Joel Spolsky has written an online book called User Interface Design for Programmers that I find pretty good http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000057.html/. There is also a longer print version that has more content, but I haven't had the chance to read it yet.
I just signed up with Comcast (I know, I sold my soul), and in the DFW area at least all of their HD boxes are DVRs. Interestingly they charge $5/month for the HD box, but if you want a standard definition box with DVR you have to pay $10/month. While the features and interface are not the greatest, it works well enough to record the shows I know I want to watch and still be able to FF through commercials.
I seem to remember reading that EA (I think) was going to start packaging their games in DVD like containers. I really like that idea, but I haven't heard anything about it for a while.
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"...Perhaps my children will have to deal with this, but I also hope that by then, this debate will have taken place, and cooler, more moderate heads prevail. "
I think that was the entire point of the article, that somewhere, sometime this debate has to take place. That people have this attitude that "my children will have to deal with this" is fairly disturbing to me.
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Joel Spolsky has written an online book called User Interface Design for Programmers that I find pretty good http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000057.html/. There is also a longer print version that has more content, but I haven't had the chance to read it yet.
Mick
I just signed up with Comcast (I know, I sold my soul), and in the DFW area at least all of their HD boxes are DVRs. Interestingly they charge $5/month for the HD box, but if you want a standard definition box with DVR you have to pay $10/month. While the features and interface are not the greatest, it works well enough to record the shows I know I want to watch and still be able to FF through commercials.
I seem to remember reading that EA (I think) was going to start packaging their games in DVD like containers. I really like that idea, but I haven't heard anything about it for a while.
"...Perhaps my children will have to deal with this, but I also hope that by then, this debate will have taken place, and cooler, more moderate heads prevail. "
I think that was the entire point of the article, that somewhere, sometime this debate has to take place. That people have this attitude that "my children will have to deal with this" is fairly disturbing to me.
MR