Contents tagged with Interesting
Finding a Niche
The Freakanomics blog has an interesting anti-pattern for a software engineering career. I was chatting with a 70-year-old man who is an independent “software engineer”—a programmer. I asked him how he keeps up with all the young hot-shots who know the latest fancy programming languages. Simple, …
Secrets of Agile UX
Here’s an interesting slide deck I found on SlideShare about Agile UX. Agile UX – How To Avoid Big Design Up Front By Pretending Not To Do Big Design Up Front View more presentations from sparrk
US Falling Behind in Race Toward Open Government
Here’s an interesting article in Bloomberg about open government initiatives around the world and how the US is falling behind. From the article: (emphasis added) When Brazil’s government buys anything from fighter jets to a fancy villa, details are available online within 24 hours. Such …
Las Vegas Infographic
Admittedly, I’m a fool for infographics. Here’s on I found via AllTop on Las Vegas.
Designing for Bears
Here’s an interesting slide deck on “Designing for Bears” that should help reboot the way you approach user experience design. Designing for Bears View more presentations from Lucy Spence
Going Viral Infographic
Mashable has a great write up and infographic on what it takes to go viral.
What Motivates Smart People
An interesting talk from Dan Pink and animated by RSA on what motivates people and how money isn’t the only factor.
Changing Education Paradigms
Another great animation by RSA to a talk by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert.
A Day in the Internet Infographic
The size and scope of the internet is hard to fathom for techies. Clearly, it’s also hard to fathom for traditional media companies, politicians and regulators. Just the fact that SOPA was even written testifies to that fact. Here’s a visualization of the amount of data consumed and created on the …
Military Research and Development Under the Tree
Interesting slide deck on the long term impact of DoD R&D on consumer technology. I would also add the manned space program as the origin of our everyday tech. 2012 Holiday Military R&D Shopping Guide from AEI
A Frozen Moment in Time
The animated GIF is enjoying somewhat of a renaissance. Cinegraph is a handy little app for the Nokia Lumia 920, that lets you “film” a short animated GIF. Here’s one from today’s MoDevUX 2013 Hack-a-thon in Clarendon, VA and it captures the interesting mementoes on someone’s desk.