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23rd July 2008

Conversation with Michael B. Johnson of Pixar (Part 1)

Peter Merholz: “At UX Week 2008, our Day 4 keynoter is Dr. Michael B. Johnson, who runs the Moving Pictures Group at Pixar. He’s been gracious enough to engage in an email conversation with me, which I’ll be sharing here.”

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23rd July 2008

Scrnshots

“Scrnshots.com is a community for designers to share screenshots of interesting and beautiful design.” (Thanks Jon!)

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23rd July 2008

Grassroots Comics

“World Comics is a non-profit organization in Finland and India that promotes the use of local comics as a means for social change. Grassroots Comics: A Development Communication Tool (PDF) is a free, downloadable manual for other non-governmental organizations about developing comics with community activists for use in their campaigns. See examples of grassroots comics in India and Africa, as well as videos and posters from grassroots comics workshops.”

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23rd July 2008

Font Conference

“This video wasn’t long enough, so we made it double-spaced.”

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