Sing! by Smule is one of those apps I wish I had stumbled upon ages ago. I stumbled upon the app by accident. I was trying out beatbox type apps to test my non-existent rapping skills and Sing! was one of the recommended apps to try out during my search. It was “free”, so I decided to give it a go.
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This post is co-authored by Susan Simkins.
Paul Boag, a well-known and highly respected user experience advocate, has just released a new book, User Experience Revolution.
The book takes aim at systemic organizational issues that actively breed an anti-user culture, whether it is intended or not.
User experience encompasses the user interaction with your products or services and the emotions that result.
.... Continue Reading...Everytime I share with someone I’ve written a book about Fight Club, I’m reminded by that person that the first two rules of Fight Club are you can’t talk about it. Okay… Bullshit.
First, Fight Club is a fictional club. Debate over.
Second, we were never part of this fictional club. Debate over.
Third, if you consider yourself part of this fictional club and willing to lay down the law for a character that never existed… well, fuck you.
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Uno and Friends Update 17 has been out about a month. I am neither impressed nor wholly disappointed by it. Server disconnect issues seem the same, and while the problem with giving gifts to your friends from the leadership boards was fixed for a brief time by a patch released after Update 16, it is FUBAR again with this update.
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All of the following is my own opinion on the cause of mental illness. No facts. No published sources. Just me.
Let’s talk about survival. Everybody has fight or flight built into them. When a person is confronted with conflict, it’s either fight or flight.
It’s what I call the change cycle. Person A wants to change your behavior, so you are either submissive (flight), or you try to to change Person A’s behavior (fight).
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Yay! I made it to the very top level!
This is my second post on Uno and Friends, with my first covering Uno & Friends – Tips and Tricks. This post will cover the recent update, which includes Journey.
My article on Update 17 is out as well. It covers the two recently added Journeys and more.
In June of 2014, Ronald Huereca posted his Why Uno and Friends is Evil post on this blog, back in a simpler time before Leagues, Uno Dare, Companions, Team Uno and now Uno Journey.
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Read the first in this series: Things a KJ May or May Not Tell You
Karaoke is hard! Very hard! If you remember the first time you performed a song in front of strangers, it was a terrifying experience.
Here are some new singer karaoke tips to help you along the way.
I remember my first time singing karaoke.
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Let’s face it, assholes: you need to pay up for your atrocious behavior.
Here are ten reasons you are required to pay asshole tax.
Your wife’s, girlfriend’s, or mistresses’ birthday? When the hell is that? Oh, it was last week? Whatever, you just saved some bank on being an idiot and a closet asshole.
Did you forget to pick up your child and left them sitting in the rain for an hour?
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My friend Pauli Loeffler helped contribute to this article. As with any contract, please review it with your attorney.
Is DepositIQ worth getting if you are a renter? In short, no. Read on for my opinionated analysis.
DepositIQ, in layman’s terms for a renter, is a way for you to pay less on your security deposit.
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Uno & Friends – Current Level
Uno & Friends has released a new update, and I wrote an update to include Companions, Team Uno, and Uno Journey
My article on Update 17 is out as well.
Uno was a card game I had never attempted until one fateful day. I had never played either the card game or the online version of Uno until a friend convinced me to download the game.
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