Peter Van Dijck’s Guide to Ease

Still not great but I like the idea of collaborative UI design:

Eurostar confirmation page: “Unless you have a photographic memory, you might want to print this page for your records.” :)

Jared Spool interviews Brian Kalma, Director of User Experience and Web Strategy for the darling of Internet retail, Zappos.com.

Podcasting isn’t hip anymore (and most of the companies founded during the hype have done really badly), but it’s still a very useful thing.

In Arambol, India, I came across a small travelers’ library where you could borrow and exchange books, with about 100 books organized in the following 4 categories: English, Dutch, German and Funny Languages. Unfortunately I got a picture of the library but not one of the classification:

The Journal of IA is up. It’s a peer-reviewed journal, which is fantastic, because it not only makes IA more serious and research-driven (which it needs), but mainly because it encourages the creation of this kind of research. I don’t particularly care if IA as a discipline survives or goes the way of “knowledge management”, which drowned in unscientific blabla and became pretty much irrelevant (with apologies to everyone who identifies with this). But I do care a lot about good research in my field, and this will hopefully encourag that.

One thing though: content is only available in PDF format. Guys! This is ironic in more ways than I can count.

• Continuing the ear-infection: sick on the Konkan express (Poorbuthappy in India!)
  (tags: india sick ear-infection travel with kids children)

There’s a great discussion going on on the IXDA mailing list about what we call mobile phones (and what we call sending SMS messages) in different countries. I’m trying to summarize here, please leave a comment with info on your country and also note where this list may be wrong:

• USA: Cellphone or cell, texting.
• China: “Handy phone” (?)
• Iran: mobile. (landlines are called “telephone”).
• Spain: "teléfono móvil" or "móvil".
• Denmark: mobile phone.
• UK: mobile or mobile phone.
• Philipines: cellphone.
• New Zealand: “mobile” (but cellphone is also used).
• India: mobile. Telephone or landline for a landline.
• Korea: “handphone”
• Japan: keita.
• Dutch (Netherlands): mobiele telefoon.
• Dutch (Belgium): GSM.
• France: "téléphone portable" or "portable" but since "portable" is used for laptop too some people call them "mobile".
• Germany: handy http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handy
• Indonesia, they call it hand phone or simply abbreviated as "hp" pronounced "ha-pe". "*Ha*" as if in *ha*m and "*pe*" as if in*Pe*psi. In terms of texting, they use "SMS".
• Turkey: "pocket phone" ("cep telefonu")?

In general, “text message” is more widely understood than “SMS”.

I also created a Google survey, I’ll open up the results. Fill in the form about what phones are called in your country here.

Apple’s Belgium language gateway has “Apple” as a language option :)

(In Dutch)

Wij verkopen de volgende dingen, in Belgie, in de volgende 2 maanden. Contacteer op petervandijck at gmail puntje com of 03 325 88 70.

Alles is zelf af te halen in Deurne, Antwerpen (dicht bij autosnelweg).

Wit babybedje Ikea.

Goede staat, 1 jaar oud met matras. Goede staat. Originele prijs 90 euro, nu 49 euro.

 

Changing table baby.

Van Ikea. Changing table gedeelte is afneembaar om later in gewoon kastje om te zetten. Wit. Goede staat. Origineel: 100 euro. Nu 49 euro.

Kast babykleren.

Ikea kast babykleren. Wit. Nieuwprijs 100 euro, nu 49 euro.

 

Burostoel.

Van Ikea, redelijk goede lichtgroene buro stoel.

Prijs: 20 euro.

 

Televisie

Zonder afstandsbediening. Werkt goed (wij gebruiken hem met Belgacom TV bakje). 49 euro.

Grote Ikea kleerkast.

Ikea kleerkast met 5 kasten. Inclusief vele laden etc. Zeer goede kwaliteit. Nieuwprijs 600 euro. Nu 299 euro.

 

Handmaaier.

Zonder electriciteit of gas (enkel duwen, en geen lawaai), perfect voor stadstuintjes, en ecologisch. Werkt perfect. Nieuw 100 euro, nu 49 euro.

Droogkas

Werkt perfect, 1 jaar oud. 95 euro.

Wasmachine

Werkt perfect, 1 jaar oud. 95 euro.

Mannenfiets.

Goede staat, 49 euro. 5 versnellingen.

Barbecue

Zeer goede barbeque merk Weber, goede staat, 49 euro.

Fietszitje kindje.

Kan op de meeste fietsen gemonteerd worden. Hoogte verstelbaar. 29 euro.

 

2 boekenkasten.

Van Ikea.

Prijs: 25 euro voor de 2.

Keukenmeubel.

Van Ikea, met 2 laden en 2 vulbakken. Dik, stevig hout.

Prijs: 50 euro.

Sta-diepvries.

Van de makro, 1 jaar oud. Werkt perfect. 6 laden.

Prijs: 150 euro.

Zwart-wit HP Laserjet printer P2014.

Perfect voor thuis- of office gebruik, veel beter dan deskjet printer (goedkoper in onderhoud en sneller). Print enkel zwart wit. Past op Mac of PC. Van Makro, 1 jaar oud. Met USB kabel. Met 1 laserprinter cartridge (gaat lang mee).

Prijs: 65 euro.

Ijzeren kastjes Ikea.

2 kastjes buro-stijl Ikea, met sleuteltjes. 1 horizontaal (rood), 1 vertikaal (grijs).

Prijs: 55 euro elk of 75 euro voor de 2.

Stalamp Ikea.

Mooie lamp Ikea, met stevige voet.

Prijs: 20 euro.

Sofa

Sofa van Ikea. Overtrek kan gemakkelijk gewassen of vervangen worden. 1 jaar oud. Stevig gebouwd.

Prijs: 85 euro.

Oude werkende piano.

Een werkende staanpiano. Alle toetsen werken. De piano is wel vuil (moet gekuist worden). 1 voetpedaal werkt, het ander is kapot.

prijs: 295 euro.