June 2012 Stories
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June 25 2012
Insightful reading on the X, on the Y, in the T(ech).
I havent done a post in awhile that is a collection of some of my favorite posts from other folks I admire. Of late, as I travel more to speak at conferences, I find myself reaching out to the interwebs more to see if I can find other folks thoughts on why there is such a dearth of women at these (usually tech-heavy) conferences, and other related posts about women in business in general. I am always surprised that some things just stay the same, one of those being the…
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June 19 2012
The A(Di) Team
The A-Team comic. All rights reserved by Marvel The meaning of a team is quite an interesting one, we hear it all the time. I get the gist of it, we work together for the greatest outcome for everyone. Prior to my job the only team that I’ve actively participated in was jazz band; though the word “team” was never really said outload, the fundamentals where there. We relied on the trumpets to hit their notes and drums to keep a tempo. Who was first trombone, they led the rest of the trombones and…
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June 15 2012
Quantities with Quality
Data visualization has increasingly strayed into the 3D domain in the last year. As my colleague Seth Short reported in a November blog post about Unite 11, the process of filtering and refining raw data is a full-time job in and of itself. Making it look cool and fun to explore for the everyday Joe takes a unique combination of design aesthetics and technological R&D nerdiness. Earlier this year, the blog Brand Channel, posted an article asking readers whether the newly released FuelBand was a “Game Changer” or just a “Slickly…
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June 4 2012
Animation: Arts or Crafts?
Animation is an art form. The interplay between motion and form, color and light, sound and voice all form a story the audience gets to appreciate on a personal level. They can feel a part of themselves in the hero, see people they know in the supporting cast and suspend their disbelief farther than nearly any other medium outside of video games. Animation suffuses so many mediums. Film, television, video games, web design, user interfaces, even fine art are all venues for the animators art. An artist thrives when bringing…
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