http://zug.flathatter.com Bryan Zug's blog on interactive development and the art of thriving in a world of change. Thu, 29 May 2008 22:19:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recommended Reading: Interesting article about "[The Myth of the Fold](http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/blasting-the-myth-of)" pointed out by [Terry Heaton](http://www.thepomoblog.com/) on the Gnomedex mailing list. Holding on to this disbelief – this myth that users won’t scroll to see anything below the fold – is doing everyone a great disservice, most of all our users. http://zug.flathatter.com/blasting-the-myth-of-the-fold-boxes-and-arrows-the-design-behind-the-design/ Nice [post from Cabel Sasser](http://www.cabel.name/2008/03/japan-urls-are-totally-out.html") on how Japanese ads are dropping URL's in advertisements in favor of search boxes with keywords. Lots of back and forth in the comments on how regular folks don't use the address bar like they're "supposed" to -- money quote from the comments -- I don't ... http://zug.flathatter.com/search-boxes-are-big-in-japan/ So I finally got Mars Edit working again with my wordpress install (upgrading wp did the trick) and am getting back in the flow of posting as I come across interesting things. One of my favorite bloggers, Jeff Atwood at [Coding Horror](http://www.codinghorror.com/) quotes [Maciej Cegłowski's](http://www.idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm) notion of [Participatory Narcissism](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001080.html") concerning a ... http://zug.flathatter.com/participatory-narcissism-and-why-counting-crows-has-sucked-since-back-in-the-day/ Since I get asked a lot, here's my rundown of screencast tools -- PC - Camstudio: Free and can get you started PC - Camtasia: $299 but has bells and whistles that most people want after doing it for a while (e.g. pan and scan) PC - Captivate: $699. Like powerpoint on steroids, ... http://zug.flathatter.com/screencast-tools/ Had coffee with Drupal aficionado [Gregory Heller](http://www.civicactions.com/team/gregoryheller) over at Top Pot in downtown Seattle on Tuesday and he pointed me to Jakob Neilson's new article on the [10 Best Intranets of 2008](http://www.useit.com/alertbox/intranet_design.html"). Design seemed to figure directly into business results. Here's a short money quote -- > The productivity gains from polishing ... http://zug.flathatter.com/10-best-intranets-of-2008/ Started a new job on Monday. I have joined the wonderful team at [Methodologie](http://www.methodologie.com/) in downtown Seattle as "Technical Director, Interactive Manager". Methodologie is an incredible brand design firm with a great specialty in Corporate Social Responsibility communication and Annual Report design. I get to work with an award winning interactive team ... http://zug.flathatter.com/new-job-at-a-technical-director-at-methodologie/ My Chumby just arrived -- here it is (except mine is black) -- and yes, this is a realtime reflection of what it is showing -- http://zug.flathatter.com/my-chumby-just-arrived/ A physics engine for the iPhone -- just play the vid -- http://zug.flathatter.com/way-cool-physics-engine-for-the-iphone/ I wish they had embed code for this video, would go wider much faster. Since they don't, just go visit the site -- [Make My Logo Bigger Cream](http://www.makemylogobiggercream.com/") -- so funny because it is so true. http://zug.flathatter.com/make-my-logo-bigger-cream/ Here's my presentation files from my session at DevLearn 2007 in San Jose today as .PDF (1.3mb) or .PPT (1.7mb) -- Dave Wilkins of Knowledge Planet and I did a session called "Team-based Authoring: It's About Time". http://zug.flathatter.com/devlearn-2007-session/