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Hold ‘Em: Why I hate calling
Although there are some incredibly successful no-limit Hold ‘Em players that make a living (quite literally) by calling a lot (see Daniel Negreanu), I believe that calling is almost always the wrong strategy for anyone who is less than an expert player.
Calling is generally a sign of weakness. But that is not the real problem with calling. The real problem is that you gain no information by calling. Poker is a game of incomplete information, and every action you make at the table should be made in an effort to gain more information about your opponent’s hand.
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Windows Vista v. Mac OS X Tiger
Paul Thurrott’s comparison of Tiger and Vista beta one. He misses the important detail that Mac OS X 10.5 (Lion? Cougar? Lynx? Bobcat? Serval? Cheetah? Caracal? Ocelot? Domestic? hah) will be released by the time Vista is, but otherwise is pretty fair. Si
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HTML tags. vs. elements vs. attributes
Amen, brotha! Few things drive me more nuts than the phrase “alt tag.”
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Sept. 7th Apple Event: My money’s on video.
I know the word on the street is that Apple plans to introduce the iTunes-compatible phone (reportedly manufactured by Motorola and sold by Cingular) — and they might. but I’m inclined to think Apple has something bigger up their sleeve. Consider:
- The invite to the upcoming event says, “1000 songs in your pocket changed everything. Here we go again.” Would Apple really remind us that we had 1000 songs in our pocket a few years back when the iPod came out and then introduce a phone that holds only around 100 songs?
- The iTunes-compatiable phone is said to be a Motorola product, not an Apple one (Apple only made some software for it). I find it hard to believe Apple would be holding a huge event to intro someone else’s product.
- The hints that Apple is dropping suggests they feel they have a pretty revolutionary product on their hands. Is an iTunes-compatible phone such a thing? It doesn’t seem like it to me. iTunes on a phone seems like a natural evolution of an existing successful product. I think this event is more likley to intro an all-new product or product line.
My best guess is we’re finally going to see a video-capable iPod. You heard it here first. :)
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Make a logo for Blogads, win $1000
And win me $300 while you’re at it. w00t!
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The Web is Still Mostly Unusable
D. Keith puts it down. Great points here.
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LinkedIn
This is apparently not new, but it’s new to me. It’s a nice professional social system for networking and finding opportunities. Sort of like Friendster for the business world, I guess. If you’re on it and want to add me as a contact, I’m jeff@jeffcroft.c
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Microsoft to open retail stores?
Hard to imagine where they might have gotten this idea.
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Sony’s revamped T Series notebooks
God these things are sexy. Why doesn’t Apple make a competitor to them? I would be in absolute heaven if I could get a tiny PowerBook with 1366 x768 screen resolution…
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Apple hinting at big things on Sept. 7th
Apple’s got a product announcement event planned for the 7th, and they’re making it sound like it could be big. The most obvious thing is the iTunes phone, but wouldn’t that be a Motorolla announcement and not an Apple one? Perhaps video iPod?
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KeeganJones.com
Keegan, of The Big Noob, finally has a personal site. It’s mostly a portfolio site (read: no blog), but it sure is nice looking!
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Kansas Night Sky
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Kansas Night Sky
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Adrienne and Becky tend bar.
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Adrienne and Becky tend bar.
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The Electric Slide
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The Electric Slide
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Becky is a ham.
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Becky is a ham.
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Audra, Gracey, and Becky at Fat's
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Audra, Gracey, and Becky at Fat's
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What makes people gay?
Surprisingly, dressing well, proper grooming, and top-notch interior decorating skills aren’t on the list of possibilities. Seriously, though — a really fascinating article on current theories and research being done that suggests that neither n
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Is 1024 okay?
My take: designing for 1024px wide screens was an okay choice for ALA — because it suits their target audience. It’s probably not an okay choice for everyone. On the K-State website, which I think is representative of a wide range of different types of u
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Movable Type 3.2 is out.
Smoke ‘em if ya got ‘em.
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SXSW 2006
I absolutely refuse to miss SXSW this year. You should too. See you there.
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Lawrence.com seeks Senior Designer
The group behind a ton of great online work (including Lawrence Journal-World, Lawrence.com, Django, KUSports.
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Giant purple hula gorilla.
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Giant purple hula gorilla.
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Joe's Tap Room
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Khrysti at Joe's
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Khrysti and Becky
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Khrysti and Becky
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Bartender Beck
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Aggieville in Neon
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Aggieville in Neon
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Probably my favorite place to hang out in the 'Ville
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Probably my favorite place to hang out in the 'Ville
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Khrysti and Me
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Photographic evidence that Khrysti is drunk.
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Khrysti and Me
Jeff Croft
I’m a digital product designer and developer in Seattle, WA. I currently work with Simply Measured, and recently co-founded Lendle, a Kindle book sharing service.
Some of my past clients include Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Copious, The New York Review of Books, Django, The Lawrence Journal-World, and the University of Washington.
I’ve authored two books on web and interactive design and spoken at dozens of conferences around the world.
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