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53 by madlee_Archive
Colonel Panic wrote:
I used to work in a computer lab in college and when people forgot to log out, we'd take a screenshot of their desktop, set that as the desktop wallpaper, and then move all their desktop icons to their documents folder. It was sooo funny to watch them try and click icons on the desktop or move them around and get no response,


that's a good one. also, reversing the mouse buttons is a fun one to watch as their brain melts down. "What the fuck is going on?"

Getting started with computer programming?

55 by busbus_Archive
madlee wrote:
Colonel Panic wrote:
I used to work in a computer lab in college and when people forgot to log out, we'd take a screenshot of their desktop, set that as the desktop wallpaper, and then move all their desktop icons to their documents folder. It was sooo funny to watch them try and click icons on the desktop or move them around and get no response,


that's a good one. also, reversing the mouse buttons is a fun one to watch as their brain melts down. "What the fuck is going on?"


I sat in a SQL Server 6.5 admin class for a week once. I got really, really bored. We all basically had each other's local administrator password. While people would go out for bio break or lunch, I would turn off shit like the keyboard, mouse, or video driver remotely using computer/device manager.

Getting started with computer programming?

56 by madlee_Archive
mr.arrison wrote:
Kayte R. wrote:user interface design


the UX people I know are RICH MOTHERFUCKERS- this seems like a highly lucrative field to get into.

I'm talking 35 year olds that are raking in like 200k a year. It's even more lucrative to consult/freelance!

I think it is because many websites and applications suck and are hard to use/navigate. Good UX design build heuristics into application and web design, and that sells a company website as much as the content or design.


How does one move from being a "web developer" into this field? Any skills in particular?

Getting started with computer programming?

57 by cjh_Archive
Eclipse for Java: Who's usin'?


Another +1, although as my workplace is getting heavily into a Ajax/Spring/Hibernate regime of late I've recently upgraded to the sassier MyEclipse which is brilliant.

I used to find NetBeans useful when we still used applets, especially when I had a nightmare of a form to lay out, the GUI editor was super handy in that respect.
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Getting started with computer programming?

58 by Kayte R.
madlee wrote:
mr.arrison wrote:
Kayte R. wrote:user interface design


the UX people I know are RICH MOTHERFUCKERS- this seems like a highly lucrative field to get into.

I'm talking 35 year olds that are raking in like 200k a year. It's even more lucrative to consult/freelance!

I think it is because many websites and applications suck and are hard to use/navigate. Good UX design build heuristics into application and web design, and that sells a company website as much as the content or design.


How does one move from being a "web developer" into this field? Any skills in particular?


I'm sure there are many ways to do it but it seems as though a major thing they want to see is usability engineering coursework. here's the program at my school. Although, I'm not doing this program, in order to be more generally adept i'm doing the traditional compsci core and then select hci courses. If you already have a good background I think taking a few courses in usability and prototype evaluation would do the trick.
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