The Fox news article, Hundreds of PC Users Click On 'Click Here to Get Infected' Ad brought back fond memories. Years and years and years ago (really), Bill Cheswick and I were talking about users and their tendancy to click on things. Bill suggested the image below and I created it and then used it in many classes and presentations when I had to 1) talk about the need for educating users as to what to do when presented with the unexected and 2) their tendancy to not even notice.

Okay, so another former Windows-lover has moved to Mac after being "disappointed" by Vista. It's an interesting read at TechnologyReview.com. I even posted a comment, Subject: Passion:

I never cease to be surprised, maybe amazed, at the passion worked up by OS zealots. Now, I am not dissing anyone; passion is not a *bad* thing. I switched almost a year ago. I've not regretted it once. But... they really are just computers. I won't talk about what caused me to do it and what was "the last straw," as they say. I discuss those things at... [with a pointer to this blog]

The artcle by Erika Jonietz is very interesting, especially what she thinks of Vista. The comments that follow are ... just amazing.