Brian Dys

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  • Hyperlinking, Anyone?

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    Got some recent discoveries lately pertaining to linking words and ideas. The great thing about these two tools is that they could export HTML files. TiddlyBlink “TiddlyBlink is an adaptation of TiddlyWiki with the goal of helping you see connections between your ideas, and move quickly from one idea to another.” Twine “Twine is an open-source tool for…

  • Adobe Color Wheel Game

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    A measly 43! Try the game for yourself.

  • I’m Reading: Week 14, 2020

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    Shape Up by Basecamp

  • Notes on Cultivating Creative Collaboration – A Webcast by IDEO U

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    Guest speaker: Sacha Connor, Founder of Virtual Work Insider On Working from Home Burnout is more of a concern than lack of productivity. Virtual Meetings Make sure it is really necessary Avoid tourists in meeting – include only people that need to be there Pre-work – what can be done in advance to make the…

  • Squircle, A Visually-Pleasing Shape

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    Ladies and gentlemen, the squircle! It’s just now that I’ve learned what it’s called. We’ve all seen this shape in apps and it’s not your regular rounded square because there’s a mathematical equation to make it. You can see the logo on the left has some noticeably sharp corners while the logo on the right…

  • We’re in a simulation right now

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    I mean, there’s a strong argument we’re in a simulation right now. It also reminds you of that joke, if life was a video game, what would be the review? It’s like, well, the graphics are incredible, the plot is confusing, and the respawn takes a long time. That’s a video game. That’s life. It…

  • Trying Out DreamHost

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    Ever since I could remember tinkering with PHP, MySQL, Apache, WordPress, FTP, and all the light technical stuff about launching personal websites, I was with GoDaddy. This was all before the hype of managed WordPress hosting. It’s time to try out a different host for this website so I signed up for a month of…

  • Rebelling Against Using the Intranet

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    Ignoring or rebelling against using the intranet are learned behaviors that were reinforced by repeated poor experiences and infectious word of mouth between colleagues.  (Learned helplessness is a well-documented phenomenon: once somebody has been beaten down enough times, she gives up trying. That’s partly why we recommend against launching a bad UX, even with a…

  • The Person I’ve Been with the Longest

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    Secondly, the person I’ve been with the longest — 50 years at this point — is my wife. We get along really fine, but we often don’t understand each other that well. We often laugh about how she tells me something and I hear and understand it, but later on, it turns out that what…

  • Sometimes You Forgo the Data

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    Sometimes you forgo the data, and make a gut call due to the nature of the problem and the macro goal you’d like to reach. And believe me, though it sounds like a ludicrous situation, time-sensitive problems crop up all the time in product development! Chris Lee