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Watch Andrew Stanton’s “The clues to a great story” talk at TED

Filmmaker Andrew Stanton “Toy Story,” “WALL-E” shares what he knows about storytelling — starting at the end and working back to the beginning [ Contains Graphic Language ] Andrew Stanton has made you laugh and cry. The writer behind the three “Toy Story” movies and the writer/director of “WALL-E,” he releases his new film, “John Carter,” in March, 2012 […]

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Information Technology in Brazil: IT services push GDP numbers up

Segment was the fastest growing in 2011, according to GDP data. market jumped from U.S. $ 59 billion in 2008 to US$ 95 billion in 2011 […]

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Watch Justin Hall-Tipping’s “Freeing energy from the grid” talk at TED

What would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this moving talk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the materials that could make that possible, and how questioning our notion of ‘normal’ can lead to extraordinary breakthroughs […]

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Watch Joshua Seiden’s “Replacing Requirements with Hypotheses” talk at Agile Experience Meetup

Slides from a talk by Josh Seiden and John Halloran at the Agile Experience Meetup in NYC, OCt 17, 2011. This is a first version of the talk that presents high-level concepts and UX strategy work for replacing requirements with hypotheses […]

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Watch Erik Johansson’s “Impossible photography” talk at TED

Erik Johansson creates realistic photos of impossible scenes — capturing ideas, not moments. In this witty how-to, the Photoshop wizard describes the principles he uses to make these fantastical scenarios come to life, while keeping them visually plausible […]

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For Inspiration: “Meu Esquema” by Mundo Livre S/A

Meu Esquema, by Mundo Livre S/A

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Next generation of tablets to feature tactile touch-back technology

When you touch the screen on an iPad or a smartphone, they all feel the same — like glass. The next generation of screen is going tactile […]

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Autodesk software behind ‘Best Visual Effects’ Academy Award Nominees

The five movies nominated for the “Best Visual Effects” Oscar havea something fairly obvious in common: They all relied on special software to create the effects. Check out the various 3D tools from Autodesk that were used for each film […]

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UX Hong Kong 2012 is sold out!

UX Hong Kong 2012 is sold out! They still have some limited seats for day 1 only – http://www.uxhongkong.com/#register! Hurry! Hurry!

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Information Technology in Brazil: Microsoft signs agreement to help Brazilian companies

The Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and Microsoft announced recently had reached an agreement to create business accelerators focused on technology in Brazil. The announcement was made during the inauguration of the technology center of the U.S. company in the country […]