Archive for May, 2008

Music as a dimension of art

Charlie_Parker Music, music… one of my expressions of art.

This guy, Charlie Parker, invited me to the fabulous world of Jazz. His music is contagious and it’s hard to be indifferent: either you love it or you hate it! And it’s so thrilling to learn about the players’ life and relate it to the songs…

However, it’s so annoying to listen to his records after practicing… :P

 

The Ten Commandments, by Google

Have you read the Ten principles that contribute to a Googley user experience?

  1. Focus on people – their lives, their work, their dreams.
  2. Every millisecond counts.
  3. Simplicity is powerful.
  4. Engage beginners and attract experts.
  5. Dare to innovate.
  6. Design for the world.
  7. Plan for today’s and tomorrow’s business.
  8. Delight the eye without distracting the mind.
  9. Be worthy of people’s trust.
  10. Add a human touch.

The main article explores every topic. It’s a must-read for any engineer!

 

Opera Dragonfly, fly dragon! Fly!

Opera has just lauched Dragonfly! Today!!

I’ve been waiting for a decent javascript/css debugger…

http://www.opera.com/products/dragonfly/