go ahead, mac my day
a Macintosh girl in a Microsoft world
the odds are good
At the OOPSLA planning meeting last weekend, we were looking at some of the statistics of our...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 05/10/2007
pictures from CHI 2007
For those of you who attended CHI 2007, especially the Microsoft reception on Wednesday night, check...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 05/09/2007
Office 11.3.5 update now available
For your downloading pleasure, we've released Office 11.3.5 today. You can download it here. There's...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 05/08/2007
UX positions open in MacBU
While I'm at CHI next week, one of my many goals is to find interesting and interested candidates...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 04/27/2007
In the interests of playing around with whatever is the New Hotness, I signed up for twitter. Now...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 04/27/2007
CHI2007
Anyone else going to CHI next week? I've got a huge list of the sessions that look the most...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 04/25/2007
blue and green and orange and purple all over
There's a new ad in the UK Get a Mac campaign: Office Posse. There's absolutely no way that you're...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 04/24/2007
something to aspire to
I thought I was doing pretty well with my music collection: about 200 GB. But Will Friedwald takes...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 04/19/2007
deja vu
I'm going to choose to view this as great minds think alike, rather than someone just ripping off a...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 04/16/2007
creepy
I checked to see the referrals to my blog posts. One of the referrals to my post the five stages of...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 04/15/2007
a short guide to Mac user responses to the Leopard slip
In case you haven't heard this yet [1], Apple announced late yesterday that Leopard won't ship until...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 04/13/2007
respect your user
Walt Mossberg wrote a great piece about the out-of-box user experience of buying a new laptop: Using...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 04/12/2007
in loving memory of Usenet
The next book that popped up in my reading queue is Silicon Snake Oil by Clifford Stoll. Written in...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 04/09/2007
the five stages of grief (iPhone edition)
In 1969, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross gave the world the now well-known five stages of grief. You’ve heard...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 04/06/2007
making it and faking it
A few weeks ago, I posted an entry intended to tell you how to be a software engineer without...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 04/05/2007
the user experience of gift cards
My mother, bless her heart, doesn't believe in my (extensive) Amazon wish list. But since we live...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 04/03/2007
product review - iFrog one-handed keyboard
On March 8th, I had surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff and labrum in my right shoulder. I'm...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/28/2007
pet peeve #1
I'm not the first to whinge about this, and I know that I won't be the last, but it really does...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/27/2007
book review - 'Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colourful Company'
Book title: Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colourful Company...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/26/2007
website security with cute widdle kittens
We've all seen websites with CAPTCHAs -- those image boxes with a random collection of squiggly...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/19/2007
article review - The Design of a GUI Paradigm Based on Tablets, Two-Hands, and Transparency
Article title: The Design of a GUI Paradigm Based on Tablets, Two-Hands, and Transparency Authors:...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/17/2007
iLaunching the iLaunch
The Onion has an informative article titled Apple Unveils New Product-Unveiling Product that...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 03/07/2007
another instance of security versus usability
Last weekend, when I logged in to my bank's website to pay my bills, I discovered that they have...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/26/2007
How to be a software engineer without coding
In an earlier post, I mentioned that there is a bevy of non-coding jobs involved in software...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/16/2007
happy update day!
Happy update day! If you haven't noticed yet, Office 11.3.4 is now available. Download it from...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/14/2007
Rolling Stone on Apple
The guys over at Rolling Stone sure do know how to get lots of hits to their site. A recent entry in...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/13/2007
happy birthday, MacBU!
This month, the MacBU is ten years old. One of the coolest things that has been done to celebrate...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/07/2007
the arcane craft of writing error messages
Let me put forth an axiom: software development is hard. It's not just the coding bits that are hard...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 02/05/2007
peace out
I read all sorts of Mac sites, but my hands-down favourite for the past several months has been The...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/30/2007
book review - 'iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon'
Book title: iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon Author: Steve Wozniak ISBN: 0393061434 I really...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/27/2007
Elijah
One of the coolest parts of my job (and there are many) is meeting our customers. I've been lucky...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/26/2007
the iPhone user experience
Last week, Steve Jobs finally gave us the iPhone. In the keynote address, he took 80 minutes to...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/16/2007
Office:Mac 2008
Last week during Macworld Expo, we formally announced details about Magnesium. The real name will be...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/15/2007
from the depths of despair
Right after yesterday's Stevenote, I was standing in the Moscone Centre with a bunch of my fellow...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/10/2007
reminder: at the blogger lounge
Just a reminder ... I'm hanging out this afternoon from 3-5pm at the blogger lounge. Come over and...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/10/2007
music to start and end the day
Maybe you didn't realise this, but going to MWSF is living the rockstar life. Well, okay, maybe...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/10/2007
'twas the night before MWSF
As I did last year, I helped out Chris Kim at our vendor table at User Group University. I really...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/08/2007
Nadyne@MWSF
Here's what I'm planning to be doing at MWSF: Monday, 5-7:30pm - User Group University vendor area...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/04/2007
Tufte seminar review
The last major thing that I did, before disappearing for most of December, was to attend a seminar...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/03/2007
let it snow!
Today is my first day back in the office. I was welcomed back by something that makes me a true...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 01/02/2007
OOF
Today's my last day in the office before vacation. I'm headed off to Australia tomorrow, and won't...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 12/05/2006
sitting in the middle of an us-versus-them debate
One of the things that I like about being a blogger and reading blogs is that you get to watch a...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 11/30/2006
the spam that keeps on spamming
It's the time of year for the spammers to ratchet up their efforts. I blame all of the spam in the...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 11/27/2006
Q&A: backing up Entourage
I wasn't sure if anyone was actually reading today, but the first question has already arrived. It...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 11/20/2006
go on, ask
It's a quiet holiday week. Many of my co-workers are taking some of their vacation time this week....
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 11/20/2006
Apple, you evil temptress
Clearly Apple is trying to tell me that it's time to upgrade. They announced today that they're...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 11/14/2006
my MWSF wishlist - top ten announcements I wish Apple would make
I know that it's a bit early for this kind of post, but I'm going to be out of the country for most...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 11/10/2006
Test post
I'm now trying Blogmailr.com to see if I like it and how Mac-friendly it is.Published with...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 11/07/2006
book review - 'A Pattern Language for Web Usability'
Book title: A Pattern Language for Web Usability Author: Ian Graham ISBN: 0201788888 The title of...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 11/07/2006
enabling OOPSLA
I served as Student Volunteers Chair of OOPSLA 2006. People ask me what that means, and I've never...
Author: Nadyne Richmond Date: 10/31/2006