by Rob Cottingham | Apr 27, 2006 | Technology
And as you might expect from a lexicographer, he doesn’t mince words. Barrett recently issued an RFP to redesign his superb Doubled-Tongued Word Wrestler Dictionary (a must-read for anyone who loves language, by the way). Apparently, a disproportionate number of... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 26, 2006 | Technology
Maybe not all by my lonesome. But about two weeks ago, I called the TiVo support line, fed up with a months-long problem where every single TiVo show we recorded was being flagged for timed deletion: one week was the longest we could keep anything, and any show we... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 26, 2006 | Online Community, Politics
Jane Jacobs is known for her vision of vibrant, liveable cities. But as Alex posts at Civic Minded, her prescription for a viable city is also the recipe for a thriving online community. And Alex has a terrific suggestion for one way to remember her: These still-early... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 25, 2006 | Politics, Technology
Just checking out Joe Volpe’s leadership campaign site and found several new things to update. But there was one interesting twist: for a while this morning, Volpe’s site offered translations into more than just English and French. You’d also find... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 24, 2006 | Politics, Technology
Dr. Carolyn Bennett: There’s a perfectly functional, content-rich web site here; unfortunately, it’s buried several layers inside an interface that makes a serious usability mistake. Once you click past the English/Français splash screen, you arrive at an... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 21, 2006 | Blogging, Communicating, Politics
While various political bloggers have been batting candidates back and forth for several months now, the Liberal candidates themselves have so far – with one or two notable exceptions – given cyberspace a wide berth. Several declared candidates have no visible...