07 Feb 2003 | Joshua Kaufman said...

Dry sarcasm or provoking the culture of fear? You decide.

07 Feb 2003 | Scott said...

Ouch. At a mere $1,645 for one of the silver jobbies it looks like I'm going to have to find another fetish.

07 Feb 2003 | brian said...

I wonder if they would allow you to board a plane wearing that? And if they ask you why you are wearing it, just say "oh i was in a hurry, and came straight from work...."

08 Feb 2003 | Corporate Drone said...

I work for a "big four" accounting firm. A couple weeks ago, some bean-counter decided we could save money by dropping our account with FedEx and going with Airborne Express, the cheapest, bottom-of-the-barrel courier on the market.

Now, my office is involved with a lot of corporate litigation, so we deal with a lot of time-sensitive work. Since we switched to Airborne Express, they have been ZERO out of SIX for overnight deliveries. They lose everything, without apologies. We now refer to them as "Stillborn Express." Absolutely horrible service. Avoid them like the plague.

FedEx is the best. You couldn't ask for a better carrier to get your HazMat suit, next day. It would be interesting to see their logistics model - they seem able to get anything, anywhere, within 24 hours.

09 Feb 2003 | peter said...

I love Fed Ex. I once begged UPS to Fed Ex me a package they had mistakenly sent across the country and i needed the next day. They were almost going to do it but thought it would not be good idea since i obviously worked for the media, according to my One CNN Center address.

09 Feb 2003 | shotwise said...

Don't buy a hazmat suit; just stop worrying and learn to love the bomb!

16 Jan 2004 | Martha said...

At WWDC, I listened to Apple representatives make some excellent points about taking the time to build a 100%-compliant Aqua application, and I think all developers need to look beyond the code and listen to what the folks at Apple have to say

16 Jan 2004 | Bennett said...

For example, if you see an AIM window peeking out from behind your browser and you click on it, that window will come to the front, but the main application window will not. The Mail.app/Activity Viewer is another example. The Aqua system of layers works well in many instances, but not in all. Thank goodness that the Dock is always there to come to the rescue. I know that clicking on an application icon in the Dock will always result in not only the application coming to the front, but also any non-minimized windows associated with it. And if the application is active but no windows are open, clicking on the Dock icon should create a new window in that application.

16 Jan 2004 | Hansse said...

At WWDC, I listened to Apple representatives make some excellent points about taking the time to build a 100%-compliant Aqua application, and I think all developers need to look beyond the code and listen to what the folks at Apple have to say

16 Jan 2004 | Hector said...

If an application is designed well, the reward for users is that they will learn it faster, accomplish their daily tasks more easily, and have fewer questions for the help desk. As a developer of a well-designed application, your returns on that investment are more upgrade revenue, reduced tech support, better reviews, less documentation, and higher customer satisfaction. The rewards of building a good-looking Aqua application are worth taking the extra time.