Author Archives: Raphaël Mazoyer

Fyra and the usability of train services

The Dutch Railways’ NS Hi-Speed brand has introduced a new train to the network: Fyra, which links Amsterdam central station and Schipol airport to Rotterdam, without going through The Hague as is usual for that segment. It uses the more … Continue reading

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Free software as in freedom

Open source software is an important pillar of humanity’s control over computers. Or at least used to be. Worthy systems like Mac OS X are built using open source components, and are built for human beings (read: they work out … Continue reading

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The RASCI model

The RASCI model is a framework to identify external project stakeholders, and to help keeping those people involved in the appropriate fashion. In an organization like mine, global projects are handled by regional staff that cooperate. Each team member is … Continue reading

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The usability of public spaces: dangerous pedestrian crossing

Every weekday, walking from my house to the Amsterdam Centraal train station, I cross De Ruyterkade, the street that runs along the northern side of the station, the “IJ side.” That street is a simple 2-lane, speed is limited to … Continue reading

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Job offer: ASICS is hiring a webmaster

There’s an open position in my team at ASICS Europe: webmaster. Do you think you have what it takes? Send your resume and cover letter over to hrm@eu.asics.com and let us hear from you! We’re based in Hoofddorp, near Amsterdam’s … Continue reading

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It’s this time of the year

By the way, I’ve got this thing about “website” which I prefer to spell “web site” because it’s prettier. Is that bad?

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Removed all ads, and what Hunch means

6 weeks ago, I started experimenting with ads on this site. In this period, Google Analytics tells me it received 295 visits, 392 page views, plus 220 views through the RSS feeds, for a whopping total of about 600 views! … Continue reading

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Don’t charge your Kindle with your iPhone adapter

I would have expected that an iPhone power adapter that has a USB plug as output would produce the same kind of current as another one with a USB plug, such as the Amazon Kindle adapter. Not so, unfortunately. When … Continue reading

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iPhone, Gmail and Lotus Notes

Today, a colleague made me aware that our company’s Lotus Notes install now allows us to access email, calendars and contacts on our iPhones, natively, using an Exchange ActiveSync connection. However, the iPhone only supports one such ActiveSync connection at … Continue reading

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Read this blog on your Kindle

If you’re located in the US, you can now read this blog on the Kindle, by subscribing here for $1.99 a month. I don’t know what my cut is, and with my posting frequency that’s probably a bit expensive — … Continue reading

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