April 2015
Sony Z3 Compact OS update: Bad #UX, or it just doesn’t work or me?
Sony Z3 compact software update messes with the time. A UX fail, or just my problem?
Word of the Day: Tintinnabulate
Definition: Make a light, clear ringing sound; tinkle It was Christmas Eve and Santa was grumpy. People carried on about him going down chimneys as though they didn't know he was claustrophobic. When he'd told Mrs Claus, [...]
Word of the Day: Kakistocracy
Definition: Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens. Is Australia a kakistocracy? You tell me.
Speaking at the Brisbane Content Strategy Group meet-up: May 12
I’ll be speaking at the next Brisbane Content Strategy Group meet-up on May 12, between 5.00 and 6.30pm, about how to write and structure questions, help text and error messages...
Word of the Day: Fritinancy
Definition: The sound—particularly chirping—that insects make. Hot summer days are filled with the fritinancy of cicadas in chorus. This word is a rare beast. An edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in 1898 spelled it 'fritiniency'—but when spotted [...]
Word of the Day: Preantepenultimate
A word constructed nearly entirely from affixes, all from Latin: Pre (meaning 'before'), ante (meaning 'before'), pen (meaning 'almost'), and ultimate (meaning 'final').
Testimonial page published
We quietly published our testimonial page the other day. Look at all these nice people saying nice things about our courses!
Word of the Day: Schadenfreude
Definition: Pleasure felt or derived at another person's misfortune. I always experience schadenfreude when I see a bad (or otherwise incompetent) politician be interviewed by a good (i.e. scathing) journalist.