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23 DEC 09
Word Spy - T-shaped SAVE
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"This type of rounded personality is also sought in other branches of the same theory, which prizes individuals known as T-shaped People. These are a variation on Renaissance Man, equally comfortable with information systems, modern management techniques and the 12-tone scale. —David Guest, "The hunt is on for the Renaissance Man of computing," The Independent (London), September 17, 1991"TAGS
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22 DEC 09
Difficult languages: Tongue twisters | The Economist SAVE
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In search of the world’s hardest languageTAGS
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The Realm of Sociality: Notes on the Design of Social Software. - Sprouts SAVE
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The paper's main contribution to the field consists of the theoretical work on the sociality based conceptual model, identifying if and to what degree software systems can trigger social behavior, and the design framework that stretches beyond the more traditional functionality-based approaches and focuses on the realms of sociality.TAGS
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21 DEC 09
Functioning Form - Data Monday: Mobile Market Update SAVE
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Mobile devices are predicted to account for 30% of Internet traffic in the next three years. But what's the market look like now?TAGS
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20 DEC 09
ignore the code: Designers are not Programmers SAVE
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In my experience, knowing how to write code can be a hindrance to people who are designing the user experience. It disrupts their ability to focus on the user, and knowledge of the existing code base will impede their ability to make changes which require major rewrites. Do not force user experience designers to learn how to code.TAGS
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Facebook | Facebook Data Team: How Diverse is Facebook? SAVE
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In order to make Facebook as open and connected as possible for everyone, one of our goals is to understand how different populations of users join and use the service. With that objective in mind, the Facebook Data team recently sought to answer the question, "How diverse are the ethnic backgrounds of the people using Facebook?"TAGS
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Functioning Form - The Apple Store's Checkout Form Redesign SAVE
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"Apple's online store certainly played a role in this achievement as retail sales data shows that Mac sales were up 21% year-over-year in the months of October and November. So it's interesting to note that Apple's primary online sales channel (Web-based checkout) was redesigned during this time."TAGS