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26th January 2005

Simple solutions to effective art direction

“Hereís the scenario: You have a great story with no art. The editor is insistent that this story MUST be the centerpiece or the cover story, the most important story in the issue. You donít have an illustrator on staff, and you have very little in the way of a budget for this type of thing. So, whatís the good designer to do?”

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26th January 2005

Czerwinski on Vizualization

From ACM’s Ubiquity: “Mary Czerwinski is Senior Researcher and Group Manager Visualization and Interaction Research Group at Microsoft Research.”

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26th January 2005

$1 million treasure hunt hidden in pages of fairy tale

“The jackpot is actually 12 jewels hidden in very public places around the United States. Think diamonds, think rubies, think the rarest, most perfect Kashmir sapphire. All you need to do to get any or all the gems is to decipher clues in the book ‘A Treasure’s Trove.’ The clues lead to a dozen 18-karat gold tokens. Author Michael Stadther, who hid each of the tokens himself, promises that they are all in public places where they can be easily accessed without digging, moving or disturbing objects or structures.”

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