Fábio Caparica

Quais Browsers passaram por aqui neste último mês:

UserAgent	Graph / %
Internet Explorer	64.31 %
Mozilla Firefox	26.54 %
unknown	3.88 %
Opera	1.96 %
WordPress	1.13 %
Safari	0.67 %
Netscape Navigator	0.58 %
Konqueror	0.25 %
Dillo	0.14 %
Mozilla	0.14 %
Galeon	0.14 %
Flock	0.07 %
Camino	0.07 %
Netscape	0.07 %
Mozilla SeaMonkey	0.02 %

Quais Sistemas Operacionais passaram por aqui neste último mês:

Operating System	Graph / %
Windows XP	79.13 %
unknown	9.55 %
Windows 2000	2.61 %
Mac OS X	2.36 %
Windows Vista	1.66 %
Windows 98	1.62 %
Windows Server 2003	0.95 %
Windows NT	0.69 %
Linux	0.39 %
Ubuntu Linux	0.32 %
Debian GNU/Linux	0.21 %
Windows ME	0.14 %
Mac OS	0.14 %
Microsoft Smartphone	0.09 %
Windows NT 4.0	0.07 %
FreeBSD	0.05 %
Windows XP 64 bit	0.02 %

URLs vistas e salvas no Del.icio.us entre 10/07/2007 e 16/07/2007:

1. Personagens de ‘Os Goonies’ viram bonecos
   Warner lança brinquedos inspirados no filme clássico dos anos 1980. Mikey, Data, Chunk, Mouth e Sloth ganham reproduções.
2. Daiane está fora do Pan-Americano
   Lesão no tornozelo deixa ginasta brasileira fora da briga por medalhas nesta teça
3. Installing LAMP On Ubuntu For Newbies
   In this guide I will show you how to install a LAMP system. LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. The guide is intended to help those who have very little knowlegde of using Linux.
4. The Tagging Toolbox: 30+ Tagging Tools
   Yes, we’re talking about those loosely defined categories which are usually organized into cute little clouds.
5. Relaytor – Make It Easy
   Precisando chegar a um consenso com um grupo? Experimente o Relaytor. Você cria um e-mail com uma enquete simples, envia para todos os destinatá¡rios e ele lhe devolve os resultados todos agregados para você
6. Hack the iPhone – Ringtone installation instructions
   We felt we had to say something before you performed this modification. There is obviously some risk involved here, but everyone we know of has been able to restore their iPhone by using iTunes.
7. Polícia inocenta motorista de ônibus que arrastou menino
   Para roupa enroscar no engate menino precisaria ser 20 cm mais alto. Com esses dados, peritos concluíram que garoto tentou subir na traseira.
8. TRE-RJ suspende direitos políticos do casal Garotinho
   Por 5 a 1, tribunal torna ex-governadores ineligíveis por três anos. Garotinho, porém, já havia prometido recorrer se fosse condenado.
9. iPhone – Will It Blend?
   Everybody knows that the iPhone can make phone calls, play movies & music, surf the web, and a lot more. But, Will It Blend? That is the question.
10. Planeta fora do Sistema Solar tem água
    É a segunda vez que a substância é encontrada em um exoplaneta. Descoberta pode ajudar cientistas a encontrar vida em mundos parecidos com a Terra.
11. NY Times sees a bright future for usability folk
    Clients may not be able to describe it, but they know they want something that actually works, and that actually focuses on what their visitors want, not what their bosses think looks cool.
12. IBM site hypes Project Zero for Web 2.0 apps
    IBM is working on a project to enable agile development of Web 2.0 applications, but the effort has drawn criticism because it is not an open source endeavour.
13. Apple: No BS iPhone Review – Gizmodo
    Before we get to the in depth hands-on, here’s the verdict I’d give any good friend: Wait to buy the iPhone.
14. Wedding Photography – 21 Tips for for Amateur Wedding Photographers
    It’s a question that’s been asked a few times in our forums over the last few months so while I’m not a Pro Wedding Photographer I thought it was time to share a few tips.

URLs vistas e salvas no Del.icio.us entre 03/07/2007 e 09/07/2007:

1. Teams, How To Manage Meeting Malcontents
   When leading your next meeting, here are some methods you can use to handle difficult people who try to seize control of the discussion.
2. Top 15 Ways to Extend Your Laptop’s Battery Life
   Laptops tend to lose their charm quickly when you’re constantly looking for the nearest power outlet to charge up. How do you keep your battery going for as long as possible? Here are 15 easy ways to do so.
3. How To: Control Ubuntu from Windows – Lifehacker
   Linux weblog Ubuntu Switch demonstrates how to control an Ubuntu computer from Windows using SSH and VNC.
4. Como implementar uma metodologia de design centrado no usuário
   A autora – que lida com design de interação, arquitetura de informação e design gráfico – dá alguma dicas interessantes de como ela fez para implementar uma metodologia de design centrado no usuário.
5. PC World – iPhone Stress Tests
   Can you scratch it? What happens when you drop it? PC World’s Eric Butterfield takes the iPhone through a grueling set of tests to check how the device handles abuse.
6. How To Create A Technical Presentation That Makes Steve Job Green With Envy
   Like me, you will be impressed with both the effectiveness and effortlessness of explaining such an elusive term.
7. iPhone Hacked! – InsanelyMac Forum
   Yesterday, Jon Lech Johansen reported that he successfully activated the iPhone by bypassing iTunes’ subscription process, without having to sign on to a two year contract with AT&T.
8. New virus travels in PDF files
   Adobe’s popular PDF file format–known to anyone who’s ever called up a tax form on the IRS Web site–has generally been considered immune to viruses. But a new virus carried by programs embedded in PDF files raises concerns that the format itself could b
9. Produtos Inteligentes » SlideShare
   Apresentação feita na Faculdade de Comunicação Social da UERJ
10. Teorias da aprendizagem @ Wikipédia
    As teorias da aprendizagem que predominam nas tendências da educação contemporânea são aquelas desenvolvidas por Jean Piaget e as desenvolvidas por Vygotsky, porém muitas outras teorias encontram-se presente nas práticas educativas desde (…)
11. 20 Tricks to Nuke a Bad Habit @ zen habits
    Are you letting bad habits rule your life? I started learning how to change habits a few years ago.
12. How To Initiate Conversation @ lifehack.org
    However, it is a big mistake to go about life not making the first move and waiting for someone else to do it [in conversation or anything].
13. 50 Ways to Become a Better Designer
    Sure, you can’t teach good design, but it never hurts to learn a few new tricks, or simply make the most of your talents. So without further adieu, here’s 50 ways to be more successful as a designer.
14. Eu quero trabalhar em um lugar feliz assim.
    Trabalhar em um lugar bacana é o que todos querem: um ambiente legal com pessoas divertidas.
15. Unlocked iPhones coming in one week or less, hacker says
    Hackers may successfully unlock an iPhone in as soon as three to seven days, according to a representative of one effort that aims to unlock Apple’s new handset.
16. Trabalho duro
    Agora o grande lance é esperar o próximo post ensinando como, usando macros do Excel, você pode criar um jogo de paciência!
17. Essa eu preciso contar.
    Ta vendo porque tinha que trazer um designer?
18. Norati
    Tantek Çelik is leaving Technorati, no word on his blog about the move yet. This is surprising, to say the least. Excited to see what he moves to next.
19. MP ganha liminar e suspende show Live Earth no Rio
    Falta de segurança pública foi o motivo apontado para o cancelamento do evento. Segundo a promotora de justiça, efetivo da PM está à disposição do Pan.
20. Axure RP – Axure Software Solutions – Products – wireframe, prototype, functional specification
    Axure RP enables application designers to create wireframes, flow diagrams, prototypes, and specifications for applications and web sites faster and easier than creating static mockups with their current tools.
21. Prototyping
    I have recently been involved in a project where it was difficult to articulate the needs of users in the requirements specifications, because the users did not really know what they wanted.
22. Main Page – The iPhone Dev Wiki
    This website is dedicated to finding additional uses for the iPhone by (legitimately) enabling its potential capabilities, and is a place for the community to share ideas, discoveries and solutions.
23. Theory: separating good prototypes from the bad
    Why is it that some people can produce good system prototypes and some can’t?
24. Apple iPhone, Personas, and Matthew-centred design
    As an information architect, user-centred design is the philosophy on which alot of my work is based. It suggests that users needs and wants are important in working out how something should look, feel, and work. Does the iPhone meet my needs?
25. 11 Principles to Design a Great Wordpress Theme
    After a couple weeks of reviewing Wordpress themes I have established the following guidelines for creating an awesome Wordpress theme. At the very least, following these guidelines will get a stamp of approval from picky designers.
26. Time Management, Simplified: How to Be Productive With No Worries
    Focus always on simplifying, reducing, eliminating. And keep your focus on what’s important. Everything else is easy.
27. Film Techniques of Alfred Hitchcock – suspense, camera angles, style, editing, basics
    This page is mostly for filmmakers who are sad and depressed because their movie is so average that nobody will watch it. Stop crying and pay attention.
28. Falta de sono ‘afeta dois terços das mulheres’
    A carga de atividades em casa e no trabalho e os hábitos da vida moderna estão arruinando o sono de duas entre cada três mulheres, revelou um estudo da Fundação Nacional de Sono (NSF, sigla em inglês) dos Estados Unidos.
29. Justiça proíbe (de novo) vídeo de Cicarelli
    Decisão desta quinta vai contra liberação anunciada nesta semana. Sites que descumprirem podem ser multados em R$ 250 mil por dia.

URLs vistas e salvas no Del.icio.us entre 26/06/2007 e 02/07/2007:

1. The “secret sauce” for customer experience projects
   A potential client recently asked me – in not quite those words – what sets the "customer experience" method apart from other user experience and usability vendors she was considering.
2. OneClick
   This plugin essentially reduces the time required to install any plugin or theme to 10 seconds. Interested? Read on!!
3. Your Guide to Never Feeling Tired Again
   Read on for some simple, recharging changes that can help you tackle all of the energy stealers in your life.
4. iPhone Dissected: We did it, so you don’t have to
   Please note that we’re doing this so you are not tempted to on your recent $500/$600 expenditure, while it is quite possible to take apart using easy to find tools we’d recommend against it as it will undoubtedly void your warranty and will most likely ma
5. Nerdica » Building a BitTorrent Box
   In this guide, you’ll learn how to set a small headless Ubuntu server used to retrieve BitTorrent files, while even saving them to a external USB hard drive that can be disconnected on the go.
6. Why Second Life will never go mainstream
   I’m convinced that most reporters who write about Second Life have never explored the world themselves.
7. The first superhero?
   After a short discussion and a few guesses (Superman, Batman, etc), it was agreed that this might be the most perfect question to ask the internet in the long history of questions.
8. iPhone Disappointment
   The process of buying the Apple iPhone was pretty easy. Glenda and I walked into a store in Daly City at about 8:30 PM and each ordered one, and walked out. No lines.
9. Milagre de João de Deus teria salvado piloto
   Vaticano investiga possível “interferência” do papa João Paulo II no acidente de Kubica.
10. Chávez negocia a compra de cinco submarinos russos
    A Venezuela mantém negociações com a Rússia para adquirir cinco submarinos de propulsão a diesel, assim como armamento aéreo, revelou nesta sexta (29) Innokenti Naletov, conselheiro da agência pública russa de armamento Rosoboronexport.
11. Should Designers and Developers Do Usability? (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
    Having a specialized usability person is best, but smaller design teams can still benefit when designers do their own user testing and other usability work.
12. Bate-papo no MSN entre funcionários da Justiça sai no “Diário Oficial” de SP
    Andre e Luciana, funcionários da Justiça, conversam pelo MSN, um programa de bate-papo muito popular na internet. Falam mal de Cida, a diretora de um dos cartórios do fórum em que trabalham.
13. Somando datas no PHP
    Você já precisou somar datas no PHP? Teve uma boa idéia de usar a função explode() e somar os números individualmente? Mas… Aconteceram incovenientes como o dia 31 de fevereiro? Seus problemas acabaram!
14. How to tune your Ubuntu PC for faster performance.
    One bottleneck of Linux the use of swap file on the hard disk instead of RAM. Since the hard disk is 100 times slower than internal memory, this can slow things down considerably.
15. pBlog – Personalize seu blog Wordpress
    Personalize seu blog Wordpress
16. Hacker invade computadores da Câmara em Brasília
    Zope/Zope 2.9.2-, python 2.4.3, linux2 ZServer/1.1 Plone/2.5.1
17. Documento faz radiografia alarmante de controle aéreo
    “em algumas regiões, embora sem o comprometimento da segurança, a capacidade de controle do tráfego aéreo está aquém do desejado, devido à carência de alguns dos recursos considerados”
18. Dólar cai forte e volta para R$ 1,92
    Cenário externo mais tranqüilo abriu espaço para queda de 1,13% no dia. Investidores venderam dólares, aproveitando as altas no início da semana.
19. Pais do caso da doméstica dizem que violência mudou suas vidas
    “Na salinha de reconhecimento, um deles se aproximou do vidro e falou ‘você vai ver’, ‘você me paga’. Tive medo”
20. A agência sem publicitários
    A inglesa Naked inova ao contratar antropólogos, DJs e até um psicólogo criminal para criar suas campanhas.
21. Líder de controladores nega sabotagens e fala em risco de tragédia
    “Imploramos a Deus que isso nunca aconteça. Mas temos cada vez mais medo que isso ocorra, porque a única certeza (da categoria) é a incerteza e as ameaças de expulsão”.
22. STJ dá parecer favorável à construção das torres no bairro de São José
    O MPF alegava que a obra, situada em área próxima a inúmeros bens tombados, iria afetar a visibilidade dos imóveis de valor histórico e a harmonia do conjunto urbano local.
23. iTerm
    iTerm is a full featured terminal emulation program written for OS X using Cocoa.
24. GTD widget for iCal
    It allows you instantly get all the stuff out of your head into selected Inbox in iCal and view your Next Actions without launching iCal.
25. WriteRoom | Hog Bay Software
    For Mac users who enjoy the simplicity of a typewriter, but live in the digital world. WriteRoom is a full-screen, distraction-free writing environment.
26. Carvware Software
    Use your game controllers with Mac OS X games that don’t have built in support for them!
27. YouTube ganha ação de Cicarelli
    A modelo Daniella Cicarelli e seu ex-namorado Tato Malzoni perderam a ação que moviam contra o site de vídeos YouTube, por veicular um vídeo onde o casal fazia sexo em uma praia espanhola, anunciou o Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo nesta segunda.
28. Thoughts on Leopard’s User Interface
    After months of speculations and rumors the WWDC finally came upon us. Jobs started out with his required dosage of name-dropping and bashing the guys in Redmond to fire up his reality distortion field.
29. OmniGraffle Wireframe Palette | urlgreyhot
    This is my very basic set of shapes for making wireframes (low-fidelity web page schematics) in OmniGraffle (Mac OS X).
30. 11 things to do before you hit the Publish button
    As a blogger, you write a lot of posts – many a time, you edit them again after publishing. Atleast, I do
31. Apple iPhone vs Pack Of Playing Cards
    Comparando o tamanho do um iPhone com um maço de cartas de baralho.

URLs vistas e salvas no Del.icio.us entre 23/02/2007 e 25/02/2007:

1. Almanaque Virtual – Cultura em Movimento
   O simpático cãozinho Vincent está de volta ao mundo de Lost. Depois de sumir no 22º episódio da segunda temporada. O labrador retornará no 10º capítulo, da 3º; temporada intitulado ‘Tricia Tanaka Is Dead’
2. The Perfect Desktop – Part 1: Fedora Core 6 | HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials
   With the release of Microsoft’s new Windows operating system (Vista), more and more people are looking for alternatives to Windows for various reasons. This tutorial is the first of a series of articles where I will show people who are willing to switch t
3. Logo Design Blog » Things to consider in designing a logo
   Your business logo has everything to do with your company’s corporate image and helps in building your brand identity. Your business logo is the means to achieve your business goals and that is why you should always keep some things in mind while design
4. Eleva Brasil – Soluções Web
   Aqui você encontra uma variedade de ícones para seu site e suas aplicações. Para salvar no seu computador, click sobre a imagem com o botão direito e escolha ‘ salvar como ‘ .
5. Tutorial: como NÃO fazer uma apresentação de slides | Meio Bit
   Muitos já devem ter se deparado com situações em que uma apresentação de slides mal feita transformou aquele momento em uma chatisse sem tamanho.

Com o lançamento do iPhone já se distanciando, e o hype passando um pouco, acho que cabe falar sobre TouchScreen e outros dispositivos que nos permitem trabalhar com os dedos na tela.

• Touchscreen @ Wikipedia.
• Linux Touch Screen HOWTO.
• New touch-driven display video.
• Multi-Touch Interaction Research.
  Bi-manual, multi-point, and multi-user interactions on a graphical display surface.
• XWinder.
• Muti-touch touchscreen technology behind the Apple iPhone revealed.
• Multi-touch update.
• XGL em monitor TouchScreen – Parte 01.
• XGL em monitor TouchScreen – Parte 02.
• Multi-Touch Display Applications.

E pra fechar, algo que não é bem um touchscreen, mas não deixa de ser extremamente interessante…
O nome correto provavelmente é tabletop tangible user interface.

“The reactable, is a multi-user electronic music instrument with a tabletop tangible user interface. Several simultaneous performers share complete control over the instrument by moving physical objects on a luminous table surface. By moving and relating these objects, representing components of a classic modular synthesizer, users can create complex and dynamic sonic topologies, with generators, filters and modulators, in a kind of tangible modular synthesizer or graspable flow-controlled programming language.”
Mas, sinceramente, é melhor mostrar vídeos do que descrever:

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