http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/ A young information professional's view of the world of technology, and my opinions and musings on what was, what is, and what will be. en-us Copyright 2007 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:20:24 -0500 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:21:19 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss This is actually a cool little video...... http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2007/02/another_video_t.html http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2007/02/another_video_t.html Fun Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:20:24 -0500 Here's my bit that uses the Ford Bold Moves 'Blog it' functionality. And that's about it - i hope it works!... http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2006/12/boldmoves_test.html http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2006/12/boldmoves_test.html News Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:55:36 -0500 So I had this idea about newcomers to eBay, and how, now that eBay is a mature system, it has many sellers with very high positive ratings. Compared to these 'old timers', these newcomers can seem untrustworthy, because in modern... http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2006/10/enhancing_ebays.html http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2006/10/enhancing_ebays.html Opinionated Non-research Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:06:54 -0500 As websites become more loaded with content, and website technologies such as Flash and AJAX emulate traditional desktop application functionality (such as drag-and-drop), designing interfaces that are usable by most people is increasingly challenging. One reason for this is the... http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2006/02/a_lesson_in_web.html http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2006/02/a_lesson_in_web.html Opinionated Non-research Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:45:37 -0500 Sorry for the bad news, but the Comment feature has been temporarily disabled. After deleting 263 spam comments from my blog, i need to install some kind of spam filter/preventer thing for blog comments... I know they exist, i just... http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2006/01/a_quick_comment.html http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2006/01/a_quick_comment.html News Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:57:24 -0500 Wikipedia Grows The above is an excellent albeit sweeping and short summary of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can contribute to. For those of you who haven't clicked on the article yet, Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that... http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/12/wikipedia_grows.html http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/12/wikipedia_grows.html Opinionated Non-research Mon, 19 Dec 2005 23:06:22 -0500 An interesting PhD research-y question (if i was a PhD): How have worldly perceptions by people of the Internet Age changed from past generations? Defining the Internet Age as people who were at least 13 years old in 1996 (widespread... http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/12/whats_this_inte.html http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/12/whats_this_inte.html Opinionated Non-research Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:49:09 -0500 No really, I don't mean to say 'get outta here' (i have a dire few readers as it is...). What i mean is to check out my newest website project, LOST Magazine. LOST is a monthly magazine publishing submitted articles... http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/12/get_lost.html http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/12/get_lost.html News Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:23:32 -0500 Yes, another post about Google. Why? Well, i've been sending my friends posts every few days (as that is how frequently Google makes the tech news headlines), and there are just too many threads of seemingly related interest to avoid... http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/10/google_planning.html http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/10/google_planning.html Opinionated Non-research Tue, 04 Oct 2005 21:07:43 -0500 (Hmm, that title may sound a bit suggestive, but don't worry, nothing of the sort follows! ) With all the globalization and telecommuting and people simply communicating far away on a daily basis, i found myself wanting a better way... http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/07/video_conferenc.html http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/07/video_conferenc.html Opinionated Non-research Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:34:27 -0500 I just found on CNN.com an article about non-Google programmers 'tinkering' with Google Maps, allowing them to create fancy overlays of outside data onto the maps Google draws. Apparently the Google Maps API is quite open, and this has resulted... http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/06/more_on_google.html http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/06/more_on_google.html News Thu, 09 Jun 2005 13:12:29 -0500 Update: Google Maps does draw a single pushpin if a user specifies the exact address, such as '123 Sesame St., Philadelphia, PA'. (This is what i'm asking for, but in more general single searches.) First, before my UX (user experience)... http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/06/google_maps_sli.html http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/06/google_maps_sli.html Opinionated Non-research Sun, 05 Jun 2005 01:25:07 -0500 Ever hear of Moore's Law, the statement that the number of transistors on a microchip will double every 18 (or 24) months? Yeah, that was uttered by Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel, the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world.... http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/06/will_the_real_t.html http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/06/will_the_real_t.html News Sat, 04 Jun 2005 01:32:26 -0500 I was sitting in Chili's restaurant two days ago, enjoying a nice lunch with my family whom had come to visit me for my recent graduation from here, and there was a nice full-page picture of the spicy barbecue chicken... http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/05/the_digital_res.html http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/05/the_digital_res.html Opinionated Non-research Tue, 03 May 2005 01:18:10 -0500 I was walking back home today, and as i crossed the campus of the school where i am no longer a student (yay for graduation!), i thought about the University's computer purchases. With their frequent rounds of hardware upgrades, i... http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/05/i_wanna_lease_m.html http://www.matthewbrian.com/blog/archives/2005/05/i_wanna_lease_m.html Opinionated Non-research Tue, 03 May 2005 00:07:10 -0500