When products attack -or- How bad design makes your users loose sleep

I’ll admit it: I’m grumpy right now.  Why, you might ask? This morning, as I was snoozing blissfully way at 3:30a or so, one of the smoke detectors in my house decided it was low on batteries. <CHIRP>. Why is always seems to happen in the nether-hours of the evening is another topic, but through [...]