By @edent · covid19 fail failcamp failure WeekNotes · 30 comments · 1,200 words · read ~18,965 times.
A few years ago, Johannes Haushofer published a CV of failures. In it, he lists all the grants he wasn't awarded, positions he didn't get, papers rejected. I think that people need to be more open about failure. None of us are perfect - despite what our social media presence says - and all of […]
Continue reading →By @edent · advert fail isle of wight muppets myisleofwight qr · 3 comments · 200 words · read ~2,463 times.
Earlier this week, I blogged that some people were too stupid to use QR codes. I concluded, by saying You’re not too stupid to understand how to make effective use of QR codes. The “commandments” are mostly just common sense. Use QR codes wherever they seem appropriate – but make sure that they’re scannable, work […]
Continue reading →By @edent · blackberry fail irony mobile NaBloPoMo · 400 words · read ~124 times.
HTML is a complex beast. Especially when it comes to languages. I don't mean the difference between English and French but between UTF-8, Windows-1252, and all the other methods for encoding text. When it goes wrong, you can come a cropper - take a look at this advert for the BlackBerry. Somehow a character has […]
Continue reading →By @edent · cwu fail favourites Royal Mail twitter · 1 comment · 250 words
What Are Twitter Favourites? Twitter allows you to mark certain posts as favourites. You may do this for a number of reasons - because you thought it was funny or interesting, because you want to reply to it later, or as a general bookmark feature They're Private, Right? Wrong. You can see any Twitter user's […]
Continue reading →By @edent · fail mobile nokia ovi usability · 16 comments · 1,000 words · read ~815 times.
I know a thing or two about mobile websites. The last 4 years of my life have been spent obsessing over them. I wouldn't claim that the sites I run are the best in the world - but I've picked up a thing or two about how a successful mobile retail channel should work. Nokia's […]
Continue reading →By @edent · .mobi fail mobile nokia ovi · 29 comments · 500 words · read ~1,134 times.
I try so hard to like Nokia. Their hardware is second to none - but when it comes to software and services, they haven't got a clue. They've just announced a new app store - Ovi Store. This is to replace the broken mess that is Mosh, N-Gage, Download and the current Ovi. Why do […]
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