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Aug. 9th, 2004
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about the last shot, of Tin Cat
Aug. 9th, 2004 01:28 amThat last shot was shot with a in raw (CRW) mode with a Canon 10D through a Canon 28-135mm IS at ISO 3200 for 1/15s at f/4.0. The camera was braced on a planter but otherwise handheld. Image Stabilization was on. I opened it with Photoshop CS's Camera Raw, cropped it a little, processed it with Neat Image (noise reduction), resized it for the web, converted it to sRGB, and sharpened it before posting.
( I didn't shoot much in ISO 3200... )
( I didn't shoot much in ISO 3200... )
I heard a while back that an application I wrote in 1992 to handle keeping track of some instruments was still in use. It was my first Windows application of any kind and its UI had some flaws. I feel bad for the poor people upon which it was inflicted.
Being reminded of it made me think about the difference between writing an application someone will use occasionally, and writing one people will "live in" for an entire workday or more. I don't know which model this app was used in, but based on what it was for it wouldn't surprise me if it ended up being a substantial part of one or two people's entire job to enter things into it and get reports out of it.
Some applications become the whole environment some employees. Little improvements to it can have a huge impact in the perceived quality of life while at work. Flaws and bad usability decisons have huge negative impacts to same. Bugs have an impact too, but from what little I've seen it looks like plain bad design is responsible for more woe.
Being reminded of it made me think about the difference between writing an application someone will use occasionally, and writing one people will "live in" for an entire workday or more. I don't know which model this app was used in, but based on what it was for it wouldn't surprise me if it ended up being a substantial part of one or two people's entire job to enter things into it and get reports out of it.
Some applications become the whole environment some employees. Little improvements to it can have a huge impact in the perceived quality of life while at work. Flaws and bad usability decisons have huge negative impacts to same. Bugs have an impact too, but from what little I've seen it looks like plain bad design is responsible for more woe.
