Author: camille
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Short talk on Usability and UI Design for Web and Mobile for Google DevFestWPH — and a summary of all my talks so far
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in LiveI was invited to speak a non-technical talk on Usability and UI Design for Web and Mobile earlier today. I still suck at public speaking and I think next time I do this, I need to chug a grande cup of Starbucks for some much-needed hyper-inducing sugar. I also realised I am not fun or funny
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on insecurities and growth
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in PonderI was sharing with C how I felt very insecure about “not being popular enough” last year, and feeling unappreciated in the more seemingly “designer / artist circles.” That, perhaps, feeling overshadowed by other designers/artists made me feel pretty useless. In comparison, I feel like my own set of skills could be appreciated more in
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when domestic problems are part of scrum
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in LiveLope: Camille, what’s the problem with *words-lost-in-air* Me: oh, the database! something went wrong with port 85 when I… Lope: no, wait, wait, we’re talking about the bathroom! Me: oh shit.
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if I don’t trust you, it’s over for us
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in Ponderfriends fight — and that’s normal. but when friends break each others’ trust, then there’s less of a possibility that their relationship will stay the same. that they’ll still be friends. I was telling C how one of my friends was bugging me to be “friends again” with this person, and how — after I
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Nintendo Cuts Outlook After Soft Demand for Wii U
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in PlayNintendo Cuts Outlook After Soft Demand for Wii U ezralahm: 1) Nintendo is still very much an Eastern-style company whereas Apple is a very Western company. A merger or a takeover would be extremely complicated and licensing would be tough given the way Nintendo games are played. I would also add – Apple may or
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because Fire Emblem: Awakening is coming soon
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in LiveMe: So I was playing this English-patched, fan-translated, Fire Emblem game from 2010, and I was comparing it to the Awakening demo. And well, the new one coming up has a better story; the older one was too linear and step-by-step — C: wait, stop. Me: huh? what is it? C: look at you, talking
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some good ideas wither under bad execution
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in DesignFrom a recent thread on the Philippine Web Designers group on Facebook, a site was brought to my attention: http://kristn.com/ I haven’t really browsed through the entire site yet. Upon landing on the page though, I had no idea what it was. All I saw was this sunshine of images I didn’t understand and promptly went
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Building Save 22: design: constantly changing, slowly improving
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in LiveBuilding Save 22: design: constantly changing, slowly improving build22: above: a rough draft of the Save22 portal, back in October 2012 above: the Save22 portal today Today we released a small update to Save22.com.ph / Save22.com.sg — the headers. There are a lot of other things that we’re still working on, thinking about, discussing, experimenting
