I had a strong feeling of something-is-not-okay during a meeting today.
One of our vendors opened his notebook, connected it to a projector, and started showing us something on the wall.
In the beginning I couldn’t quite pinpoint it. Slides, diagrams, images, text. Normal things. What the heck is not normal? Then I realized! He was running Windows XP and Internet Explorer 6!
It felt so odd to see someone demoing a web site by using Windows and Internet Explorer. As unnatural as seeing a horse carriage in the middle of Tokyo in 2010.
Logged in to Yahoo after quite a long time.
Now it’s asking me to set two secret questions and answers. And look what they recommend for the answers: “Make sure your answer is private, memorable and does not change over time” — How smart! That’s the fastest way for someone to guess your password: if it’s memorable and doesn’t change over time! :-)
And you know what’s the worst part? I have already set a password recovery email address. Nevertheless, that’s optional for Yahoo. The two secret questions are required. That’s so friggin’ lame!
“ The longer someone works in isolation, the greater the likelihood that what they produce won’t be what is needed from them.
— Jesse James Garrett
Just subscribed to Ping.fm — pretty cool service!
It’s still in private beta, but you can use “landofping” as the beta code.
