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Medium Daily Digest Recommended by Medium Staff Finding A Dream Job in Unlikely Places I was always envious of people that could articulate their dreams. You know, the kids that had thoughtful answers for, "What do you want to… be when you grow up?" Regardless if it was a traditional dream (a doctor) or an unusual one, (a graffiti artist), deep passion guided them through life's decision tree. ¶ Sadly, I lacked a guiding… in Be Yourself, by Heidi K. Isern 5 min read The child I love When Maddy Ralston came into this world almost 21 years ago, it was love at first sight. Jon Ralston 4 min read When You Say "I'm Not Into Comic Book Movies" You're Probably Lying. You Just Don't Know It Yet. File under #rants Antony Johnston 4 min read Cash in a Crisis: Starting over after ISIS, Iraqi families rely on emergency cash Alima fled her home of seven decades just two days before ISIS swept through her village near Mosul in 2014. 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For the past few months I've been doing nearly daily "Snapstorms" or short videos with startup advice released on Snapchat. Today I've made all of them available on Snapstorms.com. ¶ Among the most comical things to me in the past few years is just how much it annoys some people that I use Snapchat. Not since the initial… in Both Sides of the Table, by Mark Suster 4 min read Ev Williams Supervisor Wiener's Statement on Dolores Park Picnic Reservations Yesterday, after I learned that the Recreation and Park Department had instituted a "pilot program" to allow for reservations of park space… Scott Wiener 2 min read Anil Dash Twitter Removing the "@'s" in Tweets Today twitter announced they would be removing @s from their Tweets, so mentioning a person will take up less space. 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This article is a summary of what we shared during the panel. ¶ Before I became a UX designer, I… Rebecca Ussai 15 min read How to apply a design thinking, HCD, UX or any creative process from scratch This how-to article aims at providing designers, creative thinkers or even project managers with a tool to set up, frame, organise… in Digital Experience Design, by Dan Nessler 7 min read Top stories in reading I don't get Medium or Medium doesn't get me Last year when I joined medium, I was a 'writing' rookie. A small fish in a big pond. A grain in a vast desert. And Medium was huge. Its look and feel were different from what I'd seen until that… in The Coffeelicious, by Nitin Dangwal 5 min read I bought a $600 lamp. Now I read more books. 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Even for those who understand blockchains, Ethereum, and smart contracts… Around The Block 6 min read Top stories in virtual-reality Design Practices in Virtual Reality Researching design methods and solutions for VR The technology of virtual reality (VR) has been gaining traction, however there is an absence of methods and best practices when designing for it. In my bachelor's project I am focusing on the user… in uxdesign.cc – User Experience Design, by Jonathan Ravasz 7 min read Storyboarding in Virtual Reality Storyboards are commonly used in film, web and game design as a quick, effective way to communicate spatial position, sequence, motion and… Vincent McCurley 4 min read Read more on Medium Connect with us on:

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