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"I think to some extent the answers to your questions depend on what you find interesting about UI design. How much programming do you want to do? Are you more interested in the visual aspects of interfaces or the behavioral aspects? What kinds of..." [
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"I've always heard this type of work referred to as a story cycle." [
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"Information Science is a newfangled way of saying "library school". Is that what you want to do?" [
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"I have been in exactly your position: 6-hour lectures, back-to-back days, no voice at the end. The big shift in my thinking about it was when someone pointed out to me that doing these long lectures is, essentially, an athletic performance, and you..." [
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"slogger and k8lin, I suspect the original poster will be quite familiar with the content of that thesis.
Think twice about The King of Kong, unless you're interested in demonstrating techniques documentary filmmakers use to manipulate audience..." [
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"The book Your Money or Your Life offers a framework for thinking about money and its relationship to personal fulfillment that acknowledges the power and importance of both...." [
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"It seems to me that a medicalert bracelet with a "non-obvious" symbol on it has a greatly reduced likelihood of, you know, performing its function. Do you really want to stake your life on the ability of people around you to notice subtle..." [
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"I'm going to have to contradict most of the advice offered so far.
You don't need an advanced degree. Getting a Ph.D. in human factors in order to become an interface designer is overkill, and a profound waste of money and time.
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7 months ago
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"You want something with a nice cadence. My instinct says two syllables, with the emphasis at the end. Like Dresden Monroe, or Dresden Sinclair." [
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"Do most stores offer additional sizing options online (as opposed to the ones they offer in-store)?
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"Speaking from personal experience with this exact problem: Go someplace that sells clothes both in stores and online. Find some 29/30s or so in the store and have him try them on. Then go home and order the right length online. The difference in..." [
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"What you're looking for is called a Class B RV, and may be built on a variety of stock van platforms." [
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"Here's Metacritic's list of all-time highest scoring Xbox games. But you can't go wrong with these 10:
Halo and Halo 2
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"Dee: It's short for perquisite.
1. Get in a frequent flyer program -- you're surely flying enough to qualify for the highest level of status. Even if you don't always fly just one airline, get in the programs for every airline you do fly.
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"The Incredible Journey is about two dogs and a cat traveling across Canada, so I can see how you'd get the two stories confused." [
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"I believe it is a first for a game console, although now that I think of it the voice that said "PlayStation" at the end of all the ads for the original PS(one) games always sounded like a Japanese girl to me.
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