In relation to this, here's a quote from David Bowie that I've always liked:
"If you feel safe in the area that you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth, and when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting."
@ibero_amerikanisches_institut estamos en el Historikertag ahora con todo tipo de información y servicios para investigadoras e investigadores que trabajan sobre américa latina, el caribe y latino studies. @histodons
@ajsadauskas@technology I got burned when they axed Wave but axing their video conferencing apps on their video conferencing box is really next level. 🫠
Yup, they’re like me, but they actually finish them. But if I ever finish something, you can bet I’m not going to just throw it away a few years later.
I'm wanting to reach out to #gaming fans who have personal challenges that make some - or many - games difficult to access for them.
Visual acuity issues. Hearing loss. Dyslexia, or missing limbs or anything else.
I'm planning an article on accessibility features in video games, and would love to hear stories from people for whom those features aren't merely a convenience, but necessary for them to be able to participate in the hobby.
@GuerillaGrue I’m a designer and accessibility expert. I’ve been working in this field for over two decades, but unfortunately never had an opportunity to work on games. But I really want to. I can’t wait to read your piece.
I'm not sure what to offer because my disability has made it so that I have had to give up most games.
I have a few issues, but the main problem when it comes to gaming is dystonia. I get cramps in my hand, wrist, arm, and shoulder from repetitive or rapid mouse clicking or button pressing, from having to heavily use a thumb stick, and similar motions. It's made worst by the fact that controllers keep getting bigger while my hands stay tiny. This has made it so that I can only play a very limited selection of games. I haven't found any solutions.
Woensdag spreken Lloyd Haft, Silvia Marijnissen en ik in Leiden over Taiwanese literatuur: dichters als Zhou Mengdie, Hsia Yu en Chen Yuhong, en de nog altijd immens populaire Sanmao. Kom ook!
Wat: Taiwanese literature in Dutch: the voice of the translators
Waar: UB Leiden, Vossiuskamer @AsianLibraryNL
Wanneer: woensdag 20 september van 15.30-17.00, met aansluitend borrel
Voertaal: Nederlands
Meer info: https://www.facebook.com/asianlibraryleiden #Taiwan#literatuur#poëzie#Leiden#Sanmao
Congratulations to our teams who won two prizes at the
IBC Awards which recognise: "[pushing] the boundaries of live and linear content creation and delivery."
@BBCRD As someone who remembers microwave links and intermediates and steerable receive dishes on transmitting masts as the sole means of getting a vision signal to somewhere it could be useful (admittedly, this did make for some nice relaxing days for Tel.OBs staff sitting at Crystal Palace or Sutton Coldfield watching the cricket going down the line) this is pretty mindblowing.
Sitze jetzt in der Mittagspause mit Notebook in einem Café und frage mich, wer eigentlich die Idee aufgebracht hat, dass das Arbeiten an solchen Orten so toll sein soll. Also, ja, ich kann Mails lesen und beantworten, aber für alles andere fehlt mir dann doch mein Schreibtisch und der zweite Bildschirm (ja, Luxusproblem, ich weiß) und überhaupt.
Aber es ist angenehm ruhig, und gleich gönne ich mir noch ein Stück Kuchen.
@andijah Kommt halt auf den Beruf an. Die Cafésitzer sind ja allesamt wir Autorinnen.😎 Also, wir sitzen im Café, wenn's am eigenen Swimmingpool zu kühl ist und wenn wir den Champagnerdunst mal wieder mit Koffein auflösen müssen. Gleichzeitig gucken wir viel rum oder quasseln, das nennt man dann "Leute beobachten", "einen Plot entwickeln". Diese Außenwirkung erzielt man auch eher als am Swimmingpool.🤫 🤭 😂 #writerslife#writingCommunity@writers
Instead of answering, I went through all the responses thus far and made a spreadsheet of the answers. (This is absolutely non-scientific and possibly inaccurate, plus there's no data as to how well these strategies worked, but hey, I was curious and thought maybe others might be interested too.)
I also have a list of "Other" answers that didn't fit neatly in these boxes or struck me in some way-- I'll link those next.
@ElisesWritings@RubyJones I haven’t heard of reading and reviewing as a marketing strategy, though I do a ton of reading and reviewing when I can, mostly to spread the word about amazing books, as well as to fill the creative well, study craft through incredible storytelling, and to find similar books to target for ads, etc (If you like X and Y try Z— and if you like X or Y but haven’t tried the other, do that too!)
@skaeth@RubyJones it struck me because I wonder if the odds of hitting your target audience with in-genre reviews on review sights are better than posting to anyone and everyone you do (or don't) interact with on social media. I'm guessing its impact is hard to track though.
I should do more of the latter, but with an epic, portal, YA Fantasy with incidentally queer characters, limited romance & initially low magic... non high-risk-of-misleading ones are pricks to find 😆
Sometimes I get harry potter adults asking if Minnie is named after the hogwarts teacher and I think to myself "if I was going to name her after a YA novel character her name would be Katniss"
Hunger Games is better, fight me. We experienced a legit renneissance of YA lit in the last 30 years and there are people out here sleeping on Redwall and the Outsiders. I dont even mind that they read at the same level as a 12 year old. @bookstodon#HarryPotter
Traditional porcelain and ceramic toilet bowls could be on the way out. A new 3D-printed bowl developed by scientists at Huazhong University in China is so slippery that nothing sticks to it. Science Alert has more: https://flip.it/uATfwQ #Science#Inventions#Toilets#Cleaning
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