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Free Amazon Cloud Server

Posted on 11/23/10 by David Sharek 3 Comments
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Here’s a great, free, opportunity from Amazon Web Services for those interested in getting into cloud computing. Click the link below to find out more. Direct from Amazon Web Services’s website: “To help new AWS customers get started in the cloud, AWS is introducing a new free usage tier. Beginning November 1, new AWS customers [...]

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On Pronouncing Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Posted on 08/26/10 by David Sharek No Comments
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Since Flow Theory is one of the primary frameworks that I use in my current research, I figured I should know how to correctly pronounce Mihály Csíkszentmihályi’s name. I’ve heard many different pronunciations in the past, but the video below helped me figure it out along with this very gauche break down: Me-high Chick-sent-me-high Here [...]

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The Royal Society Releases 60 Articles

Posted on 11/30/09 by David Sharek No Comments
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Trailblazing is an online, interactive timeline launched to commemorate the Royal Society’s 350th anniversary in 2010. As part of their celebration, the Royal Society has decided to release 60 of their scientific journal articles for your reading pleasure. There are many fascinating articles but I decided to highlight some that fall more inline with my [...]

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Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Posted on 07/28/09 by David Sharek No Comments
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The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society is pretty much the place to be if you’re interested in HF or ergonomics. I like to think of HF as the pursuit to make life easier. Check it out, and don’t forget to read more about the technical groups – from the site: “The TGs provide a forum [...]

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TED

Posted on 07/28/09 by David Sharek 1 Comment
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I love watching the TED videos. It’s basically a collection of talks from the world’s top minds where they share very inspirational and interesting ideas and discoveries.

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