Sitcoms can be shot two ways: live, in front of a studio audience, or filmed and edited together. In the later case laugh tracks are added in post production where desired. Desi Arnez, with I Love Lucy, created the former,…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-02-27
Doing my taxes on a Sunday morning. Hooray. # Traffic getting to #Armageddonexpo is dreadful. # In line to get John Rhys-Davies autograph. Debating whether to have him sign a Raiders or a LOTR photo… #Armageddonexpo # Powered by Twitter…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-02-26
2016: The User Interface Revolution Underway http://is.gd/O7J4pZ #UX # Walking home from the train station. Wahroonga, Australia. http://instagr.am/p/B1J0S/ # Another busy but good week. More planning than I would have liked, but we have the right team, the right focus……
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Twitter Updates for 2011-02-25
Another work day, complete. Getting things done. Now, to my evening routine of grilling meat, drinking beer and browsing Quora. # My answer on Quora to: Is the latest Star Trek movie better than the old ones? http://qr.ae/g9Ku # After…
My Quora answers
What is the best advice for young designers?
Don't specialize. As Robert Heinlein famously stated, "specialization is for insects." Learn techniques in problem solving and design. Understand the various SDLC processes you may end up having to work in, around, or through. Learn how products are designed. Get…
Links of Note
Can’t Find a Dream Job? Create Your Own
An article I found particularly useful: Can’t Find a Dream Job? Create Your Own
Movies, My Quora answers, Trek
Is the latest Star Trek movie better than the old ones?
"Better" is in the eye of the beholder. A movie is both a collaborative effort and the vision of a director – a good director can work from a bad script with top-notch actors, a good editor and a fantastic…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-02-24
Another long day. Making good progress. Really getting the right level of clarity around the design project I'm on. # @Smittmaestro Just saw your tweet that Nicholas Courtney, the Brigadier from Doctor Who, has passed away. Joe has a sad.…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-02-23
Will 10.7 add a "safe deposit box" to your Mac? http://is.gd/2H2KAr # What Got Buzz at Mobile World Congress? http://is.gd/s9JJi8 # Another day done. No Presidents Day holiday for us expats working in Australia… # Grilling dinner. Tonight, lamb and…
My Quora answers
What is the quickest way to transition from Technical Writing to Usability/User Experience and pick up the necessary skills to build an entry level portfolio?
You are going to have a hard time finding projects if you are in a company that has no UX projects or already has a experienced group of UX designers, so I suggest you do what many writers do in…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-02-22
Finishing up a very busy and looong Monday… And with not nearly enough coffee. #twocupsisinsufficient # Got home to see my son watching the last half of a movie that always, always gets to me… The Iron Giant. #suuuperman #…
My Quora answers
How do you kickstart and boost your productivity?
This may sound dated and obvious, but a simple way to kickstart productivity is to know what you HAVE to do every day. That's it. If you don't know what you HAVE to do each day, you will expend your…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-02-21
@startrekjunkie If I won the lottery? I'd move to Australia. in reply to startrekjunkie # Stayed up WAY too late last night reading and answering questions on Quora. It's Angry Birds for pretentious intellectual types… Like me! # @startrekjunkie Yeah……
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Superhero Organizations and Business Entities | Law and the Multiverse
An article I found particularly useful: Superhero Organizations and Business Entities | Law and the Multiverse
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Twitter Updates for 2011-02-20
I can't believe after being in Sydney for as long as I have I am just now finally going here: http://yfrog.com/h2jjejnj # Awesome new Doctor Who/WWII propaganda poster I just got, featuring good ol' Ironsides itself: http://yfrog.com/gyl8mtjj # Setting up…
My Quora answers
Is there a Quora plugin for WordPress?
I use Quora Badge as a widget on https://www.josephdickerson.com but I also have just added my RSS feed for my answers (and JUST my answers, not my comments or my “follows”) to my blog using a great plug-in called WP-O-Matric……