Murphy's Law
niall murphy
5/2/2012 9:03 PM EDT
Niall looks at the changes in user-interface technology over the past few years and makes a few predictions about application upgrade and cloud connectivity.
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niall murphy
6/6/2005 4:15 PM EDT
Software engineers should not fall into the trap of assuming the general population is as comfortable with modes as the typical engineer is.
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niall murphy
11/17/2004 4:46 PM EST
The text our applications display to the user has a huge effect on usability and so deserves your close scrutiny during development.
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niall murphy
9/2/2004 4:00 PM EDT
Are your ears burning? It could be a user cursing you and your system. Here are some tips for building user-friendly systems.
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John.Kiely
There is a famous urban myth of a programmer designing a button on an interface which did nothing ...
niall murphy
5/12/2004 11:00 AM EDT
From the puerile to the predatory, hacking has invaded embedded systems. Can we make the world safe for our devices?
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John.Kiely
Pardon The Pun! Murphys Law = Anything that Can' Will' Point in case the story about the ...
niall murphy
3/11/2004 1:00 PM EST
Variables often pick up the wrong value during initializations, producing hard-to-find bugs. Here are tips for getting the numbers right.
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Simonstar
Getting a bug right in the middle of a long programming code can be very frustrating. Murphy's law ...
niall murphy
2/17/2004 3:00 PM EST
A version control system is indispensable for large development teams, and even on small projects it offers advantages.
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sharps_eng
8 years ago and still fresh - well done Niall.
niall murphy
9/4/2003 1:00 PM EDT
Take a break from slaving at your computer and read. Here are some books that just might reinspire your engineering mind.
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niall murphy
8/11/2003 7:00 PM EDT
How do we reduce the amount of cabling in cars as we install more complex embedded systems? A bus architecture is the answer.
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niall murphy
6/4/2003 3:21 PM EDT
If your embedded system doesn't need networking and storage, porting Linux to your hardware may not be worth the effort.
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