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Redesigning the Airline Boarding Pass

Designer Tyler N. Thompson conducted an experiment to redesign airline boarding passes for finding information quickly in the crowded, hectic airport environment. Here’s his original boarding pass, and one of the reader-submitted redesigns: Figure 1. Current Boarding Pass Figure 2. Redesign by David Yoon (Via Graphicology and Timoni Grone)
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The Un-Identity of e-Book Readers

Kevin Maney points out that, unlike books with their varied and descriptive covers, e-Reader devices conceal the identity of what you’re reading: …the Kindle lets readers down with respect to one subtle but powerful element of the traditional book’s appeal: its role as an identity marker. Pulling out a particular book on an airline flight [...]
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What are some DAM job descriptions?

What are you looking for when filling the human resources gaps with the people needed to help manage your organization's digital assets? Well, here are a few DAM job descriptions. There are no hard and fast rules, but rather guidelines.
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Part II – Compliance: A cloud services pitfall disguised as the solution

Unfortunately, a SAS 70 audit that only covers the data center aligns quite poorly with the customer’s needs. It doesn’t fully address ANY of the three areas we defined in my last piece. As a result, my advice is to seek out cloud vendors that offer their own audit report. I also recommend giving strong preference to prescriptive audit standards that are explicitly targeted toward information technology systems and processes, such as SysTrust® ...
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“At Least iPod, if Not iPad Generation”

Patrick Wintour, describing new British PM David Cameron in The Guardian: Cameron feels at least iPod, if not iPad generation: relaxed appearances on the networks, dinner with Washington Post columnists, and meetings with all the key congressional leaders…
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A Thought on Inspiration and Aspiration

Whitney Hess: Inspiration is necessary in order for aspiration to grow. But only until we’re filled with aspiration, self-initiated and self-defined, do our careers, and lives, really begin to transform, allowing us to transform those around us in turn.
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Photos: President Obama’s Motorcade in Lower Manhattan

East Houston Street, 7:17 PM – Presidential State Car (top right) followed by secret service car. FDR Drive South, 8:55 PM – Presidential State Car (left) following secret service car. FDR Drive South, 8:55 PM – NYPD squad cars and secret service SUVs follow the President to the Downtown Manhattan Heliport.
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CRX Gems: Rendering content as PDF + XFDF

I promised last time to show a simple way to render CRX content as PDF. The technique in question involves using a PDF form as the readymade container, into which form data is imported using XFDF. The latter is the XML version of Adobe's Forms Data Format, which in turn is a file format specifically designed to allow import and export of data to and from PDF forms.

The way it works is simple: Suppose you have a PDF form that you want to ...

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Simple Brands and Definitive Names Win Markets

Kevin C. Tofel explains how simple branding transcends category names used by industry insiders, and captures a place in the public consciousness: Such simple branding and product awareness goes a long way toward helping Apple sell products. Look at the iPad, 3 million units of which the company has sold in just 80 days. Instead [...]
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Embed WikiLeaks Disclosure Tool on Any Website?

WikiLeaks is building a system that would enable any website to host a form for collecting disclosures: The upload system will give potential whistleblowers around the world the ability to leak sensitive documents to an organization or journalist they trust over a secure connection, while giving the receiver legal protection they might not otherwise enjoy. [...]