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Great Cities Speakers Series Presents Playwright, Film Maker and Educator Luis Valdez Discussing Mayan Influence on Designing Vibrant Communities

Great Cities Speakers Series Presents Playwright, Film Maker and Educator Luis Valdez Discussing Mayan Influence on Designing Vibrant Communities

Great Cities Speakers Series Presents Playwright, Film Maker and Educator Luis Valdez Discussing Mayan Influence on Designing Vibrant Communities

Great Cities Speakers Series Presents Playwright, Film Maker and Educator Luis Valdez Discussing Mayan Influence on Designing Vibrant Communities

Great Cities Speakers Series Presents Playwright, Film Maker and Educator Luis Valdez Discussing Mayan Influence on Designing Vibrant Communities

Great Cities Speakers Series Presents Playwright, Film Maker and Educator Luis Valdez Discussing Mayan Influence on Designing Vibrant Communities

Who's more important, you or your customers?

Interestingly, when I've asked this question before, there has been some argument. No, not on whether the customer is more important (most everyone seems to agree on that), but rather on which customer is more important - the client you're designing for or the customer of the website you're designing for the client. When I say customer-centered design I'm not talking about the client. But I do recognize that clients can have vastly different desires from what their customers do, and if you're a freelance designer, serving your clients first is an easier way to keep them paying you. But as SazBean points out in their article Customer-Centric Design - Your Customers Care, so Should You:

Designing Next-Gen Robots Gets Easier

With employees working more and more from the field even as servers and applications get centralized, businesses are realizing the need for better connectivity. However, this is easier said than done. Jonathan Andersen director (product marketing)

MIT and NASA Designing Silent Aircraft

Iddo Genuth writes "Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics recently won a contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to design quieter, more energy efficient, and more environmentally friendly commercial airplanes. The two-million-dollar contract from NASA is just an initial step in bringing green technologies to the sky."

Learn Best Practices for Designing, Coding, and Distributing Python Software

Writing code in Python is simple, however, writing code that is efficient and easy to maintain and reuse is not so straightforward. This is where this book intends to step in. Written by Tarek Ziadé, a contributor to the Zope code and an experienced Python developer, Expert Python Programming takes you on a practical tour of Python application development.

Great Cities Speakers Series Presents Playwright, Film Maker and Educator Luis Valdez Discussing Mayan Influence on Designing Vibrant Communities

SAN JOSE, CA -- 10/28/08 -- Playwright, film maker and educator Luis Valdez will be featured at the 2008 Great Cities Speakers Series, 6-7 p.m., Monday, November 3, at the San Jose Repertory Theatre, 101 Paseo De San Antonio. A reception will follo..

PlayStation 2 Goes Open Platform

Designing a game for consoles is much tougher than PCs, if only for the costly certification testing process that can be daunting to development studios who are accustomed to grabbing extra ketchup packets at lunch just to make soup for dinner. But Sony Europe has completely removed the PS2 certification process in their region, effectively making the PS2 an open platform in much of the world. With 131.3 million PS2s sold worldwide, that's gotta be awfully exciting to at least a few startup studios. As for you, expect the deluge of shovelware from Russia and India any day now. [GameDaily via Kotaku]

BiiBall 3D for iPhone

Game makers designing apps for the iPhone and iPod touch have quickly learned to incorporate the built-in accelerometer of those devices into gameplay. Controlling a game by tilting the device is a staple of such premium games as Cro-Mag Rally and Moto Chaser. But that same technology can also be used to great effect in simple games such as BiiBall 3D.

Review: BiiBall 3D for iPhone

Game makers designing apps for the iPhone and iPod touch have quickly learned to incorporate the built-in accelerometer of those devices into gameplay. Controlling a game by tilting the device is a staple of such premium games as Cro-Mag Rally and Moto Chaser. But that same technology can also be used to great effect in simple games such as BiiBall 3D.

Videogames on vacation

Videogame makers are designing their consoles with the holiday traveler in mind; making them more of an end destination.

BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams

2K Marin will be designing the follow-up to 2007 shooter hit BioShock, BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams. It's currently rumored to be an Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii title. Bioshock 2 is expected to be released before the 2009 holiday season. The Bioshock world incorporates elements found in role-playing and survival horror games, and is described by the developers and creator Ken Levine as a "spiritual successor" to their previous titles in the System Shock series.

Another Apple iPhone Advantage: Mac Software Companies (AAPL)

frenzic.jpgApple's competition is catching up designing sexy, iPhone-like gadgets: Research In Motion's (RIMM) new BlackBerry Storm, for example, is probably the closest. So Apple's software lead is increasingly important.

Serious Answers to Serious Questions (or Something...)

Stuart, Sci/Tech Editor: I recommend first designing and constructing a laser-rangefinding Galvanic Skin Response device. Then, wear a low-cut top/tight pants (if you’re female or male, respectively - not mixing that up is dreadfully important) and... Er, what is it the kids do at “Club L”? Ah yes - rub up against your professor or something. Measuring his/her galvanic skin response post-rubbing should enlighten you as to whether he/she reciprocates your feelings (well, no one is exactly sure what GSR primarily measures, but most will agree that it’s a good indicator of sexual feelings and emotional arousal). And voila, an answer to a pressing interpersonal problem at a minimum of interpersonal interaction! Now that’s better living through science!

Out of office reply on road sign

Swansea Council contacted its in-house translation service when designing a bilingual sign barring heavy goods vehicles from a road, reports the Daily Telegraph.

15 Key Elements All Top Web Sites Should Have

There are a lot of details to consider when designing and developing a web site. In reality, it can seem like an endless list - but if you look carefully you’ll see that there are certain elements that are more important than others, elements that are used consistently among the most successful sites.

Apple Plans To Make Chips For Handhelds

Preedit writes "Apple plans to get into the business of designing microprocessors for handheld devices, according to legal papers that are part of a dispute between IBM and one of its top technology executives. IBM is suing Power chip expert Mark Papermaster for allegedly violating a non-compete agreement and accepting a job at Apple. In court papers, IBM claims Apple wants Papermaster 'to design microprocessors for incorporation in a variety of electronic devices, including handheld devices.' The suit, according Infoweek, also notes that Apple earlier this year bought out P.A. Semi. IBM thinks it knows why."

Prototyping with XHTML

AXURE RP is a wireframing, prototyping and specification tool for designing applications and websites

PolyU gears up for Sino-Russian Interplanetary Space Mission

PolyU is working closely with the Russian Space Agency in designing a state-of-the-art space tool which will be carried onboard a Russian spacecraft for the Red Planet in the 2009 Sino-Russian Space Mission.

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