Focus on Distinction

John laPlante's blog. The title comes from the idea that there is often some critical detail that makes all the difference in a design, a movie, an event, etc. I am espeically interested in usability and design.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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MS Desktop Search Tips I recently figured out a bunch of ways to make Windows desktop search a lot more effective. File Name name:searc...
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Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Monopoolies on Halloween Candy

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I went to Target to get Halloween candy and was amazed at the volume but lack of variety. A few companies seem to dominate the supply. Plent...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

new Delicious interface - delete a bookmark

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Sad sad sad day. Delicious has changed their confirmation method for deleting a bookmark. The link Delete would change in place to 'Del...
Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Hyperlinks to Anchors in a PDF: Using MS Word to Produce the PDF

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I recently wanted to hyperlink to a PDF and open it at a certain place, much like a anchor in a web page. This turns out to be possible but ...
Friday, June 19, 2009

Development out of the Womb

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The Daily Show had a debate with Mike Huckabee about abortion. Huckabees main argument was that life begins at conception. John Stewart'...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Updating Linked Images in PowerPoint

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In the past, I would insert images into a PowerPoint and use the 'insert and link' feature wherein the images were embedded (insert)...
Friday, May 15, 2009

Respect for User Experience

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I found a short, practical article about getting respect for user experience people in a organization. This advice really applies to anyone...
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