stuck and jam on one another.
Over the years the QWERTY keyboard became the standard for typewriters and so when the transition to computers came the slowing effects of the qwerty had been somewhat overcome so people could still make quality use.
This is a great example of how technology and user studies can affect our landscape of products. What would have been if our keyboards were reassessed after the silicone revolution? Would there be less carpal tunnel cases? Would typing have a easier learning curve? Would this have changed how texting (SMS) developed?
I will be trying the Dvorak keyboard occasionally to see if there is a benefit. Read more about the alternate keyboard arrangement online.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
roll up your window
As product continue to improve and change shouldn't our expressions change with it? The other day Sarah, my wife, asked me to "roll up the window."
My jumpy mind took the tangent for a ride, so I let her know that I wasn't able to "roll" it up rather I had to use a switch.
Will our expressions become modern or will it be dubbed as classic?
Another discovery I had was in MS Word. Over the years I developed the mantra "Save and save often!" If you were one of the many computer lab rats that lost hours of work simply because you didn't save after each paragraph then you know what I am talking about.
As you can see the "Save" shortcut is an icon of the old 3.5" Floppy disk. I think it has been at least three years now that they haven't been including them in the mainstream computer options.
When will it come to pass that the icon for saving will be disconnected? Will children only know the 3.5" disk because of the save shortcut, and never have seen one?
And this one if for free: "Never look a gift horse in the mouth" Back in time horses were gifts for more than spoiled children. To ensure that a horse was in good health you would inspect their teeth. Translation: Don't review the quality of a gift, especially in front of the giver.
My jumpy mind took the tangent for a ride, so I let her know that I wasn't able to "roll" it up rather I had to use a switch.
Will our expressions become modern or will it be dubbed as classic?
Another discovery I had was in MS Word. Over the years I developed the mantra "Save and save often!" If you were one of the many computer lab rats that lost hours of work simply because you didn't save after each paragraph then you know what I am talking about.
As you can see the "Save" shortcut is an icon of the old 3.5" Floppy disk. I think it has been at least three years now that they haven't been including them in the mainstream computer options.
When will it come to pass that the icon for saving will be disconnected? Will children only know the 3.5" disk because of the save shortcut, and never have seen one?
And this one if for free: "Never look a gift horse in the mouth" Back in time horses were gifts for more than spoiled children. To ensure that a horse was in good health you would inspect their teeth. Translation: Don't review the quality of a gift, especially in front of the giver.
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