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by ar_turnbull 4y ago
There’s an online test called the Harding Test that’s the standard now. It’s required for broadcast media in the UK.
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by ar_turnbull 4y ago
I was so happy and pleasantly surprised to see this feature come out today! I just spent the last week telling a client they can’t put their flashy new brand video on their website and still meet AA guidelines. I told them to do a Harding T
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by ar_turnbull 4y ago
There’s this chrome plugin for YouTube videos. It stops the video before trigger scenes so you might find it a bit interruptive depending on your (or your cat’s) sensitivity. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail&#x
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by ar_turnbull 4y ago
Not sure if you've read Chris Hadfield's book (Astronaut's Guide to Life On Earth) but he talks about a similar system. In his words you can be one of three team members: A Negative One -- You're a drain on the team and
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by ar_turnbull 4y ago
This is pretty cool! As a designer I can see the potential but the demo feels a bit simplistic — it might make a more compelling demo if you connected Noya to a higher fidelity design system than basic bootstrap. Who is your target user? Ri
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by ar_turnbull 4y ago
I had a similar experience with a large tech co. Applied to a Staff role and on a single, open-ended question they decided I was more of a Director whereas they were currently looking for an IC. This company gives interview feedback so it w
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by ar_turnbull 4y ago
would be a nicer UX if instead of "sorry" it was "great, your password hasn't changed as this was your old password. ps. you're now logged in, go do whatever you were hoping to do you rascal!"
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by ar_turnbull 4y ago
Author could have learned this from a single user testing session rather than his hijacking technique. Users ignoring fluff is well established in the field of UX.
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by ar_turnbull 4y ago
Actually it depends. In Canada, many rescue services are free (North Shore Vancouver is a well known one here) as well as in the National Parks (the cost is essentially insurance paid for by the park pass fee) and many provincial parks. The
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by ar_turnbull 4y ago
To be fair I barely trust my InReach either. Overcast days, canyons, and any kind of tree cover consistently result in delayed or failed messages. And even if they report as "sent" on the device sometimes the recipient doesn'
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by ar_turnbull 4y ago
Great article and I’ve worked on a project related to the fashion industry that clued me into YKK’s zipper dominance. But they got the IT quote at the end of the article wrong -_- “You’ll never get fired for hiring Microsoft” should be IBM
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by ar_turnbull 4y ago
Friendly heads up but you may want to check your bias here -- it's been studied and cyclists don't break the law anymore than cars do [1]. In fact, motorists break the law more frequently and they do it's to save time whereas
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by ar_turnbull 4y ago
Hey OP, I sometimes feel the same way as a director-level UX'er. That said I take great pride in mentoring juniors so if you do the same maybe it's time to think about giving back (you'll probably also find that you also get
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by ar_turnbull 5y ago
Feels like a failure of business model imagination or just not enough runway to try something different to me. OP didn't even take three swings at bat. It's not the sexiest market if you're looking to win a Nobel prize (lol)
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by ar_turnbull 5y ago
I mean I guess it wasn't really that "fantastic" of an idea, but that aside it feels like OP was lacking imagination in terms of the addressable market. He tried the two markets with the most obvious business model -- consume
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by ar_turnbull 5y ago
> "there is no violence, and no obvious danger." This is false and I would expect better of HN posters. A group of the protestors locked the doors to a downtown apartment building with handcuffs and then attempted to set that b
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by ar_turnbull 5y ago
Please do not use bells, they are not an effective deterrent to bears and they annoy the hikers around you. https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/parks-canada-officials-endorse-th...
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by ar_turnbull 5y ago
Bear bells are not effective in any way and in fact may attract curious bears. Bears do not know that the sound of a bell means humans. In fact, in Canada where grizzlies are a concern Parks officers recommend against bells. The best deterr
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by ar_turnbull 6y ago
Yup, that's possible too. Probably a bit of both TBH. Though again, from user testing sessions I've observed, I'd say that "not knowing whether or not content is scrollable" can be a universal problem, not limited j
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by ar_turnbull 6y ago
If you can, try to cut off the content as the visual indication at the edge of the page. You might try bumping up the contrast of the headings as well so that the cutoff is more obvious. Not quite as complex a dataset, but the NHL + MLB hav
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by ar_turnbull 6y ago
Designers call this a "false bottom" and try to make sure it doesn't happen, but it can be a near impossible task to make sure there's never one given variation in screen sizes / orientations. Often you see websites
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by ar_turnbull 6y ago
In university I had an old Crown Vic that somehow didn't need keys to start. You'd just grab the ignition and twist it and it would work whether or not the keys were inserted. It also had a keypad on the outside so keys weren&#x27
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by ar_turnbull 6y ago
I've liked Komoot quite a bit for planning longer road bike loops in or near the city — surprised it hasn't taken off more but I suppose it's a pretty niche market. Integrates wirelessly with Wahoo bike computers (suck it Gar
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by ar_turnbull 6y ago
Also worth pointing out that as frequent as things like avalanches and outdoor rescues may seem — the higher risk is often driving the highway to the trailhead. It's a risk that we've come to accept as a society. We don't eve
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by ar_turnbull 7y ago
It’s also temperature. Reefs bleach at a certain temperature. They can recover from this, but very slowly and not if they bleach again the next year and the year after that. Apparently this is what happened the last two years. Also, apparen
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by ar_turnbull 8y ago
I have the same one and think it’s great. Bought it when the wildfires in British Columbia blew over and turned Calgary into an apocalyptic wasteland. Air quality was bad and I’m still not sure what kind of filtering my condo building has.
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by ar_turnbull 10y ago
And the other 20% is learned based on past circumstances.
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by ar_turnbull 11y ago
Heh. I work for a marketing agency that works with one of the major automotive brands and that brief is the kind of thing we see with every vehicle launch, model refresh, etc. Nobody wants to build a car for old, boring conformists.
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by ar_turnbull 11y ago
But of a no brainer for these companies. They've built their audience based on riding the new tech/social wave. When the market shifts (either from Apple, Google, or just time), new media should be well-positioned to disrupt the i
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Barriers to Walking Meetings(andrew-turnbull.com)
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