Tag: RANT

I just stumbled across an article on FastCompany and it sheds light on something I've never put much thought into: unfriending. Sure, it entered the English language this year, but we don't really do it all that often, do we? We might talk about doing it, but rarely do we go through with it. It would be a bit like committing social suicide. Ah, suicide. A contentious topic. But let's face it: ...

Ah, Evony. Sweet, sweet Evony. Chances are if you've been online for more than a day or two and you dare step outside the sandbox of Gmail or Facebook and into the seedy underbelly of the beast, you'll have seen the Evony ads. Take a good, long look at the advert to the right --> OK. Now what're you thinking? BOOBS? Voyeuristic pleasures of the flesh? 'You know, it looks like she's ...

When I'm fighting with someone's bogged down, crapped up computer, I've got enough problems to keep me busy. Surprisingly, big manufacturers don't seem too concerned. They're more than happy to contribute to my frustrations in subtle ways that will eventually drive me completely insane. Bloated drivers. Ok, fellas, what's the deal? Why do OEMs feel the need to cram drivers for every OS into a ...

ComicBrush is a new online tool intended to allow regular people like you and me to create cartoons quickly and easily, even if we don't have any artistic talent. So far, so good, seems like a great premise. I was excited to give it a try. Excited, that is, until I found that I needed to create an account just to kick the tires. Creating an account isn't that big of a deal, I suppose, but these ...

Here's a complain that would go along nicely with our Seven rules for Web 2.0 start-ups: Keeping me waiting for an account activation email, or anything else for that matter. Say you have a potential customer who wants to run a cool Ajaxy poll on his blog. He googles and finds that there are at least a dozen companies offering a free Ajaxy poll service. Your site looks good to him, so he jumps ...