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Entries from June 16th, 2009

Who is Alana Taylor’s mentor?

June 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Career

[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] Alana Taylor just finished her junior year studying journalism and history at New York University (NYU), and is the Manager of Strategic Marketing at OneTXT. She was previously was an active writer for Mashable and a social media correspondent for PBS. Follow her on [...]

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@whitneyhess on Acela Express

June 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Photography

When Jeffrey Zeldman uploads your photo to Flickr, you blog it. @whitneyhess on Acela Express Originally uploaded by Jeffrey Zeldman Related Posts: In case of fire: Do Not Use Twitter Happy Cog and Happy Whitney Watch me on The Big Web Show Sixth Photo Meme Photo of the day: HSBC’s Pleasure and Pain

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Who is Dave Malouf’s hero?

June 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Career

[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] David Malouf is a Professor of Interaction Design at the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD), and was previously a senior interaction designer for Motorola Enterprise Mobility. He is also the co-founder of the Interaction Design Association, which has amassed more than 10,000 [...]

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WordPress 2.8 is released

June 11th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Blogging, User Experience

I use WordPress to power this blog so I always like to take a close look at new versions to see if they will help or hurt my workflow. Over a year ago I wrote extensively about WordPress 2.5, which was a drastic overhaul of all aspects of the admin tool. I failed to write [...]

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Who is Gradon Tripp’s mentor?

June 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Career

[This post is part of a series on Mentors and Heroes] Gradon Tripp does fundraising at Firstgiving, and is the founder and editor of DesignBoston. He is also the founder of Social Media for Social Change (SM4SC), an organization that leverages the power of social media to raise awareness for worthy causes. Follow him on [...]

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