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user experience

Because Reading is Fundamental

Most discussions show a bit of information next to each user: What message does this send? * The only number you can control printed next to your name is post count. * Everyone who reads this will see your current post count. * The more you post, the bigger that number next to

communication

In Defense of the “Smackdown” Learning Model

I’ve occasionally been told that I have a confrontational style of communication. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing – as Kathy Sierra points out, the smackdown learning model can be surprisingly effective: What happens to your brain when you’re forced to choose between two different – and potentially