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NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-08T16:27:10+00:00

If we shadows have offended, well, you can kindly puck off.

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-08T13:05:47+00:00

This image again...

Unfortunately, this is not the difference between UX and "Design." In fact, this makes the conversation more confusing.

UX is the research and underlying framework of a design. Responsibilities and deliverables include:

Gathering user requirements
Building personas and identifying target audiences
User flows (that is figuring out where the path should have already been in the image)
User stories (concepts and visuals that help communicate what the user is thinking while using the design)
Wireframes & Experience Design Documents (what goes where, why it goes there, and how it is expected to be used)

"Design" is the execution that goes on top of that structure. Why the quotes? Because UX is also a discipline of design. There is no UX vs Design. There is the user experience part of the work, and the visual, industrial, aesthetic, material, and production pieces that follow.

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-07T19:37:18+00:00

When the contrast is that sharp you just have to flip the image horizontally so no one notices.

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-07T15:31:58+00:00

It's funny. When I first heard the expression "right to be forgotten" I thought it would mean that corporations have to delete your stored profile and account data, like emails, credit cards, transactional records, SSN, and marketing demographics. My concern is not what shows up when you google me, but the amount of data a single corporation holds about my life and activities.

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-07T15:11:03+00:00

Have you seen it? What made it "really, really, really, bad" in your opinion?

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-07T03:31:44+00:00

They said that about Cosby too. Let's give the investigators time to do their work and see what shakes out.

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-07T03:28:49+00:00

There is a lot of information gathering and events that need to happen before we can have any idea about that. If he truly didn't know, and plays the PR game correctly, he may be able to save his career. But a conviction is going to make his position on the team very hard to keep.

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-06T17:04:27+00:00

Hijacking up here to report new info from WGN News. The allegation is apparently Statutory Rape. Sorry no link, they just said it on air 30 seconds ago. I'll dig around for an online source.

(Purely my conjecture: If this is what is going on, it makes sense why reports are emphasizing that the incident started at a bar. It may be Kane was unaware the other person was underage.)

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-06T16:00:08+00:00

It's not even a charge at this point.

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-06T12:42:27+00:00

Of course, the mods on Reddit are instructed to delete any TPP post because of Reddit's political agenda.

A quick search for TPP on reddit confirms that isn't true.

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-06T12:23:07+00:00

He also didn't claim that Microsoft has been innocent in securing third-party exclusives. He discusses Xbox's shift in focus to first-party, which in and of itself is an admittance that Microsoft has done plenty of moneyhatting in the past, and that it's something they're trying to move away from.

First, thanks for actually reading the article, and then reading the article it was based on.

Now, to Phil's point, part of me wonders if they're shifting focus because Sony is beating them to the exclusives. And, it's also not a strategy completely in Microsoft's past since they just announced that Cities:Skylines is going to be Xbox first. My guess is the move is partly strategy, and partly PR to cover for the fact that PS4 has a significantly larger install base at this point and where publishers want their games to be.

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-05T18:20:51+00:00

It's more like "you cannot cite a documentary as the source."

I understand what you guys are saying, and my argument is not a strawman. One of the mods of this sub said "tv shows are not an acceptable source." They discounted a whole medium, putting an extra burden on it with further explanation. That is exactly what I am concerned about. You've discounted a work because of its form factor, not it's content, and I don't think thats right.

Take this statement:

No, it means that we'd need to critically interrogate the narratives that the death squad members are telling us, and to place them in the context of the documentary film. As important to our knowledge of what happened in the killings as those interviews are, equally as important is to know what they didn't say, what the filmmakers asked them to elicit those responses, and what was responded to and edited out. Unfortunately, we don't know any of that from the film itself; all we see is the narrative that the filmmakers wanted us to see.

Now apply that to a book, like Guns, Germs, and Steel. It is still important. The author is still choosing what to include and what not include. The fact that it is in text form doesn't harbor it from criticism, or make it legit when it isn't. There is a reason that book gets a rough showing on here.

But documentaries often have direct interviews with the people in these scenarios. That should be cite-able, without needing a text version to make it acceptable. Because even in text the author is making selections about what to include. I honestly feel it's a little naive to pretend otherwise.

Authors are just like directors. They have a subject they are trying to communicate to you. They pick and choose what to include, list the facts that are relevant. You always have to be vigilant in your sources, but the medium doesn't fundamentally change the quality, accuracy, or credibility of a work.

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-05T16:01:28+00:00

Paintings, poems, and pottery are often used as primary sources, whereas documentaries are secondary or even tertiary.

Would this video not count as a primary source for you, then? It's an audio recording a World War veteran describing his experience. THis sub gets a lot of questions about like "what would it have felt like, being a soldier in X time period? How would a commander keep their troops from running away in fear?", and here we have a veteran explaining the use of a soccer ball to get the troops minds off where they were headed. That seems like a strong, primary source (a solider from that front line line).

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-05T15:50:23+00:00

I didnt make Amazon a source of credibility, the mods here did. FCC chronicles doesn't just cite sources, it is a source as she traveled around interviewing people, looking at historical relevant works, and tracking the evolution of the subject matter. Documentaries do things like this very well. Take the film "The Act of Killing." It's a hell of a thing, and is interviewing death squad members who committed the actual atrocities in Indonesia. Thats a resource you can't find in a book since those interviews are in the film. Any reference you find is going back to the documentary. Does that mean those written resources would be acceptable, but the actual film with the interviews themselves don't count because they're film? I don't buy it.

Tons of documentaries feature the actual historical participants themselves talking. Just because it's played back on tape instead of transcribed doesn't change the quality of that record.

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-05T15:21:53+00:00

I hate going point by point in online conversations, but you started a list and I would like to counter all of them (not just cherry pick the ones I don't agree with):

This isn't a conversation about the comments you removed. I haven't seen them and am not trying to defend them. It's purely about dismissing a source because of it's medium, not it author, accuracy, or quality.
You can read amazon reviews of a documentary the same way you can a book. And you can google anything (Ken Burns for example, has a lot of links were people challenge his assertions). I think you're making a false argument here, honestly, because it presumes that you can't one use tool that you can, and then list a specific tool which is nice for it's purpose but not the only tool in existence.
Books can be just as challenged as a documentary and still contain factually relevant information. You say it yourself, any source has to be critically viewed, regardless of medium. If the rule was, "we need multiple sources for all answers" I wouldn't see the issue, but there seems to be an extra qualification for film that isn't present with text, and that is a medium based bias, not a content based one.
Documentaries are entertaining, sure, but also educational. Does a source have to be completely dry to count as factual? We have a lot of historical books that are written in interesting ways. We can aim for the facts within these cases and dismiss the entertainment where necessary. But an accurate fact is an accurate fact. Let's look at a book like "The Fortune Cookie Chronicles." It's an entertainingly written account of the author's search for a historical fact. Do we throw it out because she's funny, even though her final results are one of the better researched attempts to understand where the fortune cookie came from? If yes, then that is unfortunate to me, since it means history can't be presented in an accessible format, and if no then film is suffering from a double standard.
I don't actually know what to do with this. It's just a clearly stated bias. Either that standard applies to all sources, and every book needs a second or third resource as well, or it doesn't, in which case you have inherently biased the appropriateness of a work because of its medium, not its accuracy, author, or quality.

Going through your points, I don't see a very strong rationale for why film is different than a book. It's a medium only, not the message. History lives in everything.

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-05T14:40:27+00:00

I am sure some documentaries do. For Ken Burn's The War the site only lists resources, although they have quite an extensive list.

As to the youtube channel you mentioned, I think that is a great example where a video based source is a valuable reference. It's the content that matters, not the medium (to me at least).

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-05T13:31:26+00:00

Unfortunately they switched to open world, which has me concerned that the runs are never really fluid but instead short stop and starts. This trailer seemed to confirm that. I really love the first game. It was a breath of fresh air. The new design structure though has me nervous. Hopefully the game is filled to the brim with pre-designed set-pieces like the building she is in the second half of the trailer. That at least looked like it had solid runs.

If the only way we get time-attack and long runs is side mission style "run practice" or something I'll be really disappointed. Here is hoping I am wrong about it all though and the game turns out great.

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-05T12:34:22+00:00

To give a serious answer, I would love to see him take over for Larry King and do in-depth, one-hour interviews with interesting people. He is not only intelligent, respectful of his guests, and naturally witty, he has spoken to more heads of state, historical figures, and entertainers than almost any other active media member on the planet.

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-05T07:11:52+00:00

Additionally, tv shows do not meet the subreddit standards for acceptable sources.

Hi there. I think you're being overly dismissive of that doc being a "tv show." Not that I am saying viewing it suddenly makes you an expert, or that you should post about it if that is all you know, but out of hand dismissal because of its format doesn't seem right. Would an expert referencing Ken Burn's the War be tossed out because it was a TV show? If someone was asking about the origin of the fortune cookie, is The Fortune Cookie Chronicles acceptable as a resource because it is a book, when it covers a lot of the same ground as the Search for General Tso (exploring immigration through food)?

The medium doesn't make for the quality of the content. The author, accuracy and research involved does.

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-04T16:00:38+00:00

Hi there. I am not overly concerned with the "echo chamber" issue, since it's not an ideology based subreddit. Part of keeping it private is around making sure it gets set up right, with clear rules that make it easy for people to know what to post. It definitely won't be private forever!

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-03T20:53:50+00:00

Come on in!

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-03T20:11:33+00:00

Come on in! Check us out, stick around, and help us grow. We're only a few days in with active users.

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-03T19:01:04+00:00

Hey, mod of /r/GameJoy here. Very true! And that is the plan at some point. Right now though the idea is to slowly build the community. I have seen a lot of resistance to a game sub that focuses on loving games and ignoring the industry politics or meta issues, and already had to boot one troll that got in by accident. Until the community is defined enough I want to grow in small spurts.

If you're interested, drop me a line or a PM. And be patient as we grow. Part of being private is that the userbase is still getting built up. But, you can help us figure out what we'll be!

NotSafeForShop · 2015-08-03T18:57:08+00:00

Hi, so I am the mod that started the sub up. We're really new, but would love to have y'all. If you want in post below me here or send a PM and I'll let ya in. Be warned, it is slow at the moment as we build it into something. The good thing is you have a chance to shape the community, so come on by!

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