March 25, 2023

A Quick Guide to Color Blind Design: How to Present Data to Everyone (Noupe)

Noupe: A Quick Guide to Color Blind Design: How to Present Data to Everyone. “Reduced color perception or the capacity to distinguish between colors are symptoms of color blindness. Color blindness affects 1 in 200 women and 1 in every 12 men. Do digital resources like websites and educational materials affect color blindness? Absolutely! Consider accessibility best practices when creating online documents to ensure that your website or online products are accessible to all visitors.”

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March 19, 2023

LinkedIn: Your Ultimate Guide To Creating Stunning, Practical Data Dashboards

LinkedIn: Your Ultimate Guide To Creating Stunning, Practical Data Dashboards. “In this 8-part series, I’ll guide you through all you need to know to create gorgeous, highly functional data dashboards that your users will love. Whether you’re using Tableau, Power BI, Looker, or some other tool, the information I provide here will help you take your dashboard design game to the next level.”

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March 18, 2023

Open records tips from a government accountability reporter: ‘Let the correspondence tell the tale’ (National Press Club Journalism Institute)

National Press Club Journalism Institute: Open records tips from a government accountability reporter: ‘Let the correspondence tell the tale’ . “It is Sunshine Week, an annual celebration of access to public information launched by the News Leaders Association in 2005. To commemorate the occasion, we’ve asked journalists across different beats to share their tips for requesting open records and responding when facing roadblocks to access.”

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March 14, 2023

The Conversation: How to use free satellite data to monitor natural disasters and environmental changes

The Conversation: How to use free satellite data to monitor natural disasters and environmental changes . “I work with geospatial big data as a professor. Here’s a quick tour of where you can find satellite images, plus some free, fairly simple tools that anyone can use to create time-lapse animations from satellite images. For example, state and urban planners – or people considering a new home – can watch over time how rivers have moved, construction crept into wildland areas or a coastline eroded.”

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March 13, 2023

MIT Technology Review: Meet the AI expert who says we should stop using AI so much

MIT Technology Review: Meet the AI expert who says we should stop using AI so much. “In More than a Glitch, [Professor Meredith] Broussard argues that we are consistently too eager to apply artificial intelligence to social problems in inappropriate and damaging ways. Her central claim is that using technical tools to address social problems without considering race, gender, and ability can cause immense harm. “

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March 13, 2023

Random: Fan Compiles Archive Of Over 450 Interviews From Shigeru Miyamoto (Nintendo Life)

Nintendo Life: Random: Fan Compiles Archive Of Over 450 Interviews From Shigeru Miyamoto. “In what must have been an incredible effort, one person has managed to compile over 450 interviews, appearances, writings, and recordings of Shigeru Miyamoto between 1985 and today. SpriteCell has created The Shigeru Miyamoto Archive, a one-stop shop for all sorts of Shigeru Miyamoto chats, interviews, discussions, Direct appearances, E3 appearances — you name it. Every single item, where possible, has been documented, sourced, and sometimes even scanned in.” Mr. Miyamoto is considered one of the greatest video game creators of all time.

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March 8, 2023

WordPress: A New Home for WordPress.com Courses

WordPress: A New Home for WordPress.com Courses. “We’re excited to announce that our WordPress.com courses are now available at wordpress.com/learn, with no registration or purchase needed…. This learning hub also provides quick access to our live webinars (and replays) where you can join us for demonstrations, instructions, and Q&As.”

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March 6, 2023

Lifehacker: This App Creates Step-by-Step How-to Guides for Anything You Do on Your Computer

Lifehacker: This App Creates Step-by-Step How-to Guides for Anything You Do on Your Computer. “Scribe watches you complete a task on your computer, then automatically builds a visual, step-by-step guide to that task you can share with others. Its Chrome extension works similarly to a video or walkthrough recorder like Loom, but the result features text prompts, screenshots, and even annotations indicating where someone needs to click. You used to have to build these things entirely by hand. Now, a program can do it for you.”

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March 6, 2023

UPI: 50 U.S. medical, science organizations launch group to fight health misinformation

UPI: 50 U.S. medical, science organizations launch group to fight health misinformation. “Called the Coalition for Trust in Health & Science, the group brings together reputable associations representing American academics, researchers, scientists, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, drug and insurance companies, consumer advocates, public health professionals and even medical ethicists.”

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March 6, 2023

How to get the most out of cellphone photo editing: Tips from professional photographers (EL PAÍS)

EL PAÍS: How to get the most out of cellphone photo editing: Tips from professional photographers. “Most people (91%) take photos with their cellphones, rather than with digital cameras (7%) or tablets (3%). Keeping the lens clean and avoiding flash use as much as possible are key to taking a good picture. But, once the shot is taken, there is another phase that is almost equally important: photo editing. Here are some tips from professional photographers who are active on social media.” This article is far better than the headline might indicate.

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February 27, 2023

Search Engine Journal: Bing “Content Medically Reviewed By” Doctor For Health Queries

Search Engine Journal: Bing “Content Medically Reviewed By” Doctor For Health Queries. “Microsoft Bing now shows if the content is medically reviewed by a medical professional for health-related search queries. So if you search for [heart burn] or other health-related queries, Bing will show you which doctor reviewed the content and even link you to their LinkedIn profile.”

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February 22, 2023

Middlebury Institute of International Studies: Middlebury Institute Launches New “Subtitling for Streaming” Online Course with More Courses to Come

Middlebury Institute of International Studies: Middlebury Institute Launches New “Subtitling for Streaming” Online Course with More Courses to Come. “Online video production is skyrocketing and it’s driving demand for people who are trained to create high-quality subtitles. That’s why the Middlebury Institute of International Studies has launched a new self-paced, short course titled Subtitling for Streaming.”

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February 17, 2023

BusinessWire: New Healthier Workplaces Website Offers Free Resources to Protect Employers, Consumers from Hazards at Work and Home (PRESS RELEASE)

BusinessWire: New Healthier Workplaces Website Offers Free Resources to Protect Employers, Consumers from Hazards at Work and Home (PRESS RELEASE). “The website provides free resources for employers and employees to safeguard worker health and well-being, including keeping workplaces safe from infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics. Consumers can also learn how to address health risks in their homes arising from natural disasters such as wildfires and floods, as well as mold.” This site is brought to you by the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA).

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February 17, 2023

Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT: European forensic experts have published for the first time a practical guide for analyzing manipulated audio files

Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT: European forensic experts have published for the first time a practical guide for analyzing manipulated audio files. “This helpful guide describes technical procedures, necessary hardware and software, quality principles, and training recommendations, but also very practical approaches and methods for the forensic authenticity analysis of digital audio recordings.”

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