I like Dictionary.com’s new page design

Dictionary.com finds a way to make me Happy and to make money at the same time.

Dictionarycom

 

I wanted to write this post initially to respond to M G Siegler’s post on Techcrunch. His post has a lot of blah blah, blah about Dictionary.com’s new design. My answer to him is, Dictionary.com’s main purpose [I made this up] is to serve users find the definition/meaning of the words. With their new design, it does not interrupt that purpose but they are also making money at the same time. Overall, I like this look more then their old look. May be M G Siegler did not have anything better to write today! When I land up on Dictionary.com I can start typing straight away and hit <Enter> without clicking anywhere. [They did have Toyota's ad before sometime]

 

For me, I actually like the design. They need to make money somehow. For a change, I want to look at those bright colored ad and see what it is about. As I said above, I can navigate to the website and start typing without clicking anywhere. It is making me happy as I know they are making money without shoving more ads in my face and still fulfilling my requirements.

How to Create Your First iPhone Application | How-To | Smashing Magazine

How to Create Your First iPhone Application

via smashingmagazine.com

I quickly become an Evangelist at things that I like and I like to use. iPhone is one such thing. Many times I tell my fellow friends who are developers to write applications for an iPhone and some just don’t have a clue on where to get started. Here is an excellent article on getting you started.

Worth a read.

How long before we see a All Inclusive Cloud Backup system

Backup is something that is constantly evolving. We had a mindset that administrators had to worry about corporate backups, but now high tech and non-tech person is concerned about not loosing his data and wants to make sure that they have backups. Over the last few years, backup mechanisms are getting simpler and more affordable. Now not only we can physically perform the backups using 1 TB hard disks or backup it up online using tools like Amazon S3, Sugarsync etc.

 

Today I read about Lifestreambackup which backups the data that we create on social media sites.

Backup_pics

 

I wonder how long before we get an all inclusive backup system, which backs up my online email, social sites that I participate in and my data from my computers?

 

I think not too long! I am thinking less then 6 months, what do you think? Sugarsync is this on your plan?

Some decisions are just stupid

Nick Eaton / The Microsoft Blog:

Judge: Microsoft can’t sell Word anymore  —  A Texas judge ruled Tuesday that Microsoft cannot sell one of its flagship products, Word, in the United States because of patent infringement.  —  You read that right: Microsoft cannot sell Word, the judge ruled.
via techmeme.com

This kind of news amuses me and annoys me. What I think of this?

1. It is stupid

2. It is waste of time, everybody’s time [even mine as I write this]

3. There has to be a better system dealing with such issues.

I don’t see how this is going to stop Microsoft selling Word!!