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A new "medium" for communicating
As I reflect upon the totality of what I've been writing over the past 6 years on this blog, comprising over 350 posts in regards to "design"—from insights, lessons, philosophies, to candid opinions— it's quite sobering, and personally gratifying. It's been a wonderful (if at times burdensome) task to articulate what designs means, to me and the profession at-large.
Yet, I also realize that:
a) there are ever more "newbie" designers entering the field thanks to emerging vocational programs like General Assembly (and similar) who never saw my earlier posts dating back several years ago
b) there are far improved platforms for socially virulent communications, with better commenting and "tweet-ability" aspects
One of them is Medium, with its popularity and typographic quality for pleasant reading of memorable stories or critical ideas, across devices & screens.
So, going forward, in an attempt to take advantage of this nexus of opportunity and resurrection of past ideas still relevant today, I'll be re-posting my "greatest hits" (and most important topics) on Medium, with some light editing.
My hope is this will serve as a much-needed stepping stone towards a collection of essays in some other "medium" like print or so forth. #NotsoSubtleTeaser ;-)
To kick things off, I've re-done a few Ghost posts:No comments
Designers – Help us bring beauty & soul to Enterprise software!
CloudPhysics is a well-funded (Series C at $15 million) and rapidly growing startup based in Mountain View, CA. Our product is like a 'Fitbit' for virtual datacenters, providing IT admins and architects valuable insights on what's working and what's not–enabling them to improve performance, ensure stability and reduce costs. We have thousands of users and several customers already!
** We seek a savvy, talented, highly skilled UX Designer to help us elevate the design of our web-based SaaS app to the next level, with elegance & novelty like Nest, Tesla, or Apple—but for Enterprise IT! We are well on our way (with full executive support) and this demanding yet rewarding role offers a rare chance to be a key player at the forefront of a revolution in IT + "Big Data". Are you the one? Read on…
You will be a member of the CloudPhysics team, working full-time and on-site at our headquarters in Mountain View, CA. This includes direct collaboration with our Director of UX and UI engineers, as well as product managers & sales & marketing teams. Maybe even the CEO too! Plenty of large whiteboards, colorful stickies, and glossy 27" displays are at your disposal :-) We rely upon analytical skills, customer research, and expert creativity to deliver novel solutions. We embrace startup life with intense table tennis matches, hot sauce tastings from our collection, and of course, our always "interesting" team lunches ;-)
** What about the work? As UX Designer, you will tackle a range of juicy problems in the realm of Enterprise IT analytics:
* A fresh on-boarding experience
* A well-crafted partner portal
* An innovative way to build custom reports
* And 'dashboards' that don't look or act like 'dashboards'. It's a crazy yet fun paradox!
** To succeed in this unique role, you should exhibit the following:
– Self-driven ability to translate a broad UX vision into detailed designs
– Exemplary visualization skills backed by good design judgment, with attention to details, from alignment to animation to states & conditions
– Intuitive sense for "first principles", fearlessly asking "why" and challenging assumptions
– Armed with standard UX/HCI theory, but willing to explore novel sources of inspiration to dream up workable solutions
– Knows when to be opportunistic versus conventional with well communicated, defensible rationale
– Very comfortable taking (and triaging) feedback from highly opinionated non-designers, including executives
– Remain focused amid fast-paced Lean/Agile schedules with shifting priorities due to evolving customer demands
– Not easily intimidated by functional scale & complexity, technical dependencies, or specialized knowledge—but instead relishes the challenge to prove yourself!
** Daily Responsibilities
– Brainstorm, sketch, wireframe, and mock-up solutions of varying fidelity levels. Quickly with lots of options! These may be shown to our engineers or Sales VP or CEO, in a moment's notice.
– Map out flows and draft storyboards for various use cases, illustrating pros/cons, with good alternatives.
– Finalize production quality graphics for delivery & implementation with our UI engineers.
– Create interactive prototypes with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to pass off to our developers.
** Desired Skills & Experience
– 3+ YEARS experience in a fast, iterative, Agile/Lean environment
– Expertise in rapidly creating UI mock-ups & storyboards for user feedback, using common digital tools
– Experience cleverly translating user research findings into new or iterative solutions, for UI implementation
– BONUS: Ability to prototype modern, fresh behaviors using HTML/CSS/JavaScript tools
– BS or MS in HCI, interaction design, graphic design, or equivalent degree
Interested? To apply, send your resume with online portfolio link to the Director of UX Uday Gajendar, firstname.lastname@example.com. Please include the position you are applying for in the subject of your email.No comments
Notes from Digital Design & Web Innovation Summit
This event featured an impressive list of very high-profile brands (Dolby, Netflix, Starwood, Disney, AT&T, and so forth) with executive-level design leaders speaking on various topics pertaining to shaping digital experiences for web and beyond. I attended only the first day of this 2-day summit, but it was definitely worth it if only for the following set of takeaways and reminders of what it takes to deliver top results:
** Defining and extending a brand from logo to product to personal emotion involves a constantly circulating process of moving from "iconic brand" to "great product" to "compelling storytelling", that taps into latent emotions, of the aspirational variety.
** Think of the "consumer touch points" as "jewels" (physical like the Macbook Pro shiny button or Virgin's mood lighting) that serve as signature moments and designed elements that differentiate and speak to the brand, as well as resonate with the user's expectations.
** Where is your "innovation investment balance"? In some cases it may be under-balanced (too much on maintenance of existing) and other cases may be over-done (excess of exploratory research projects lacking focus).
** Seducing the CFO is a good thing ;-) Don't forget to include CFO as part of your influence strategies.
** Consistency is good for setting a baseline, but don't rely upon it as a competitive differentiator. Instead, focus on what's appropriate for the platform and context of use. Esp true of mobile devices (watch / phone / tablet / laptop). Keystone elements like the logo and certain stylistic constants should help anchor, but should still allow for interaction and behavioral variance suited to the device situation of use, to make that branded device experience come alive.
** Innovation can be hampered by over-pursuing consistency: "Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative." Quote from Oscar Wilde.
** It's actually good to be inconsistent, sets up innovative opportunities! Just like breaking rules of grammar after mastering them, allow for poetic flourishes and novelty after baseline established.
** Think about proactive, dynamic curation of content, beyond static websites towards "state-aware" content systems: Using mobile device geo-location awareness and other forms of contextual sensing.
** Give users the content they need when they need it (or find most value from it).
** When evolving a social media UX strategy, go beyond "Like me"—sounds desperate! Instead think of the vanity and lifestyle aspects to build up "brag equity" ;-)
** What is "innovation"? Many many many definitions (sigh!) but most gravitate around "delivering change" that has "net relevant value impact" financially and culturally.
** Thus, value (and innovation) can be eroded and destroyed when there is confusion and lack of clarity due to mess of features, convoluted brand value prop, etc.
** Knowing your own intention is critical to setting on good path for viable innovation. However you may not know where you end up—that's ok! As long as support user's goals, contextual params, etc.
** Meaningful innovation arises from a magical mix of intention, intuition, and insights. Requires data and iteration. There is no formula or recipe. Requires risk, so don't expect easy answers or crisp known decisions.
** The team has to care about the final 1% of a product, which is the hardest part. Involves craft and pride, moves the team morale forward.
** Don't use user research to invalidate creative risk. For innovation to happen, need to support risk. Use research to invalidate assumptions and hypothesis about user goals/contexts/problems to "not be risky".
** Inform your intuition by observing behaviors and being aware of situations. Keep exploring and learning and exposing yourself to new situations, radically different from your own daily routines. Empathy, curiosity, learning, it's all a nice circle of continuity, must keep sustaining over a career.
** A "pivot" is really a mindset, not just a series of shifts to the business model. Stay focused on the aspirational customer-centric vision, anchored in values and principles that speak to your team and brand.No comments
Empathizing with engineering
Empathy is an essential element for practicing good design which delivers value for an intended audience or market. To design effectively is to design with a committed sense of deep awareness and care for the that audience's goals, needs, concerns…from awful frustrations to joyful delights, and everything in between.
This point is also true, when it comes to designing with a cross-functional team, through the conduit of a shared, common purpose. Empathy is a necessary factor in building key relationships and understanding divergent perspectives that enable a kind of dynamic, creative tension for the whole team's benefit, towards realization of that purpose. Ultimately it is a human quality that creates social adhesion for fostering trust, engagement, and camaraderie, particularly when arduously working through the most intractable or contentious problems along the way. It all comes down to respect and willingness to see "the other side", so as to arrive at feasible compromise and viable alternatives that meet everyone's goals.
This is not easy, in the slightest! Empathy takes hard work, patience and practice, especially when trying to gauge the emotional or philosophical tenor of an inscrutable colleague— or at least an agreeable colleague speaking obtusely ;-)
So how to foster empathy with engineering? Following are some articles that I've been reading up to grok engineering principles and practices. To help me truly deeply understand where they are coming from, what their issues and challenges are, what are those fundamental matters that keeps them up. My hope is that by doing this I can be a better designer and foster more team success going forward.
Operations cares about code and about the customer experience:
- If the servers and network are all up, and the disks have plenty of free space, but the blog-platform commenting feature doesn't work, then the site can't be considered "available"
- Ops engineers help designers and developers understand the operational implications of UX and application design decisions.
Yes, Google "gets" design!
As of this writing towards the end of June 2014, it's become increasingly evident that Google is now no longer that odd, awkward techie maladroit at the party with funny copycat socks, but has significantly evolved into a savvy agent of design craft (see "Kennedy" and "Material") and cultural value (see cars, shopping, weepy ads). Who woulda thunk it?? But it's true and it's real. It's time to cast aside former assumptions and acknowledge that Google is now a true force for well-considered, beautifully articulated design in the world. And as a field, we are much better for it, through the ongoing contest of ideas and philosophies pushing & pulling at each other…enabling innovation as well as emergent vanguards for taste and quality.
More specifically, coming out of Google I/O, the new "Material" design language & system represents the latest shift towards a sophisticated, systematic statement of design grounded in a pervasive and integrated metaphor of "material", across platforms and services. Whether "pixels" are indeed a bonafide "material" is discussion for another time ;-) Yet, the vision is literally and conceptually all coming together as a unified whole with a unifying aesthetic amplified by subtle motion and refined typography. For some designers in the field, this suggests a worthy competitive difference to Apple's iOS design language, with even more defined clarity and focus.
// More info here:
Google Material style guide: http://www.google.com/design/spec/material-design/introduction.html
Material Design Principles overview: http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/06/26/google-explains-principles-material-design-language-android-chrome-web/
Professional designers' reactions to Material: http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/27/top-designers-react-to-googles-new-material-design-language/
And before Material there was Kennedy, which was Google's initial big company-wide push for a well-defined aesthetic, thanks in part to Larry Page's executive call: http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/24/3904134/google-redesign-how-larry-page-engineered-beautiful-revolution
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|Sun, 07-18-2010 - 10:12pm
So, DH was talking to his parents tonight. First, they want to come visit us in October on their way back from a trip to Europe. We would normally be okay with this, but 1) it's only about a month before I'm due, and 2) they'd get here on a Monday, and only stay for a couple of days.
#1 bugs us because who knows how I'll be doing at that point, and we'd much rather have them come AFTER Evan arrives (you know...so they can meet their grandchild and all). #2 bugs us because we'd either have to take those days off work (which we don't want to do - especially Kyle because he'll want to use his vacation days for when Evan comes) OR we'll just see them in the evenings --- what's the point of visiting if it's only going to be practically fleeting?
So, DH tells them we'd much rather miss this visit and them come in January to meet Evan. Well --- they say that they are thinking they might not want to come in January anymore. That they don't like the idea of traveling here during winter (they have mild winters where they live compared to here).
I'm just so in awe --- that they're going to let a little bit of snow/cold weather stop them from seeing their first grandchild??? We're both really saddened and disappointed by this. I mean, it's not like I want them to come for a month, but for them not to come at all is really upsetting.
Gah - hopefully they'll change their mind once they realize they'll be missing out on something big (especially since my parents are coming to visit over Christmas). Sigh.
|Mon, 07-19-2010 - 8:24am
Alyssa - Gotta love the in-laws...If it were me I would be thinking the same things you guys are. Why wouldn't they want to spend more time with you guys and time/meeting their new grandchild.
Rant away! I hope they realize that and come to visit after Evan is born.
|Mon, 07-19-2010 - 8:41am
ITA with you! In-laws just don't make sense, do they?
Have they said when they would be coming to visit Evan if they still come in October as well? I would let them know that if they do come in October, that you guys won't be able to take time off work and that your availability will be limited. Maybe they don't realize that?
|Mon, 07-19-2010 - 10:21am
Jess - yeah, we hope they realize it too! I was really surprised actually. I was prepared to have to tell them that we don't want them here for a month or longer!
Christine - initially they were going to come in January. But if that isn't the case, they haven't said when they'll come visit (maybe when the weather is warm enough for them?). We have told them that we won't be able to spend a lot of time with them if they come in October - and they just responded "well, we'll see you in the evenings." We just won't have time though! We both work until 5pm, then by the time we get home I'm so tired (and I imagine I'll be even more tired at that point). It just makes NO sense :S
|Mon, 07-19-2010 - 10:25am
Well if they do come in October, I hope they'll at least have dinner waiting for you when you get home!! :-)
|Mon, 07-19-2010 - 11:11am
You know, I think a lot of new grandparents just don't realize how in love they will be with the baby. They have somehow forgotten that baby love and don't realize that they will be the baby's slave when it gets here.
I would let your DH deal with them and just be honest with them, and say something like:
"Given how far away from us all the baby's grandparents are, these visits mean a LOT to us because this is the baby's chance to get to know his grandparents. We don't want him to grow up barely knowing you guys, so every visit REALLY means a lot to us. Plus, I think after he gets here you will really want to see him--don't you remember how irresistible I was when I was a baby? This baby will be just as adorable and wonderful and I know you will treasure every second with him. So it really means a lot to us that you come visit after he is born. If you are worried about driving in the snow, don't worry, we will drive you around, and we will keep the house nice and warm since we'll have a new baby. We just want you to be here so our son can get to know his grandparents."
I think the baby is such a concept for some of the grandparents-to-be right now. My Mom is FINALLY getting excited but I talk to her almost every day about how he is kicking--she sees belly pics and videos and everything, and it still took her more than half of the pregnancy to realize that there will be a BABY HERE in a few months. So it doesn't surprise me that your in-laws aren't quite realizing that they will WANT to be there to meet the baby. But I think when it comes down to it, they will want to be there.
In terms of the visit in October--well if they want to do both, whatever but I would stress to them how much it means to you that they come AFTER the birth (Jan or whenever), and then if they ALSO want to come in October, just deal with it. Maybe that visit (before the birth) will help them connect with Evan before he is born and "fall in love", so maybe it's worth it after all.
(((HUGS))) Keep your head up.
|Mon, 07-19-2010 - 12:26pm
Thanks Adrienne! It just seems so weird because both our parents were SUPER excited about the baby in the beginning, and now it seems like their interest is waning. It might be because it probably seems like so far off in the future to them, so they really won't start thinking about visits, gifts, and stuff until closer to the due date (they were both like this with our wedding too).
I know we just have to be open with our parents about all of this. I had a nice talk with my mom about that whole situation, and I think DH needs to do the same.
As for the October thing - I'd be okay with them coming then as long as they also come after Evan arrives. I'd be pissed though, if they think that this visit gets them out of coming later on. I don't know - DH really needs to talk to them.
|Mon, 07-19-2010 - 3:57pm
I think that if they do end up coming in October, seeing you a month away from giving birth, feeling Evan kick, etc will make them fall in love really quickly and want to definitely come back in January if not sooner! Are they the type to help out around the house while they are visiting? It might be a nice break to come home to dinner waiting for you, etc.
My ILs drive me crazy too with stuff like this, although I had the misfortune of them showing up too soon after I gave birth-between them wanting to be entertained and the stress and hormones I had going on, they had me counting down the days until they left!
|Mon, 07-19-2010 - 5:13pm
Sara - they said if they come to visit, they'll stay in a hotel (fine by us!). They're not really the type to cook dinner, look after the house, etc. when visiting. They've told DH on a number of occasions that they won't feed or change the baby - they've already been through all that, so they do need to deal with it again (nice, right?).
We definitely don't want them to come any sooner than January. My mom will be coming out shortly after the birth, and then both my mom and dad will be here for Christmas (they'll be staying in the house and...gasp...helping out!). So, we would like a break between when they leave (Jan. 1st) and when DH's parents come --- we just didn't think it would be a 6 month break!
|Mon, 07-19-2010 - 9:08pm
Alyssa, I know this feeling all to well. The weekend Simon was born we had a pretty big snow storm across the state. Most of the mountain passes were closed. So my inlaws chose to wait until the next weekend to come see Simon. They got here Saturday evening and left Sunday morning. They maybe spent all of 4 hours with us and with Simon. My mom was there two weeks before he was born and two weeks after.
Since then they made us come to them at 5 weeks for a big family get together. Then we stopped at their place when he was between 9-10 weeks on our way back from my parents place and didn't even spend an hour with him! They have not seen him since! We called about coming up for a long weekend on my next long weekend at work (actually we offered two different dates) and got told they were to busy and had plans. Yet they have not made any effort to come out this way and see him.
My parents are 1200 miles from here and they have seen Simon more since he was born then my inlaws who live 350. It just infurates me to no end that apparentally their oldest son and first and currently only grandchild are not worth seeing. They were like this before Simon and
|Mon, 07-19-2010 - 10:05pm
Ugh Cassie - that's awful and frustrating! I'm sorry that they seem so uninterested, especially when they live relatively close. That's another thing I don't get with the IL's - we usually only see them once a year (at Christmas), so I would have thought they would have LOVED to come out here for a visit (especially since we won't see them at Christmas).
Another thing is that SIL (DH's sister) is PG and is due only two weeks after me. She lives in the same city as MIL/FIL, so I'm wondering if they'll get their grandchild fix there and that's maybe why they don't care about coming here? That would break my heart I think - knowing that their other grandchild means more to them than Evan :S :S


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O my, o my...how did I let myself get right back in the same place I worked so hard to get away from? Well now it's back. I knew I was gaining, once I lost weight, it took 1 weekend of getting off course and now look at me-back at 225 LBS. What made me really realyl notice? I got a new job (THANK GOD) that is business attire. Now that I have gained all this weight back, I couldn't fit hardly ANY of my dress clothes. Well today's the day. It will take 1 day at a time but I'm determined to get thsi thing under wraps-Insanity day #2 to follow up after work. On your mark, get set, LEGGO!!!
It's been a while, but I'm back! The devil tried to really break me down-I work for a real estate development company & as you can imagine, with the economy, there are only 3 of us left in my office. Thank God I have a job, but I've been so busy, I barely have time to stop and eat lunch. I had some family members come stay with me, which caused me to almost go broke, so I lost my internet (I LOVE my fam, so I would do it all over again), and to add the cherrie on top of my "Blessing in Disguise" pie, I broke up with my boyfriend of 7 years. I say "blessing in disguise" pie, because I know that it's GOD coming in to save me from myself! Sorry for the long story, but I had to share, in case anyone else has been going thru anything similar. And I thank Him for allowing me to see the blessings, even through the storms! I would like to say THANK YOU ,THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all my sisters that prayed for me and sent me sparkmail to keep me motivated. I'm sorry that I have not been able to support you in the same way. The bad news is that I haven't really lost anymore weight in the past month, but the good news is, that I haven't GAINED any either. I feel free and excited to see what God has in store for me!
This will start my official day to begin to change my life and habits. I exercised this for 30 minutes, and it felt good to actually begin to start the process instead of talking about it forever. I don't feel tired at work today, as I have been in the past. I have decided to include a simple but major step in my life daily-DO ONE THING EVERYDAY THAT I DON'T PARTICULARLY CARE TO DO EVERYDAY. And I'm not talking about going to work, or anything like that-one thing to better myself-exercise a little harder everyday, complete an extra chore around the house, write in my journal,etc. I'm trying to get back in the strong mental state I used to be-MIND OVER MATTER. I feel that doing this will help me take back control.


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Outtakes: How'd you come to define this soul-jazz sound?
Roy Ayers: I got the beat and the concept from Lionel Hampton. Lionel Hampton always played with a funky beat -- it's called a shuffle, that's what he used to do. D-dat d-dat d-dat d-dat. It's an R&B figure that's used quite a bit in swing. Two of my favorite musicians are Miles Davis and James Brown. If you listen to both, there's a similarity there, far as I'm concerned. Also, Miles never did stay in one bag all his life; he changed all the time. He motivated me to the point where I had to really focus and look at his career and say, "At least mine has been similar to his, in the versatility, playing many different bags."
Are you surprised at the continued interest in your music?
I never knew anything was gonna happen with this stuff! I'm doing it because there was somebody like Peter [Adarkwah of BBE Records] that was interested in bringing it out. I can show it to a million people, but they don't wanna bring it out.
You ever hang with the other funky forefathers?
I always see George Clinton, and he'll give me a high-five, and Bootsy. I used to do shows with them. I remember one time I did a show with them in Louisville, Kentucky, and we all found ourselves at the hotel -- I think at that time it was a Holiday Inn -- and they were raving at me, like, "You gotta open the show like that every time when you work for us! You gotta put that fire in 'em, because that means that same fire is there when we come on-stage!" I'll never forget that.
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Recent Essays (All Topics) •A New Paradigm For Israel/Palestine Progress •Book review: "Missing Microbes" by Martin J. Blaser•ODINO (Oligarchy: America is Democracy in Name Only) and Snowden•NYT down-plays Climate Change -- but we must not be fooled.•Practical Considerations of Religious Freedom of Corporations
•Open letter to Northeastern University concerning its ill-considered suppression of pro-Palestine student activities•The arguments about the pros and cons of Zionism are like the older arguments pro and con about Communism •Responding to M.J.Rosenberg's "Why I Oppose the 'Boycott Israel' Movement"•Nonsense on energy-independence, Keystone-XL, and fracking.•Identifying the powers that be (TPTB) -- they're not located in the USA!Egypt has just completed the world's first FACEBOOK REVOLUTION. I hope the next chapter works out as well as the first chapter did. Egyptians only defeated a military dictator. Now they face the combined forces of Darth Vader (the USA, UK, EU, the international corporations, Davos, etc.).
The USA must be next.
What I have in mind is a very focused campaign, also a Facebook Revolution, aimed at getting 1,000,000 Americans to petition President Obama, asking him not to veto the Palestinian draft UNSC resolution seeking, once again, and after so many other and similar UNSC resolutions (most notably UNSC 465 (1980)) which declare the settlements illegal and even (as 465 does) demand that Israel remove the settlers and dismantle the settlements.
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And we (oh!, so modern Americans) should take a lesson from Wael Ghonim and his friends and use modern facebook technology to bring this American Revolution from an idea to a reality.
How many Arab-Americans are there? How many progressive Jews? How many lawyers? How many students? How many people who believe in the Rule of Law or who oppose the USA's military empire and cruel and wasteful wars.
I write to you who am an old fogy. I do not have a Facebook account. I don't know how to do this. But I am sure it must be done.
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The popular amine Summer Wars has brought the traditional Japanese card game Hanafuda to the attention of more Japan-heads than ever before. Seriously. I'm not gonna lie. I wanted to learn how to play hanafuda simply because I saw it played on Summer Wars and thought it was a cool aspect of Japanese culture that I wanted to learn… Is there any shame in that?
Even though I don't watch much Anime beyond Miyazaki Hayao stuff these days, I loved Summer Wars. Summer Wars is available on Amazon on DVD and Blue-ray, and I'm sure you can find clips on YouTube, so there's no excuse not to check it out. Highly recommended.
As for Hanafuda, I looked around, and it turns out there's an App for that! If you want to learn Hanafuda you can download the Free Hanafuda Lite, or purchase the full Hanafuda App for your iPhone or iPod Touch.
Hanafuda is a classic Japanese game played with special cards that depict nature, the seasons, and the months of the year. Literally 花札 (hanafuda) means "flower cards." The individual plants on the cards represent the different seasons, for example the cards with Sakura represent March.
I'm not going to try to explain how to play hanafuda in detail here, I'm still figuring it out myself actually, but basically you match month cards from your hand to the pile or from the deck in order to attempt to put together special groups of cards to earn points. The app has a full explanation of how to play so you can study the rules right on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
The Free Version of Hanafuda for iPhone is still very complete and you can have a lot of fun with it. Get it!
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- 1Nov 6, '08 by marachneQuote from LunahRNI don't know Corvalis well enough to comment on the state of the tattoo shops, but considering that it seems you can't live in Oregon w/o being inked or pierced, and that it has a large student population, I imagine so.Are there tattoo shops there? My husband is a tattoo artist, so we'd have to find employment for him as well. Thanks for the link!
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How do I lock and unclock the FN key?
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Re: How do I lock and unclock the FN key?
Wow...nobody has responded to this!
I have the exact same problem and I find it SO frustrating!
The only thing I find that works is to restart and that gets a bit time consuming.
I have found the same sort of "solutions." Lots of combinations of holding down the fn key along with NumLock, Alt, Ctrl, etc...but none of them work.
If anyone out there knows how to unlock this key, please share it with us!
Re: How do I lock and unclock the FN key?
You can't "lock" the function key...you have to press it and then press the key you wish to use.
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lock the Fn key in the sense that you will use the function keys(F1,F2,F3...............)+FN key combinations without using the FN key then the simple way of locking the FN key is boot into the bios using F10 key on startup that is used on most hp laptops then in the bios screen select the option system configuration. under system configuration you will find something as action mode keys and make it enabled then save the changes and then exit the bios screen. hope the issue will be resolved on restart to unlock get into bios screen and disable action mode keys.
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I had a similar situation where I thought that my Fn Key was looked b/c I couldn't for the life of me type a Question Mark (?) all I would get was é or É. and other ctrl+key functions where doing crazy things
Turned out that the language setting on my keybord arbitrarily decided that I should use Canadian French key map instead of US standard without me noticing.
So anyways that was my blonde moment, give it a quick shot. Check the bottom right of your screen by the task bar.
also I got to say I'm quit disapointed in the lack of support. Why am I / we depending on other users for answers?
Re: How do I lock and unclock the FN key?
mmohanty01: u rock! This worked. But on my Pavilion G62, the BIOS options for the fn keys are backwards. It says if it's enabled, the function keys work normally (f1, f2, etc.). But that's not the case. You have to *disable* the feature for the keys to work this way. At least on this machine. And I just upgraded the BIOS to the latest (f.17a). Odd... So I think I disabled the feature and now the keys are working as I want: f1, f2, etc.
Thanks again!
Re: How do I lock and unclock the FN key?
See Disable The Fn + Function Key Combination on Certain Models for detailed instructions.
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Re: How do I lock and unclock the FN key?
Does anyone know if this will work on a Probook 4520s? I actually want to do the opposite of the other posters - I want to be able to adjust volume, etc. WITHOUT also pressing the fn key. On the 4520s, the default method requires pressing the fn key in addition to the respective function key for multimedia control. (I can't try it because I don't own the 4520s yet, but want to purchase them for my biz) Thanks!
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Your suggestion worked, Thank you so much.
See Disable The Fn + Function Key Combination on Certain Models for detailed instructions.
Now my Function keys work as is, i DONT HAVE TO hold down the fn key anymore.
Re: How do I lock and unclock the FN key?
espero que entiendan español... pues bien... como desbloquear la tecla fn la verdad me paso por error asi que no lo se con exactitud pero se puede hacer por la BIOS de la pc presionando f10 al prender la maquina para abrir la configuracion de la BIOS (ojo: es mejor que no cambien nada de lo que no esten seguros ahi o la pueden dañar o desmejorar el funcionamiento) luego a sistema y desactivan la opcion de teclas de accion... Bueno, he aqui mi descubrimiento... si en la Bios las teclas de accion se encuentran activas y ya en el windows de todas maneras deben presionar combinaciones como fn-f1... fn-f12 para sacar las opciones alternas, la manera de bloquearlo HA SIDO presionando la tecla fn+(tecla de windows) esa que tiene el logo... por que? no lo se, pero a mi me funciono... espero que les sirva como a mi porque estaba perdiendo la cabeza por eso... jaja!! saludos...


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Theater Review: The Lost Weekend (or at Least Evening) That Is Billy & Ray
No ace in the hole.
Skip to content, or skip to search.
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No ace in the hole.
Don't worry. Garry Marshall is involved.
Shades of Bugsy Malone.
In today's TV industry, odds are you won't see Schimdt Happens or Being Barney.
The first entry of a three-part arc begins with something we usually see in other, more predictable shows: the setup episode.
What are Sissy Spacek, Steve Guttenberg, and Garry Marshall revealing?
Garry Marshall's celebri-palooza gets recast with Don Knotts and Shelley Long (no complaints here).
"Ashton Kutcher can play anything, but he doesn't like the cold, so he was indoors a lot in this film."
Plus: Who is 'Spartacus'?
If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Film would star Jessica Biel and Jennifer Garner.
New Line wanted him to continue the burgeoning holiday-themed franchise.
Paying her $12,000 per word of dialogue actually isn't a bad deal for anybody.
But it can't save 'Valentine's Day' from bad press.
'Valentine's Day' sequel already written.
Oh Robert Altman, where art thou?


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JUSTICE is the constant and perpetual disposition to render every man his due. It is the proper administration of the law; the fair and equitable treatment of all individuals under the law. Justice is also a title given to certain judges, such as federal and state supreme court judges. Justice is 1) fairness, 2) moral rightness, 3) a scheme or system of law in which every person receives his/her/its due from the system, including all rights, both natural and legal. One problem is that attorneys, judges, and legislatures often get caught up more in procedure than in achieving justice for all.
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Pemex, Mexico's national energy company, earns billions of dollars a year. But that prodigious wealth is vanishing
because the government has failed to feed its exploration
This massive gasfield has become a critical element in
Mexico's bid to meet growing demand for electricity, generated
by gas-fired power stations. But the basin's deposits are
expensive to extract. Years of haphazard drilling by the
national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, have
damaged the gasfield. It skimmed off reserves that lay near the
surface but ran into difficulties developing gas trapped deeper
Mexico's ambitious goal of boosting gas production by 50% in
four years hinges on Burgos, which has also become a
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November 17, 2014 | Medellín, Colombia Bar Sinko
On the occasion of the 48th Annual Assembly, over 250 executives from Latin American and global financial institutions will gather for a fun night of networking more...
January 15, 2015 | Gotham Hall, New York, USA
The LatinFinance Deals of the Year are the region's most prestigious and rigorously judged awards more...
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Newly invigorated governments, a rapidly growing middle class, access to capital markets, more...
February 17-18, 2015 | Tokyo, Japan
The Japanese capital markets offer a variety of opportunities to emerging market issuers seeking alternatives to raising capital in USD. more...
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The 2015 Caribbean Investment & Finance Forum will place regional public and private sector leaders on the stage alongside international investors and thought-leaders. more...
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The 12th annual breakfast discussion will feature the most active and important sovereign borrowers from across Latin America and the Caribbean. more...
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BIIF explores all the aspects of debt financing for Brazilian corporate, financial, sovereign and quasi-sovereign issuers. Gathering an high-level audience the Forum explores the options available, the short-term prognosis of the markets more...
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Well, that's just Smurfy! Apple reportedly talks to Capcom about Smurfs' Village
We reported last week on how a kid playing with the Smurfs' Village iOS app racked up hundreds of dollars in charges, prompting a variety of responses regarding how Apple and parents should treat such apps. Now PocketGamer.biz is reporting that Apple has taken game publisher Capcom to task for making it so easy for kids to go on a Smurfberry-buying binge. The site also adds that Apple is looking into reducing the current 15-minute gap between purchases down to 5 minutes -- still plenty of time to do some serious damage, as a few commenters on our last post noted.
Capcom has written on the app's description that the ability to make these sorts of purchases quickly is a function of the iOS software and is not within its control.
When you download and launch the app, there is a pop-up that warns about this concern. It flashes off within a few seconds, though, to prompt you to turn on push notification for the app, but the alert does return. The screen featuring Smurfberries also warns that they will cost real money.
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What are some good team tactics and champions to pick up to carry from 1400 to gold? I'm not good enough yet but i need some advice getting from silver to gold. Thanks
I generally main the role of support so I have a good knowledge of warding, map awareness, and timing dragon/ baron.
1. When I play jungle it feels impossible for me to keep track of the times for all the buffs, dragon, and baron, and especially the mini-camps. How do you manage all these times especially when 2-3 lanes are struggling?
2. When playing a role other than support, how should you handle the non-existence of wards on the map if teammates (including support if there is one) refuse to ward. I can't say I have played draft/ ranked because of my lack of champions/ runes, but I generally end up being the solo top/ adc warding everything and essentially being a high damage support.
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This Pasta with Asparagus and Creamy Mushroom Sauce recipe is a quick and easy meal that can be made in the length of time it takes to prepare your pasta.
Just blend the Creamy Mushroom Sauce in a Vitamix in a matter of minutes and saute the asparagus while the pasta is boiling.
Then all you have to do is toss everything together and dinner is ready!
This is also a recipe I created for The Recipe Redux's "The Trend Is To Blend" sponsored promotion with The Mushroom Council under the "meatless" category using fresh cultivated mushrooms.
There's also some great ideas of how to "blend" mushrooms in with other meat dishes (if you didn't need a vegan/meatless recipe) and information of how to enter the "Swap It or Top It" contest on The Mushroom Council's Facebook page.
Traditional creamy mushroom sauces usually contain butter, heavy cream and cheese.
This version is vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and made with clean, healthy ingredients.
5 Fast Facts About Mushrooms:
- excellent source of potassium
- rich source of riboflavin, niacin and selenium
- supports a healthy immune system
- provides anti-inflammatory benefits
- natural source of vitamin D
5 Fast Facts About Asparagus:
- high in antioxidants
- contains anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties
- excellent source of folate at 66% RDA
- excellent source of vitamin K at 114% RDA
- excellent source of vitamin C at 30% RDA
5 Fast Facts About Cashews:
- packed with dietary fiber
- rich in "heart friendly" mono-saturated fatty acids
- rich source of minerals
- high in magnesium and copper
- excellent source of antioxidants
5 Fast Facts About Extra-Virgin Olive Oil:
- lowers blood cholesterol levels
- rich in anti-oxidants
- improves bone mineralization and calcification
- excellent protection from heart attack and stroke
- contains anti-inflammatory benefits
5 Fast Facts About Garlic:
- regulates blood sugar levels
- lowers high blood pressure
- contains anti-bacterial and analgesic properties
- anti-viral
- helps to lower cholesterol levels
5 Fast Facts About Shallots:
- 1 cup contains 24% DV of iron
- good source of fiber
- 1 cup contains 11% potassium
- contains more antioxidants than onions
- contains 10% DV of folate
5 Fast Facts About Rosemary:
- can help improve memory
- contains anti-microbial properties to help fight infections
- good source of dietary fiber
- rich in B vitamins
- excellent source of vitamin A
5 Fast Facts About Himalayan Pink Salt:
- contains 84 minerals
- unrefined, unprocessed, raw
- promotes stable pH balance in cells
- controls water levels in the body
- aids digestion and facilitates better nutrient absorption
Tip #1: You can use either cremini mushrooms or white button mushrooms for the sauce.
Tip #2: I used a 1 pound/16 ounce pack of "spaghetti" pasta, but you can use your favorite pasta variety (gluten-free, if needed).
Tip #3: This recipe will make approximately 4 – 6 servings.
Pasta with Asparagus and Creamy Mushroom Sauce (Vegan, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free)
|The Healthy Family and Home
- 1lb cooked organic pasta (16 ounces, gluten-free, if necessary)
For the asparagus
- 12 stalks organic asparagus (diced)
- 2 teaspoons organic extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 cloves organic garlic (freshly crushed)
- 1 - 2 pinch Himalayan pink salt
For the sauce
- 4 cups organic cremini mushrooms (or white button mushrooms)
- 1 1/2 cup organic cashews
- 1 1/2 cup distilled/purified water
- 4 cloves organic garlic (freshly crushed)
- 2 tablespoons organic shallots (diced)
- 1 1/2 teaspoon organic dried rosemary
- 1 tablespoon organic extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Himalayan pink salt
|Prepare the pasta
|Step 1
|Prepare the pasta according to the package directions. Set aside.
|Prepare the asparagus
|Step 2
|In a skillet, add all the ingredients for the asparagus (diced asparagus, olive oil, garlic, Himalayan pink salt) and saute on high heat for 2 - 3 minutes. Set aside.
|Prepare the sauce
|Step 3
|Add all the ingredients for the mushroom sauce to a Vitamix and blend until creamy and smooth.
Adjust seasonings, if needed.
|Step 4
|In a large mixing bowl, add the cooked pasta, diced/sauteed asparagus and mushroom sauce together and gently toss until it is well combined.
Best when served immediately.
Disclosure: By posting this recipe, I am entering a recipe contest sponsored by The Mushroom Council and am eligible to win prizes associated with the contest. I was not compensated for my time.


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Natalie Morales Is Preferred Choice to Replace Ann Curry on 'Today'
Natalie Morales is the preferred pick to replace Ann Curry on NBC's "Today" show, at least among TVSpy readers.
According to a recent TVSpy poll, posted last week amid reports that Curry was leaving "Today," Morales is the top choice, followed very closely by Savannah Guthrie, who many believe will ultimately replace Curry.
The poll listed five choices as Curry's replacement. In addition to Morales and Guthrie, there was Hoda Kotb, Robin Roberts, and Sue Simmons. Simmons, who recently left WNBC after more than three decades at the anchor desk there, was the sentimental favorite, coming in third place with 20.29% of the votes. Read more


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Participants who wish to receive the full contact hour credit (3) at the conclusion of this program must:
It is the policy of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network that all continuing nursing education activities are independent, free of commercial bias and outside the control of persons or organizations with an economic interest in influencing the content. Therefore, all Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Seminar staff members, planning committee members and speakers are required to disclose any significant financial interest or relationship with the manufacturers of any commercial products discussed in an educational presentation. Any conflicts of interest are resolved prior to Seminar participation.
The following presenter disclosed the following pertinent financial relationships and how they were resolved: Ashok Saluja, PhD receives research funding and fees for participation in advisory or review activities from NIH. He also has stock or stock options in Minneamrita. All content presented by Dr. Saluja were reviewed for preference for specific commercial products by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
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