Tweets 2007-09-05

by Kerim

  • [status] Kerim is playing with the dog instead of working. http://tinyurl.com/2ob4kh #
  • I have used Amazon.com since the beginning, and every time I use it I wonder how such an awfully designed website can be so successful… #
  • @Lukhnos: Maybe when it first came out, but now it just gives me a headache. Example: you can’t just double click to rename a wishlist. #
  • What Amazon does well: checkout is still MUCH easier than most sites. What it doesn’t do well is shopping (search, compare, web2.0 etc.) #
  • @Lukhnos: Historically, the agreement was that "Chinese Taipei" was an English-only phrase and each side was free to choose their own 漢子. #
  • So "Chinese Taipei" is 中国台北 in the PRC and 中華臺北 in Taiwan, but only the English phrase is officially agreed upon. #
  • "in the case of "copy protection" the receiver is also the person that the system is meant to guard…against" http://tinyurl.com/2s3vex #
  • Some more history regarding the term "Chinese Taipei": http://tinyurl.com/37p4pe #