As promised in my last post (”Goodbye old Powerbook, Hello Intel MacBook!“), here are some further thoughts about the transition to my new laptop.
First off, my new MacBook arrived much earlier than I expected. I paid for 2-3 day shipping, and it arrived in two days, even though the FedEx tracking page said it came […]

Lately, I’ve had a problem. When I started out playing live electronic music, I quickly realized the value of rack-mounted gear, in terms of making setting up for a show quicker and easier. In the last few years, however, I’ve moved away from rack-mounted gear in favor of using laptop-based software combined with hardware controllers […]

A quick announcement: I have turned off the ability to add comments to entries I post here. I love this feature from a community and interaction standpoint, but I can’t stand the fact that spammers have targetted blogs as the new place to spread their junk.
I may try to implement one of the fixes […]

A quote from Daniel Rosenberg, VP of development for usability and interface design at Oracle Corporation:
“Automation reduces complexity faster and in larger increments than UI design. For example, after home networks got automated (DHCP), the average person can set it up now.”
From: Seven Myths of Usability ROI
I really like this quote; it points to how […]