February 12, 2012
by Marie-Lynn Richard
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The cardigan was VERY nice and luxurious (considering it cost two or three bucks at the thrift store) but instead of wearing it, I decided to undo a sleeve and see how it would frog. I was quite the nightmare … Continue reading
January 17, 2012
by Marie-Lynn Richard
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After 7 years of specifically living by this credo, I am still doing things with the people I have met along the way. And it’s quite easy to get started. When someone you know tells you what they want to … Continue reading
March 11, 2011
by Marie-Lynn Richard
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I have become totally enamored with The Age of Persuasion, a CBC Radio show with Terry O’Reilly about marketing. Kudos to the episodes on ‘Green Washing‘ and ‘Luxury Advertising‘. In his episode on the marketing of expensive things nobody really … Continue reading
February 26, 2011
by Marie-Lynn Richard
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Google recently announced that it’s going after content farms lowering the ranking of sites its new algorithm has identified as low-value. You know those annoying sites that offer absolutely nothing to the reader but a bunch of Adsense ads. This … Continue reading
February 3, 2011
by Marie-Lynn Richard
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Last week I was flabbergasted when a colleague was offered a list of my friends and (OMG!) friends of friends, after signing up and adding me on Facebook. Why did this happen? I wasn’t able to replicate this ‘feature’ exactly, … Continue reading
January 4, 2011
by Marie-Lynn Richard
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While there are many interesting TED talks emerging from TEDWomen, I enjoyed Arianna Huffington’s short talk on the merits of sleep. TED is often self indulgent for me because I just enjoy people telling the world what I have been … Continue reading
October 17, 2010
by Marie-Lynn Richard
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I am starting out with Christine O’Donnell’s funny ‘Politically Incorrect’ sound bite where she supports her disbelief of evolution by asking, ‘why aren’t monkeys still evolving into humans?’. It’s obvious, to someone who has rudimentary knowledge of science, that monkeys … Continue reading
September 12, 2010
by Marie-Lynn Richard
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I have been tinkering with Pivot graphs over the past year to present expertise held by us programmers. It’s not easy to represent expertise and experience of a programmer over time because we accrue so much obtuse knowledge. The end … Continue reading
August 25, 2010
by Marie-Lynn Richard
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It is so interesting to read and learn from other designers who are building game dynamics into life tasks. Most of these thought leaders come from the world of gaming rather than the world of business. Building good game dynamics … Continue reading
May 29, 2010
by Marie-Lynn Richard
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Habituellement le samedi matin j’en profite pour écrire un billet mais ce matin j’ai complété un contrat de rapport ROI de stats de ‘Landing Pages’ pour une cliente de Washington, D.C. et j’ai aussi été distraite par les postings de … Continue reading