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Be better at email(profgarrett.com)
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How to make your presentation slides more interesting(profgarrett.com)
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What emotion does your powerpoint slide convey?(profgarrett.com)
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How to find free images for your blog, website, or ppt without stealing them(profgarrett.com)
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Are 30 million Powerpoints really given each hour?(profgarrett.com)
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by profgarrett 16y ago
I really agree with this, but think that we'll see even more of a split than just math/application. I got my PhD in Information Systems and Technology, which fused a social science approach with a topic of information systems being used in
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by profgarrett 16y ago
Sounds pretty similar to Apple's earlier attitude about 3rd party developers being parasites on 'their' platform. While (of course) they do own it, the 3rd Party developers are partners that add value, not parasites.
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G2 tech crunch review(mobilecrunch.com)
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Apple Guidelines for Mac App Store(readwriteweb.com)
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by profgarrett 16y ago
Re: part-time. I was able to finish part-time, but did a ton of work full-time for the first couple of years. My research suffered, but because my job linked with the research, it worked out well. One thing that's not well known is how muc
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by profgarrett 16y ago
Re: age. This is a big deal. Younger (<30) have a large advantage, particularly with respect to the amount of free time you have available. Don't start a family during school. It's certainly possible, but slows you down, which is the
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by profgarrett 16y ago
I just finished up a PhD in Information Systems & Technology, which is related to CS, but much more user-land/application-land oriented. Be careful which type of program you apply to, if you go CS, it takes a lot of math. Look to see if
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by profgarrett 16y ago
He's obviously made significant contributions, but I find his distain for industry off-putting. I wish we could separate computer science into theoretical v. applied research to clear up differences in the way the topic is approached.
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by profgarrett 17y ago
Actually created an account to write this... What surprises me is not as much Apple's move (though it is truly ridiculous), as some apologists' responses. Talking about how "Adobe's just as bad," or that "it'll reduce crappy software in the