phaistonian http://phaistonian.pblogs.gr/ Words from a humble phaistonian on life, web-ing, technology and other stuff that hopefully matter el Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:52:41 +0200 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:52:41 +0200 Phaistos Networks Blog Engine Books in the age of the iPad An excellent article. 

Click here, read on ...


 

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When your customers or friends claim that something is wrong with your work, DO listen as it most probably is.

The fact that you can't easily reproduce an error, doesn't mean that the error report is invalid. It does mean that you have to try harder to get there, though.

We have been there so many times the past 12+ years, yet there are still times we have to practically force ourselves to believe there is something wrong, in order to keep on searching and (eventually) resolve the reported issue.

Here is recent (personal) experience I had.

A couple days ago, some fellows using the Chrome Currency Converter extension, reported something was wrong with it and that it didn't work for them.

Though I tried to replicate the issue quite hard (and for quite some time), things looked okay at all times.

Still, the reports kept on coming ...

Finally, as I found out the hard way, a very bizarre and rare options combo caused the extension to break.

In closure, a bug report almost certainly means there is a bug. Value this kind of feedback as gold, never ignore it.

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What, you are don't like it cause it ain't ..."multitasking"? Or because iPad doesn't come with an OLED screen?

Hm, think again.

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In case you come across it, do your self a favor and watch it.

ps: Here is another favorite gem that you should see, if you haven't already.

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Greece's dysfunctional economy is now at the heart of a rescue effort that could be disastrous for the entire continent and the rest of the world.

Read the whole article, and start wondering, as I still am.

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  • are using the service and ...
  • want to help us make it even better 

    • please take a moment to participate in this survey.

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    Google Buzz can very much end up the Trojan horse for Google to really stop Facebook's and/or Twitter's leadership.

    Why? Because:

    Loads - more like myriads - of expectations on this brand new toy.

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    Its sole purpose was to help me track what I am interested in online the easy way.

    So, in case you are a Chrome use (like I am) and want to track your topics of interest online (like I do), you may want to give My Alerts a try.

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    There, that was my take on this "battle".

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