Wicked Problems: New book from Jon Kolko available free online

I’ve spent years working in a consulting and professional environment with designers, technologists, and business folk who love the professional competency they’ve built, but constantly bemoan the lack of meaning behind the projects they are working on. We’ve come far enough in establishing processes and methods for creating successful products and services that we can now afford to as, and to answer, this important question: “What should I work on?”

It was with that question in mind that I wrote my newest book, Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving. The book is a call to action for designers, urging us to be more proactive in working on the pressing social and system problems that plague the world. It includes a template curriculum, case studies, and thoughts about the best use of our creative and strategic talent.

The book is available for purchase in print or as an eBook, but also for free online as HTML. Check it out at…read more
By Jon Kolko

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Some Free Affirmations To Improve Your Life

Sometimes when I sit down to work with an affirmation, my mind is racing so quickly from one idea to the next that I have troubles identifying which affirmation I should use. I know that a lot of other people suffer from this same problem. They want to use affirmations, and they are looking for free affirmations that they can adapt for their own use.

In response to requests from my readers, I’d like to share some of my favorite free affirmations with you here. I’ve grouped them into different categories. You’ll find some affirmations for health, wealth, and general well-being, and they all work very well.

Feel free to experiment with these affirmations and “tweak” them. When you’re using affirmations, it’s important that the words you’re using carry a feeling of brightness, possibility, and joy. Without this spark, your affirmations won’t be as effective.

Use these free affirmations as a take off point to create your own.

Affirmations for Health

“I have limitless energy.”

“I am filled with a surplus of energy.”

“Vitality flows through me.”

“My life force is strong.”

“I am feeling great.”

“My body is filled with energy.”

“At all times and in all ways I am bursting with energy.”

Affirmations for Wealth

“My bank account is filled with money.”

“I have an endless supply of cash.”

“I am a money magnet.”

“I attract money everywhere I go.”

“Prosperity flows to me at all times, in all ways.”

“I allow prosperity.”

“I allow abundance.”

“I allow wealth.”

“Wealth is my birthright, and I claim wealth for myself now.”

Affirmations for Well-being

“I am so happy and filled with joy.”

“My relationships unfold in perfection and beauty.”

“I have a surplus of joy.”

“My life is filled with love.”

“I am love.”

“I am peace.”

“I attract positive people and situations at all times, in all ways.”

“I am a magnet for positive people.”

“Good flows to me, good flows from me.”

When you are creating an affirmation, remember to use words that inspire you. Language is such a powerful tool. Words literally create the reality we experience, because they act as a “tuning fork,” allowing us to attune ourselves to the people and situations we want.

If you’re attuned to sadness, chaos or tragedy, sure enough, those things will find you soon enough!

So by using affirmations on a regular basis, you are changing your inner tuning fork, resonating with a different tone or feeling. Focus on resonating with peace and with joy, with financial abundance and personal plenty.

You can shift any situation you find yourself in if you simply take charge of the helm and get focused on affirming the reality you want.

I hope you enjoyed these affirmations. Feel free to adapt them and improve upon them.

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Free eBook: Six Circles – An Experience Design Framework

As technology has advanced, the importance of how humans interact with systems, machines, and each other, have also advanced into a fusion of disciplines, coalescing under the banner of “user experience.” And though “experience” is a vast and abstract notion that is highly contingent on the user, successful experiences in either service or product design are ultimately based upon solid design principles.

James Kelway started the eBook Six Circles – An Experience Design Framework as an enquiry into how different design principles can be applied to the field of digital product design. This led him to identify six core themes—the “Six Circles”:

• Persuasion
• Behavior
• Visual design
• Usability
• Interaction
• Content

Good products and services combine these themes into better experiences; they induce or entice users into engaging, and guide and assist them as they work through the experiences to reach their…read more
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Kindle Fire Giveaway, free ebooks, and $500

Epic Giveaway: 10 Free Kindle Fires, 75 free ebooks, 0 in gift cards, a 0 library donation! by J.A. Konrath, Scott Nicholson, J. Carson Black, Lee Goldberg, and Blake Crouch beginning February 1, 2012.
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Newsy: 2012 Free Motion Quilting Challenge

SewCalGal is hosting the 2012 Free Motion Quilting Challenge. She explains,

Do you want to learn or improve your free-motion quilting skills, using your home sewing machine? If you do, consider taking the pledge for the 2012 Free Motion Quilting Challenge. Similiar to a block of the month, every month one of 12 FMQ Experts will share a tutorial for

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Win Free User Testing

Here at UX Magazine, we’re constantly beating the drum about the importance of user testing as a critical part of improving the usability of your product or site, so we’re proud to announce that we’ve partnered with Usertesting.com to give away the following three different packages of user tests.

• 2nd runner up – 1 Free UserTests (a value)
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Interested? All you have to do to enter is answer the following question:

If user testing was inexpensive, what would you use it to investigate?

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During the summer vacations a talent show is organized in a local country club and Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad and Taylor take part in it.
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Refreshing and Free Icon Sets and Themes For Your iPhone

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Despite the vibrant beauty and elegance of an out-of-the-box iPhone, there may come a time when you feel you need something different, something a little bit more personalized to your taste, or even something that simply offers some inspiration.

All of the themes and icon-sets that you will find below are free to download. However, the installation process is not a walk in the park, but if you do understand the internal mechanism of the iPhone, themes can offer marvelous customization opportunities. In this roundup, we are showcasing a collection of free to download beautiful themes and icon sets for ryou iPhone.

Are you bored with that shiny look on your iPhone? Why not try these…

iPhone Themes

Matte iPhone UI v1.1

iCourue for iPhone 4

Silent iPhone 4

Gabbi22 Second Theme in HD

Cloud HD for SBsettings

Radiance Theme for iPhone

Matte Nano Theme for iPhone

MatteFusionGZ iPhone Theme V4

iPhone Theme – Ogea

HD Loading Bar Theme

Gabbi22 First Theme

RedSand ALS Theme

Symbian Anna Theme

Fade

Typophone 4

Ocean iPhone

Black Neon Agua

Overdue for iPhone

Submedit For iPhone

iBlue Theme

Radiance 2.0

TRON for the iPhone

iNaise Theme

Black’d Out Theme

Jkyvetica SbSettings Theme

Get blue SBsettings theme

iPhone4 HD

My3G Mod

RAZR HD – Dialer Theme

Replacement iPhone Icon Sets

Page Indicators Collection

A mixture pack comprising six sets of page indicators for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Both Retina and Legacy versions are included.

Suave HD Pack

Boston VIP Icons

iPhone4 Clock HD

Matte Nano Icon Set

iPhone 4 HD

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