- I ordered Leopard from the German Apple Store when announced. The order status is showing expected delivery on Monday. I’m not impressed
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Updates for 2007-10-26
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Updates for 2007-10-22
- Shocked and sad to learn of the passing of the writer and broadcaster Alan Coren http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2694149.ece #
- This month we’ve lost Alan Coren and Ned Sherrin two stalwarts of quality UK broadcasting and both a big part of the soundtrack of my life. #
- On my way to Mirchi 1 in Berlin-Mitte to meet with some ex-colleagues #
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Default Keyboard Focus
flow|state: Show mercy to keyboard users (yourself included) by setting the default keyboard focus In this post on flow|state the author explains the importance of setting the default keyboard focus in a web application – i.e. where text will appear if the user starts typing without clicking on a control or otherwise changing the focus. Some sites do set the focus appropriately (e.g. google search) but others seem to overlook this simple but important point (e.g. google reader, microsoft.com).
I’ve facilitated several agile projects where the customer or product owner has come up with a user story something like:
As a web site visitor
I want to start typing without having to change focus
so that I can get the results that I need as quickly as possible
This is usually simple to implement (unless you can’t use JavaScript) and provides an immediate reduction in aggravation for users. For some applications this can actually make a difference to the business case. For example, if call handling time for a large scale call centre application can be reduced by just a second, it can result in significant cost reductions over a year.
I encourage all product owners to consider whether there is room for such a feature in their product backlogs!
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Updates for 2007-10-21
- I’m really liking Flock 1.0 RC – the People Bar does a nice job of giving me an overview of Twitter, Flickr and Facebook #
- … and subjectively Flock is fast on my MacBook Pro #
- LIstening to Carmina Burana, Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle, iTunes+ – nice recording #
- Neil Young – Chrome Dreams and Chrome Dreams II http://tinyurl.com/242avw #
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Updates for 2007-10-19
- Listening to Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti – possibly their best album. I don’t have tickets for the reunion but I’ll be there in spirit! #
- Back in Berlin after a week as a Bromptonaut in Munich. #
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Updates for 2007-10-15
- Arrived in Munich on the night train from Berlin #
- It"s a low CO2 week. Train instead of plane and bike instead of regional train #
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Updates for 2007-10-12
- At MUC for the weekly commute back to SXF #
- Looks like I’ll be coaching yet another Scrum team at my current client soon #
- This is a very high visibility project so when we show that Scrum works a lot of people will notice #
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Updates for 2007-10-11
- Coaching a new Scrum team. Helping Product Owner and ScrumMaster prepare initial product backlog. #
- It’s time to play Planning Poker! #
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Updates for 2007-10-10
- In Rainbows downloading – great I can listen to it during the commute to work #
- My first impression of In Rainbows was that there are a couple of good songs but the rest was not outstanding but … #
- … on playing it (In Rainbows) again, I’m discovering more and more. This is an album that bears repeated listening. #
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Updates for 2007-10-09
- Received email about Radiohead album release – my activation code will be sent tomorrow a.m. (UK time). Single zip file with 160 K MP3s #
- Does anyone have a spare Jaiku invite? #
- I really liked the first episode of "Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency" – the new BBC Radio 4 serialisation of the Douglas Adams n … #
- Highly recommended to anyone who likes DNA’s work – first episode still available here http://tinyurl.com/2h3krs #
- It still brings a lump to my throat when I think of the loss of DNA at such a young age. #
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