March 2006 - Posts

public speaking do's and don'ts
29 March 06 10:42 AM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

Lifehacker has some good tips on presenting in public forums . Read More...

CNET's inside look at Windows Vista discusses DWM
23 March 06 01:08 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

CNET has a good write up about Windows Vista and the new Desktop Window Manager, including an interesting discussion about graphics hardware requirements. Worth a quick read. Read More...

great converastion going on Greg's blog
12 March 06 11:41 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

Greg's started a great converation on his blog about the internals of the DWM . I want to take a second to note one comment that was made on his blog... Stephane Rodriguez asked about whether not the average "mom and pop" user would recognize the benefits Read More...

Download of the day goodness... large thumbnail support on XP!
12 March 06 11:23 PM | KamVedBrat | 1 Comments   

Lifehacker's download of the day also points us to TweakUI , a great little power-toy that will enable you configure Explorer's thumbnail sizes to be much larger than usual for viewing folders with photos (or other images) in them. Read More...

no Windows Key? no problem!
12 March 06 11:18 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

If you happen to have a keyboard that doens't have a Windows key, and you're using a beta of Windows Vista, you might be wondering how you can use Flip3D. Lifehacker's download of the day points us to KeyTweak , which will allow you to edit Window's scancode Read More...

Windows Vista PC for under $400.00
12 March 06 11:00 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

Chris Sells has built a Windows Vista PC for under $400.00 ! I continue to be amazed at the great value there is out there in PC hardware these days. Read More...

XBOX design process talk at SIGCHI meeting
12 March 06 10:45 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

the experience user centered design blog has a summary of an interesting talk the xbox design team presented at a recent SIGCHI meeting. Read More...

Greg Schechter gives you a look under the hood of the DWM
06 March 06 11:43 PM | KamVedBrat | 0 Comments   

Greg Schechter is one of the Architects on the Avalon team who's focus for the last year or so has been primarily on the Desktop Window Manager, which as many of you know, is the technology piece at the heart of Aero. Greg is starting a conversation on Read More...