human computer interaction
the difference between reading content with and without external links
I just skimmed that Gizmodo headline “Apple Tablet Aiming To Redefine Newspapers, Textbooks and Magazines” and saw that tablet device next to, featuring a page that looks like a common web page. The snippet on Techmeme says “[...] Apple is talks with several media companies rooted in print, negotiating content for a ‘new device.’ [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Is there any such thing as a video wiki out there?
Watching Railscasts and looking up older casts to see what “the guy” is referring to, I wonder whether there’s some thing like a video wiki. I mean, in a video wiki it should be easily possible to overlay areas of interest within the video and assign an URL there which to follow on click. So, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )developing services atop micro-Blogging services
I just outlined the potential benefits of building atop a micro-blogging service such as Identica or Twitter: track your online reputation, detect new trends in realtime, find people with similar interests, auto-follow them, or filter out spam. It’s up to your imagination what profit to take from tapping into the µB (micro-blogging) sphere.
Developing tools atop [...]
a follow-up on Bash auto-completion
I had other Bash-related posts in the past, like For purpose of reference: command history based auto-completion in Bash and another useful Bash skill on using !! for command repetition.
This one is just some kind of follow-up: I noticed a post in Debian Package of the Day regarding auto-completion in Bash. I found it worth [...]
for purpose of reference: reconfigure the EeePC keyboard layout on X
I like my EeePC 901, though the missing navigation keys hit me a bit, and getting a pipe symbol (|) with one hand is wrist-flipping (AltGr+Function+Y [on a German keyboard]). I knew I had to fix that, and now I’ve done it.
As a solution, I set up some alternative keys to trigger:
lesser than
greater than
pipe
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Chatbots for Twitter/Identi.ca: A mini-framework in Ruby
The past few days I invested in developing a base framework for implementing service bots atop of micro-blogging services such as Twitter and Identica. The framework is written in Ruby and builds upon John Nunemaker’s Twitter gem.
As I never made a gem before, there’s no ready-made gem for it yet, though I’d love it [...]
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