The Readability of the EULA
on Oct 31, 2009 in usability eula language license readability Photo by fczuardiThe Software License and the EULA (End User License Agreement) have always been part of software. It contains the rights people have regarding the software, often limiting those rights as much as possible. It’s being a contract...

I’m a Google Waver Now
on Oct 12, 2009 in Interoperability Web2.0 Google wave Photo by Yme BosmaYes, My invite came this last night. Between bits of work I found a little bit of time to play with it a few minutes. And I am not (yet) very impressed. Sure it works and sure it’s fast. Sure I can create a wave (which isnR...

Towards my presentation October 29
on Oct 5, 2009 in Interoperability nluug Some of you may know that on the 29th of October I will be speaking at the fall conference of the NLUUG, the Dutch Linux and Unix Usergroup. The conference is about The Open Web and naturally I will be speaking about interoperability, or better, the...

Now I only have to start blogging ???
on Aug 16, 2009 in Humor Or maybe get famous first… Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons. Social Bookmarking...

More or Less Interoperability?
on Jul 15, 2009 in Interoperability Photo by 917pressI recently read here an interesting opinion from Jonathan Zuck, President of the Association for Competitive Technology. I don’t agree with this opinion so much, I just had to write a post about it. The point mr. Zuck makes is...

Asterix Love
on Jul 4, 2009 in Security Uncategorized Lately there has been a lot of discussion about this poor little character, the asterix: *. One example of this is this site. This character has been a very frequent site on every login screen you might encounter. It hides your real password (unless...

Good Usability Sometimes is Bad!
on May 9, 2009 in Security experience usability Windows Now before y’all sceptics out there start getting into the disagreement mode, let’s see what actually is the reason for this rather controversial heading… Good Usability means a application, apparatus, thing or whatyamightcallit (my...

Explained on Youtube
on Apr 8, 2009 in Social Networking Work YouTube Image via Wikipedia Youtube is a great resource of entertainment and education. I have frequently used youtube-published-content in presentations to explain things. Here I’ld like to highlight a few great videos explaining some concepts in a...

multiple apps on one database? not a good idea
on Apr 7, 2009 in Security Tech Work Open source Oracle Image via Wikipedia Recently a colleague of mine wanted my opinion on a situation he discovered with one of his clients. This client had an Oracle Database server with one database configured which was beeing used by multiple applications. He thou...

You know you have to update your pc when:
on Mar 26, 2009 in Uncategorized Image via Wikipedia You just ran out of punch cards or your computer store can’t supply any more 5 1/4 inch floppy disks or your 10 MB harddisk starts making rattling noises you never heard before or your monochrome Hercules monitor starts s...