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The duality between ambiguity and constriants
There is a thread of works that shows “ambiguity facilitates creativity.” Bill Buxton stated that “Clarity is not Always the Path to Enlightenment”[1]. This saying was in the context of sketching user experience. He claimed that sketch should be ambiguous …
Coding Interview Practice
Getting a software engineering job almost always requires coding interviews. It is done in various settings. Hand-written code: some on-site interview involves writing code on a whiteboard. It is drastically different when the modality change. Hopefully, CS major students have …
The effects of delayed display
Why do all punching machines increment the score from 0 and slow down at the end? Isn’t it awkward given a sensor/computer can immediately calculate the score? I can understand that this is coming from the metaphor of the high-striker strongman …
Simple Stupid Gaze Correction in a Video Call.
Making eye contact in a video conference call is almost impossible. If I want to make myself look someone in the eyes, I have to look at the camera, which means I cannot see the opponent’s face, vice versa. There has …