Disposable video camera (and downloading video rather than processing it)

Well, this is kind of old news (2005!), but CVS now sells a disposable video camera.I wonder if they sell a disposable waterproof video camera ... Anyhow, kind of interesting, but then considering how many phones and cheapie digital cameras now shoot video, I wonder how long this will last? Or perhaps, everything will move towards disposability.

Disposable video camera (and downloading video rather than processing it)

Well, this is kind of old news (2005!), but CVS now sells a disposable video camera.I wonder if they sell a disposable waterproof video camera ... Anyhow, kind of interesting, but then considering how many phones and cheapie digital cameras now shoot video, I wonder how long this will last? Or perhaps, everything will move towards disposability.

Internet Explorer 8 in Beta (IE8)

It sounds like Microsoft is continuing to head down the path to standards compliancy...http://blogs.computerworld.com/web_standards_in_ie_8and a quick overview of some of the new features on the way (webslices looks amazingly like snapshots, which provides a little rollover live popup of a page as used on this website....

Internet Explorer 8 in Beta (IE8)

It sounds like Microsoft is continuing to head down the path to standards compliancy...http://blogs.computerworld.com/web_standards_in_ie_8and a quick overview of some of the new features on the way (webslices looks amazingly like snapshots, which provides a little rollover live popup of a page as used on this website....

Catalog paired with a website (Drupal and III)

Here is a prototype of a library catalog (III's Millenium) wrapped on the library website with Drupal (a MOSTLY opensource website content management system -- mostly because a commercial version of Drupal is now under development).

The Drupal module for integrating the library catalog includes modules like ratings (Fivestar), Faceted Search, and Similar by Terms.

Catalog paired with a website (Drupal and III)

Here is a prototype of a library catalog (III's Millenium) wrapped on the library website with Drupal (a MOSTLY opensource website content management system -- mostly because a commercial version of Drupal is now under development).

The Drupal module for integrating the library catalog includes modules like ratings (Fivestar), Faceted Search, and Similar by Terms.

Software usability IS important

Of course, if the functionality isn't there, I think people wouldn't buy it to begin with (I wouldn't!) but as anyone who has tried to learn to use a new software that comes with a booksized manual can attest.... usability does matter.

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...But when it comes to realizing the value of a deployment, a new study finds software functionality barely matters.

Software usability IS important

Of course, if the functionality isn't there, I think people wouldn't buy it to begin with (I wouldn't!) but as anyone who has tried to learn to use a new software that comes with a booksized manual can attest.... usability does matter.

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...But when it comes to realizing the value of a deployment, a new study finds software functionality barely matters.

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