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Entries from November 30th, 2010

Awesome Email of the Day: I write to you, thanks to Google Translator

November 30th, 2010 · 7 Comments · E-mails, Pleasure

Passion knows no bounds. Thanks never gets lost in translation. From: Bruno Chaves To: Whitney Hess Subject: hello from brazil Date: August 4, 2010 9:04:13 AM EDT I do not know write in English. my English is very bad. But you can read;) I write to you, thanks to google translator:) I met his blog, [...]

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Awesome Email of the Day: Increasingly dissatisfied by how little influence I feel I have

November 29th, 2010 · No Comments · E-mails, Pleasure

I am a very fortunate person. I feel it every day. Some days I get the most incredible emails that make me realize it even more deeply. A few months ago I got this one, and I was given the permission to reprint it. This is why I do what I do. I know so [...]

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You are in context to another

November 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Strategy, User Experience

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how to define your audience, how to name them. We all know that if you design for everyone, you end up designing for no one. But demarcating a group of people can be a real struggle, especially since people exhibit different behaviors in different situations — one of [...]

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Thanks is never enough

November 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Career, Digressions, Pleasure

Thank you to Mr. Dan Kramarsky who in the eighth grade suggested that I elect to take the Computer Science class in ninth grade. Thank you to Mr. Charles Rice who let me take his one Computer Science class for all four years of high school, and encouraged me to consider applying to Carnegie Mellon [...]

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Whit Hour – Week 20

November 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Whit Hour

Thank you so much to the ~22 people who showed up for the twentieth week of Whit Hour — my weekly one-hour video chat to answer any and all of your questions about user experience, consulting, and whatever else you throw at me. Tune in every Monday night from 10-11pm Eastern Time at http://www.livestream.com/whithour. Whit [...]

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