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POPSSarah Palin's "Crazy" Pastor Interesting, if this witch hunting pastor was Obama's, this would be Plastered ALL OVER the news, in spite of the financial crisis. Hillary, don't worry, the media is reverse racist as it was sexist against you. karma shift.
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POPSCheap Christmas Gift Ideas Hey! Thought I would infuse some tips with this post. I believe you must have started preparation for welcoming Christmas. Did you make friends’ list? So you must be contemplating on exchanging gifts as well! If you are worrying about the budget you have in hand, then I say your worry is not needed as because there are numerous cheap Christmas gifts out there in the stores; online and offline.
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POPSParenting in the New York Times The NYT spotlights 3 new social networking sites for parents of young children. Parenting is in vogue, but is there a compelling vision of what ought to guide that venture?
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POPSDemocracy? cacophony? Internet poses new questions "If it all sounds like the cacophony of the Internet, or a busy commercial street on rush hour, is creeping into offline media outlets, saysme.tv’s chief executive, Lisa Eisenpresser, pleads guilty, only she prefers other words: democracy, marketplace of ideas." "Of course, there is still the freedom to cover your ears." With all that advancement, what i am missing is a serious question that one should ask himself, what is the worth of what i have to say?
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POPSUsability testing story from an indie game
This article follows the story of one creator's user feedback and subsequent usability test. I think it highlights the problems found in AAA game development with focus tests where the write-up is taken as gospel, but the devs don't do the deep-listening part of sitting with the players guaging what the root of their problems are. I can't summarise a whole story in clipmarks' 1000 character limit. I'll write some more context here, so if the source page goes offline in the future there'll be enough material. Before the clipped quote starts, the author explains that he got user feedback via phone and e-mail, the strongest message to come through which was requests for an "undo" function. Instead of staying crestfallen at this request, he sets up a live test party. The changes made to the game which aren't clipped: Slow the main character down ... even slower when pushing obstacles Take out death-water Add waypoints that allow the player to restart without needing to repla
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POPSWaiting game for e-bullion account holders From e-bullion.com Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:07:24 GMT Dear Customer, 05 August, 2008, 1:00pm PST: The e-Bullion website will be unavailable for a period of approximately four hours while our Tech Dept. performs routine maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this interruption to service. e-Bullion Management