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Velian Pandeliev

@velian-tepe

UXD, higher ed, video games. iSchool, UofT

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Yeah ok, I’m doing this.

Here is some advice for aspiring game writers.

Do not come into games wanting to be a game writer with the attitude that all you are going to write are the cinematics.

Fact: a game’s story is not about the cinematics.

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17.12.2024 19:46 👍 3926 🔁 476 💬 110 📌 65
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Designing services for people who need help with numbers Low numeracy affects half of adults in the UK. Many live with the limitations of not understanding numbers and the impact that has on everyday life.

As someone who started to enjoy math in their late 20s, I’m really excited for accessiblenumbers.com by @accessiblenumbers.bsky.social ✨

10.12.2024 10:04 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

As OpenAI and Meta introduce LLM-driven searchbots, I'd like to once again remind people that neither LLMs nor chatbots are good technology for information access.

A thread, with links:

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04.11.2024 03:12 👍 1892 🔁 820 💬 73 📌 64

I just started teaching the Davis framework over Norman, and I find it valuable for going beyond conveyance in UX fundamentals courses. My students tend to make dashboards or feeds, which Allow all sorts, but don't Encourage / guide well. Davis lets us discuss the role/power/opinion of the system.

04.12.2024 13:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Aww I empathize...I think...?

04.12.2024 13:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ugh I hate giving respondents a neutral non-committal option. I say we remove "No sugar" and push them off the fence. The rest of the choices are perfectly clear, just pick up to 10!

30.11.2024 15:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0