Here’s an interesting article on how the IBM TrackPoint was developed, how it was dismissed and forgotten about, and how it suddenly became the feature that made IBM ThinkPads the best notebooks on the market. For those who don’t know, the TrackPoint is the pointing stick found on IBM, Toshiba, the business Dells, and a [...]

Well, the first year of Professional Software Development at Swinburne just finished. Overall, I thought it was quite an enjoyable experience. The course content so far has been very interesting, with the exception of Usability and Enterprise Technologies and Architectures.
Some notes on this semester’s exams:
Usability: Ugh. I hated this exam for several reasons. Firstly [...]

The IT Crowd hath returned … the first episode of Series 3 is going to air at 9am today Australian time. This means that by about 10.30am it should be available from The Usual Places. Can’t wait.
–Ben

 
This picture sums it up well:
 

–Ben