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Seminar Bingo

(flickr tag: bingo)
This idea was presented in a PHD Comic and I think it’s a great list of things to avoid while presenting. It’s mainly aimed at academic seminars, but I think some of these are common pitfalls for everyone. I especially like the freebie in the center — “Speaker […]

How not to write press releases

I recently got an e-mail from a company whose product we use in our software, announcing a new product that they are offering. I understand the need to come across as delivering high quality products, but some of the language used in this e-mail was just plain ridiculous:
“The WebRenderer Swing Edition will forever change the […]

Unfortunate cover design

When I first saw the cover for the book Illuminating the Path: The Research and Development Agenda for Visual Analytics, it made me laugh. The first thing that comes to mind when I see it is that it’s some kind of spiritual book. Illuminating the path to… enlightenment? spirituality? I did a search on Amazon […]

Crocs and aesthetics in design

I was asked at an interview once if I could name something that was very popular despite not being aesthetically pleasing. I had to think about that for a long time because it’s actually very hard to come up with examples of products that fall into this category.
First, aesthetics are very subjective — two people […]

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