Author Archives: JJ Parker
Screencast: Cablecast Website Integration
The second in the ACM training series about integrating your schedule form Cablecast into your stations website. Cablecast Website Integration from JJ Parker on Vimeo
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Screencast: Cablecast public website, VOD, and live streaming
I recently did a few training sessions at the national ACM show in D.C. I took those trainings and recorded them into a screencast. This screencast is about how you can use various Cablecast products to get your programming published on the internet. Cablecast public website, VOD, and live streaming from JJ Parker on Vimeo
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Unability exception: MAX light rail announcer in Portland confusing
We were at RailsConf in Portland a few weeks ago and were riding the MAX light rail system. The MAX is great! I wish MSP has a system like that. It was really easy to get everywhere we needed to be on the train. It is a normal train with doors on each side of [...]
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Unability exception: Northwest Airlines flight notification
Northwest sends you a text message before your flight to notify you of your departure time. This is a useful feature because it confirms that your flight is on-time or delayed. So the text message reads: (Northwest Departure Status) NW 218 June 2 ON TIME to depart MSP at 5:35 pm and arrive PDX at [...]
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Usability exception: Introduction
I was recently on a trip with the devel team and I saw a lot of things that bugged me; which in turn bugged the team when I complained about them. Most of them were related to how we interact with things. This series is dedicated to BAD usability. I coin them usability exceptions. Not [...]
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In review: Still in love after the honeymoon
So, I’ve had my Macbook Air for a few months now and I still love it! I actually had to do some maintenance on my wife’s Dell the other day and i couldn’t believe how bad the keyboard was. It felt like I was using an old computer from the 80′s. The feel of the [...]
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Art from limitation: Self-imposed limitation
I have a piece of glass in my workshop. It is 2′ by 5′, tapered on the edges. I want to make a table out of it however, I’m not feeling inspired. I think it is a waste to have a nice piece of glass sitting in the corner but I don’t want to use [...]
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Art from limitation: Selling less as more
I am struggling with how to sell less as more. The idea that if software is more limited than it’s competitors, that is actually more valuable. We make Carousel, a digital signage product. It has a very focused vision. We resist adding features into it because many features stray from it’s vision. However, competitors have [...]
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Art from limitation: Do I really need that feature?
So I’m all like BOC over my MBA (I like my MacBook Air). The MBA has a backlit keyboard. It’s great when you are using it in dark places. Sometimes I think the keyboard should be lit up it’s not. It has a light sensor that determines when the backlight it supposed to come on. [...]
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Screencast: Replays server