Dr. Matt Lee (mattl)

Web standards, accessibility, free/open source software, old UNIX/TV/Music and occasional wargaming

Usability idea: Internet Radio (2008)

Yesterday Mark introduced me to a new streaming radio station, Beatles Radio. It’s a stream of Beatles, Beatles-covers and Beatles-related acts.To listen, I went to the link Mark sent me via IM, and scanned the page looking for a play button. There wasn’t one, but there are links that say ‘Windows Player’, ‘iTunes Player’ and ‘Winamp Player’ as well as ‘Custom Player’ – I had to make a decision which one would be best, and I chose Winamp. I don’t have Winamp, and as it turns out, both iTunes

Some cool jobs for freedom (2008)

* Open Rights Group is hiring a part-time campaigner in London * Free Software Foundation is looking for a systems administrator in Boston