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For The Owner of This Dog

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } A photo of a big ass dog, originally uploaded by boltron-. Wherever you are.

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Photo Bags Suck Your Soul

My uncle recently asked me for some advice on getting a new DSLR and we came to the subject of camera bags. I personally hate all bags designated as "photo bags" for three reasons: 1. Insurance is a better bag I prefer to pay extra in insurance every year for a low deductible (mine is $200 for equipment and it doesn't matter if I throw my camera off a cliff) so I guess that's my bag alternative. Nice insurance. Instead of a lump sum I make yearly payments but it's not much, and is part of our business insurance. Then I just toss my equipment in the most comfortable bag I already have. 2. You have...

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The Message Behind FedEx

FedEx has some new ads out on Hulu and ostensibly television. They are totally regular/mediocre ads, but shining examples of the intricate thinking that goes into advertisements. The layers in these quick spots remind me how far we have to go in the UX world around advertising our products. Here are a couple of the ads and then below them why I think they are brilliant examples for UX people with products to learn from: So the message is "we understand." That should mean on the surface that fedex is clever, and they understand business. Cool. Funny ads. But the real message: FedEx...

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24 Hours in Texas

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