September 15th, 2005

• Leaflet testers

  Notice — I've been working on Leaflet in the past couple of weeks. (…)

July 21st, 2005

• Security update for three plugins

  In resources (updated) — I've corrected a potential security hole. (…)

• terms2posts: next generation related posts

  In resources — I've updated my extract terms (obsolete) based plugins, and released the terms2posts plugin. (…)

July 8th, 2005

• Semiologic Pro Package for WordPress, v.2.5

  In resources — I am happy to announce the release of Semiologic Pro.

June 13th, 2005

• Semiologic theme and CMS, v.2.4

  In resources — More feature-rich and more usable than ever, introducing the Semiologic theme and CMS, v.2.4. (…)

May 14th, 2005

• Gaming intelligence in the XBox 360

  Nonsense — Read in the Chicago Tribune:
  "The artificial intelligence, it's the way in which the world works. (…)

May 11th, 2005

• The dark side of XML

  Opinion — The single most pathetic feature of XML is this: When a document is not XML valid, the specs insist you should throw an error instead of parsing it. (…)

May 9th, 2005

• Grokker: A long overdue breakthrough in usability

  Highlight — Grokker is a long overdue breakthrough in the realm of search engine usability. (…)

May 4th, 2005

• A more down-to-earth business model

  Highlight — ZDNet's Dana Blankenhorn is wondering how open source could make money.

April 22nd, 2005

• 10 FREE tips to make WordPress more usable

  Opinion — When a user faces a difficulty, I only know of one suitable option when it comes to usability: It is to make the software take the decision for him ('best default'). (…)

April 21st, 2005

• The more Google scorns users, the more users worship Google

  Fragged — The Google paradox leaves me in awe. In the hands of Google, the most elementary bit of user privacy becomes a joke. And the more Google scorns users, the more users worship Google. (…)

March 31st, 2005

• Open source manichaeism

  Opinion — ZDNet sparked a thread — or is that a troll? — on whether open source is communist or not. (…)

March 27th, 2005

• CMS as a node graph

  News — Markdown is nice, but its interaction with this site proved too buggy, so I removed it.
  I tried over 30 Content Management Systems lately. (…)

March 23rd, 2005

• Neural network programming to become more relevant

  Perspective — I recognize the usefulness of genetic algorithms and neural networks, but I am also a severe critic against them. (…)

March 21st, 2005

• Artificial intelligence has nothing to do with statistics

  Commentary — ZDNet reports that Jeff Hawkins, who created the Palm handheld, is forming a company that will specialize in systems able to recognize patterns, make predictions about familiar phenomena and in general function like the human brain. (…)

March 18th, 2005

• Credence, or how to differentiate spam from legit content

  Commentary — ZDNet mentions an interesting Cornell University research project called Credence. Credence aims to differentiate spam from legit content in peer-to-peer networks. (…)

March 8th, 2005

• Brain circuitry findings won't shape computer design

  Commentary — This MIT News Office story on how brain circuitry findings could shape computer design. (…)

March 7th, 2005

• Towards a credible alternative to trackbacks and pingbacks

  Opinion — I began running this blog a bit over a month now and I mentioned two aspects where WordPress — and other blogware — could be better in my initial post. (…)

March 4th, 2005

• If clients treated architects like they treat software designers…

  Funny — Dear Mr. Architect,
  Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what I need, so you should use your discretion. (…)

February 14th, 2005

• How do you measure a writer's productivity?

  Perspective — The detail that caught my attention when I read New York Times' recent story on how our workplace contributes to make us unproductive may also be the most insignificant: It took Katie Hafner over two hours of hard labor to write it. (…)