How People Use Firefox

Posted by on Mar 28, 2010 in Design | No Comments

This is pretty darn interesting. Alex Faaborg, who is the Principal Designer on Firefox, has posted a study on how people use the application, with a heat map that highlights the most and least used menu items. As you might expect Bookmarks got the most use by far, followed by copy and paste. Copy was ...

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An Excellent Description Of The Differences

Posted by on Mar 24, 2010 in Politics | No Comments

This is close to a  perfect overivew of the ways Republicans differ from the more sensible citizens of this country vis a vis economic issues. Succinct, elegant, and utterly damning: The main political issue of our time isn’t whether markets are always right but whether they are always good. Adam Smith, in “The Wealth of ...

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What Is In Reform For Small Businesses?

Posted by on Mar 23, 2010 in Business, Politics | No Comments

Something pretty darn important that started with Obama’s signing of the bill: SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDITS—Offers tax credits to small businesses to make employee coverage more affordable. Tax credits of up to 35 percent of premiums will be immediately available. Effective beginning for calendar year 2010. (Beginning in 2014, small business tax credits will cover ...

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McCain’s Pissed And It Ain’t Going To Take It

Posted by on Mar 22, 2010 in Politics | No Comments

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is angry. So, too, are his fellow Republicans. McCain says, there will be consequences. There will be no cooperation for the rest of the year,” McCain said during a radio interview Monday. “They have poisoned the well in what they’ve done and how they’ve done it. Oh no! Not that. Perhaps ...

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