- Write your notes in 3D, so that only people with appropriate 3D visors will be able to read.
- Wear data visors that leave part of your visual field free to follow the lecturer; have your notes transmitted encrypted to the visor.
- Use a laptop with very limited viewing angles.
Commentary on Apple, Linux, and the web economy, along with general notes on the design of user interfaces, both software and hardware.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Visual secrecy: viewing angles et des autres animaux
Here are some ideas how you can prevent other people from reading your notes as you write them:
Monday, December 19, 2005
Linux/BSD utility: importing settings from remote $HOME
I'm just following and participating in a discussion about the desirable extent of customisation here that was caused by Linus' recommending the use of KDE.
What is sorely needed is a simple tool that will allow a user to connect to his home machine by ssh-entunneled ftp and just press a button for importing all his settings. Otherwise any extent of customisation will aggravate the user as soon as he has to work on a different machine.
What is sorely needed is a simple tool that will allow a user to connect to his home machine by ssh-entunneled ftp and just press a button for importing all his settings. Otherwise any extent of customisation will aggravate the user as soon as he has to work on a different machine.