必看！【２０個吃驚的小常識 ^O^】 原文網址： 必看！【２０個吃驚的小常識 ^O^】(N)

1.吃了辣的東西，感覺就要被辣死了，就往嘴里放上少許鹽，含一下再吐掉，漱下口，就不辣了。

 

2.經常裝茶的杯子里留下難看的茶漬，用牙膏洗之，非常乾淨。

 

3.仰頭點眼藥水時微微張嘴，這樣眼睛就不會亂眨了。

 

4.嘴角有潰瘍，就用維生素C 貼在潰瘍處，等它溶化後潰瘍基本就好了，嚴重的話補充維他命Ｂ2。

 

5.眼睛進了小灰塵，閉上眼睛用力咳嗽幾下，灰塵就會自己出來。

 

6.剛被蚊咬，塗上肥皂就不會癢了。

 

7.打嗝時就喝點醋，立桿見影。

 

8.吃了有異味的東西，如大蒜、臭豆腐，吃幾顆花生米就好了。

 

9.栗子皮難剝，先把外殼剝掉，再把它放進微波爐轉一下，拿出後趁熱一搓，皮就掉了。

 

10.插花時，在水里滴上一滴洗潔精，可以維持好多天。

 

11.把核桃放進鍋里蒸十分鐘，取出放在涼水里再砸開，就能取出完整的桃核仁了。

 

12.將泡過茶的茶葉，浸入水中數天後，澆在植物根部，可促進植物生長。

 

13.只要在珠寶盒中放上一節小小的粉筆，即可讓首飾常保光澤。

 

14.不管是鞋子的哪個地方磨到了你的腳，你就在鞋子磨腳的地方塗一點點白酒，保證就不磨腳了。

 

15.夏天枕頭易受潮滋生黴菌，時常曝曬枕心有利健康。

 

16.多吃薏米小米粥等潮濕健脾，可防暑濕。

 

17.防失眠：睡前少聊天，忌飲濃茶，勿太用腦，可用熱水加醋泡腳。

 

18.早餐多吃番茄、檸檬酸等酸性蔬菜和生果，有益於養肝。

 

19.葡萄含有睡眠輔助激素，常食有助睡眠。

 

20.將白醋噴灑在菜板上放上半小時後再洗，不但殺菌，還能除味。

原文網址： 必看！【２０個吃驚的小常識 ^O^】(N) http://appnews.fanswong.com/show.php?id=313734&NANCY#ixzz2HSCDD3ak
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7 Portfolio Tricks That Will Land You A Job

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/featured/7-portfolio-tricks-that-will-land-you-a-job.html
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PRODUCT PAGE COPY OUTLINE

PRODUCT PAGE COPY OUTLINE

Product page is where you sell the value of your product and where the user takes action (adds to cart, sign up, makes a purchase, etc.).

1. Name of the product.
2. Value proposition: what’s the end-benefit of this product and who is it for?
3. Specific and clear overview of what the product does and why is that good (features and benefits).
4. What’s the pain that it solves? Description of the problem.
5. List of everything in the product (e.g. curriculum of the course, list of every item in the package, etc.).
6. Technical information: parameters, what do you get and how does it work?
7. Objection handling. Make a list of all possible FUDs (fears, uncertainties, doubts) and address them.
8. Bonuses (what you get on top of the offer).
9. Money-back guarantee (+ return policy).
10. Price.
11. Call to action.
12. Expectation setting: what happens after you buy?

What you now have in place is like a skeleton. Next step would be to start writing the draft version of the copy by filling in the blanks
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The science of Persuasion

The Science of Persuasion

Persuasion has been researched thoroughly. Mr. Cialdini is undoubtedly the biggest authority on the field. His books are bestsellers and have been on the “must-read” list for marketers and copywriters for years.

In his research, Cialdini came up with six scientific principles of persuasion that will help guide you to become more effective at getting people to do what you want. In case you’re not familiar with those principles, then here’s the summary:

Principle 1: ReciprocityPeople feel obligated to give back to others who have given to them.
How to use it: teach your prospect something useful in your copy, give away free stuff, and better yet—add value to your prospects long before you even start to sell them something.

Principle 2: LikingWe prefer to say “yes” to those we know and like.
How to use it: talk/write like a human, connect with the reader, share details about yourself. Blog. Be friendly and cool (like Richard Branson, Oprah, Gary V).

Principle 3: Social ProofPeople decide what’s appropriate for them to do in a situation by examining and following what others are doing.
How to use it: show how many others are already using your product. Show off your numbers. Use testimonials. Link to 3rd-party articles.

Principle 4: AuthorityPeople rely on those with superior knowledge or perspective for guidance on how to respond AND what decisions to make.
How to use it: Demonstrate your expertise. Show off your resume and results. Get celebrity (in your niche) endorsements.

Principle 5: ConsistencyOnce we make a choice/take a stand, we will encounter personal and interpersonal pressure to behave consistently with that commitment.
How to use it: Start small and move up from there. Sell something small at first (a no-brainer deal), even if you make no money on it. They now see themselves as your customer, and will most likely return to make a larger purchase.

Principle 6: ScarcityOpportunities appear more valuable when they are less available.
How to use it: Use time or quantity limited bonuses. Limit access to your product. Promote exclusivity.

What Neuromarketing Teaches Us

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Dare to be different....

Usually I like consistency on the web... but dare to be different..
then you can trick more people to click the wrong button and get benefited in the page view department!


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Think outside the box

Chinese designer Daizi Zheng created a range of healthy snacks packaged to look like drugs and junk food, including these blueberries in a blister pack. Called Stereotype, the project includes carrot sticks packaged like cigarettes and celery sticks in a french fry carton.

Stereotype is about helping people eat more healthier through their everyday habits. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), unhealthy diet is amongst one of the leading causes of the major non-communicable diseases. Can design encourage people to rethink their relationship with healthy food to gain a balanced diet?



http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/sterotype_packaging_by_daizi_zheng_15672.asp?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+core77%2Fblog+%28Core77.com%27s+design+blog%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
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THE ZAPPOS MISSION: To live and deliver WOW.

1) Deliver WOW Through Service
2) Embrace and Drive Change
3) Create Fun and A Little Weirdness
4) Be Adventurous, Creative, and Open-Minded
5) Pursue Growth and Learning
6) Build Open and Honest Relationships With Communication
7) Build a Positive Team and Family Spirit
8) Do More With Less
9) Be Passionate and Determined
10) Be Humble

http://calacanis.com/2009/11/04/the-zappos-culture-document/
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Purdue University Adds Twitter and Facebook to Class Participation

November 3rd, 2009 | by Barb Dybwad

Students at Purdue University are experimenting with a new application developed at the school called Hotseat that integrates Facebook, Twitter, and text messaging to help students “backchannel” during class.

People who have attended technology conferences in the past several years are already familiar with this phenomenon, where social media is leveraged to allow the participants in a session or panel to comment and exchange questions and ideas in real-time. At Purdue, Hotseat is used to allow students to comment on the class as it proceeds, with everyone in the class including the professor able to see the messaging as it happens.

The Hotseat software allows students to use either Facebook, Twitter, Myspace (), or SMS to post messages during classes, or they can simply log in to the web site to post to and view the ongoing backchannel. Right now it’s only being pilot tested in two courses, but has already become a fast favorite for both teachers and students. Professor Sugato Chakravarty, whose personal finance course is one of the pilot tests, said, “I’m seeing students interact more with the course and ask relevant questions.”

And although it’s been optional for students to participate, so far 73% of the 600 or so in the pilot classes have used the software. We’ve seen Twitter become mandatory for journalism students at Australia’s Griffith University to some negative reaction, but this is a less structured implementation which may perhaps account for its more favorable reception.

As Chakravarty goes on to note, though, the application is called “Hotseat” for a reason — and professors will have to be resilient enough to take any potential criticism or even corrections from students in real-time. Nevertheless, he cites it as a “valuable tool for enhancing learning. The students are engaged in the discussions and, for the most part, they are asking relevant questions.”

Check out a video introduction to the Hotseat application below, and let us know what you think. Does social media have a natural place in the classroom? What role should Facebook () and Twitter () play in education?

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Make It and Love It: Women's shirt - OMG... amazing!!!!

http://makeitandloveit.blogspot.com/2009/10/womens-shirt.html

Hahaha.....I've been pumping out a lot of little kiddo clothing lately and my closet was getting a little jealous. (smirk)

So how about making a new shirt for you that you know will fit you just fine. Because it's patterned after the fit of one of your fave's.

(Or you can just add the ruffle taught here to a shirt that you already have.)



How?

First, lay one of your favorite comfy knit tees down and trace around it on a piece of paper. (I need to buy some butcher paper.....I'm running out of tape from taping regular 'ol sheets of paper together!) You'll have a front piece, and back piece and a sleeve. I created all pattern pieces to be cut out on the fold, so that they are even and symmetrical. (So if you look at my shirt piece, it looks like half of the shirt front.) It will help the whole process work out a little more smoothly.





Then use these pattern pieces to cut out the fabric in your chosen fabric. (If your shirt is knit.....find a similar knit to use.) Make sure to add enough extra for a seam allowance.

Then sew the shirt together at the sides and the shoulders.



Then sew the sleeves together along the bottom side.



Then pin them into the arm hole of the shirt and then sew in place.



Then cut 2 pieces of fabric.....one about 1.5 inches wide and the other about 1 inch wide.

Stack them on top of eachother and sew a wide basting stitch down the center. (I took the picture with the stacked rows upside down. The more narrow piece is attached.....it's just on the reverse side. Ooops.)





Then pull your top thread to gather and place along the edge of your kneck line.



Evenly gather and pin along the entire neck line. If you need more....make more. I way over estimated and had a long tail to cut off at the end. But it just depends on how full you'd like the ruffle to look.



Then sew along the center of the ruffle, securing it to the neck line. (And tuck under the end of your ruffle and sew it into place.....I know it's hard to see, but it's tucked under.)



Then turn your sleeves and bottom edge under 1/4 inch and then another 1/4 inch, and sew into place....creating a nice hem.

Ahhhh.....



And wow, done.


Can you believe you just made your own shirt??
Wonderful feeling.

**While sewing with knit, you may have problems with it stretching. I usually use a medium size zig-zag to hem the sleeves and bottom, to avoid puckering and allow some stretch. FIRST, try it out on some scraps to see how your particular knit will turn out. This pattern covers up the neck-line.....so you don't even have to worry about a puckered mess around the neck. Perfect. (But I have alot of practicing yet to go with knit.....it's such a finicky fabric.) One more thing, if you find a knit that's a blend with something else (microfiber, rayon, etc.), rather than just a ribbed knit, you may have more success.....and less stretching and puckering. But I'm learning right along with you. :)
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10 Uses: Tennis Balls

Your racket may be gathering dust in the ­attic, but don’t throw away its partners in crime. Here’s how to use tennis balls without ever hitting the court.

1. Erase scuff marks. With a utility knife, cut an X in a tennis ball and slip it over the end of an old broom handle. Rub the ball over scuff marks on your wood floors; they’ll come right off.

2. Protect a padlock. Cut a slit in a tennis ball with a utility knife and slip it over an outdoor padlock to prevent water from getting into it and freezing.

3. Remove a broken lightbulb. The bulb broke off in the socket? No problem. Carefully clear away any shards of broken glass, then gently push a tennis ball against the light socket and twist it to remove the bulb’s embedded stem.

4. Cushion the blow. Cut an X in a tennis ball and slip it over the head of a hammer so you don’t ding up walls, wood, or other fragile materials while you’re pounding away.

5. Install a parking guide. Hang a tennis ball from a string from the ceiling of your garage so that the ball touches the top left corner of the windshield when your car is properly parked. Now you’ll know how far to pull in each time you come home.

6. Open a jar. Cut a tennis ball in half. Use the open end to grip and unscrew tight lids.

7. Make a hitch cover. Make a long slit in a tennis ball with a utility knife. Slide the ball over the hitch of your trailer to keep it from scratching other cars (and protect it from getting damaged).

8. Collect change for tolls. Cut a slit in a tennis ball and stash spare change inside. Keep the ball in your car so you don’t have to grope for your wallet when you’re at the tollbooth.

9. Keep a door open. Who needs a doorstop? Wedge a tennis ball between the door and the doorjamb in­stead.

10. Get a better grip. Hold a tennis ball in each hand. Squeeze and release repeatedly to strengthen your hands and arms for using tools.


http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/article/0,,20185103,00.html
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Temple Grandin

amazing... learned through group UX week debrief meeting... really wish I was there to watch her preso! It's very inspiring even when I heard it the 2nd handed version.
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UX Week 2009 - Day 4

Yes, I only went to day 4... so here is my notes:

Matt Webb on "Design is in Your Hands"

Fanufacture: Getting your fans to make your product. A quote I from on this [Infovore]: “Fans” act as an intermediate layer between the product and a mass market: they evangelise and amplify it. If you want to make a pun out of it, you could call them middle fan-agement. They take a product and enthuse about it to a wider audience; crowdsourced marketing, if you like.

Prototyping - You can't tell how well something will work until it's in your sweaty palm!

Innovation in small steps - else, you might risk overwhelming your users with the new "paradigms." Be selective!

David Merrill on "Cookie scale computers and other phsycal approaches to computing"

Traditionally, computering is done in a way that user use limited learned (and sometimes unnature) motions to interact with the objects appears on the monitors. It dominates our attention to one task at a time. Mobile device has test its phsycial size limitation, by making it pocket size that closely resembled to a candy bar. The limitation is no long technical but because it has reached the nearly smallest size that human can interact with the content on the small screens yet maintain a reasonable readability. David Merrill & MIT Media lab purposed new way of computing by having the user interact with computers in the real physical environment. It not only allow computers to become even smaller and human can interact with the devices using the familar gestures of everyday life. Thanks to April's TED video: Siftables : [Siftables on TED]

Brian Cronin & Natasha Alani on Mobile Literacy

The mental model that we are using in United States sometimes cannot be transferrable across different cultures. Some of the mental models we adapated as computer users, when transferred to mobile devices, it seems reasonable... however, it doesn't make sense to the people who skip computer and straight to mobile devices (which is common in 3rd world countries, and potentially future generation of tech users?)

Not much note on John Peterson on Public Architecture(it feels like a result of ethnographic study - even though they didn't have the actual study) & Robin Hunicke on WildFlower: The UX of game/play(use gaming into designs - create this sense of buddy, helper, etc even outside the games).

''''Scott Snibbe on Social Immersive Media

Scott Snibble showed us many video clip of his past projects. It's basically using our entire body (or shadow) as an engaging object with components on the screen or other people (a.k.a social). This can be presented as an art, an educational tool, or just an illustration. It is effective way to attract attention comparing to the traditional information slides.

Jesse James Garrett on The state of User Experience (not much notes, but basically he was talking about how perception, action, cognition, and emotion are all intertwine into user experience. Each category has its capabilities, constraint, and context that affects users to interact.)
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工研院"紙喇叭" 名廠也得認輸!-Yahoo!奇摩新聞

Proud to be Taiwanese series ;)!

工研院研發新產品紙喇叭，不但耗電量低，而且音質還非常好，打敗國際大廠，獲得美國年度科技創新獎。MP3一接上 接頭，音樂就從喇叭流洩而出，不過這個喇叭很不一樣，扁扁的形狀，從側面看幾乎跟厚紙板一樣薄，這是工研院最新研發的產品，神奇的喇叭上面有許多小孔，其 實就是超微小喇叭，整張紙喇叭，比50元硬幣厚度還要薄，而且非常軟，不管怎麼折、怎麼捲都可以，聲音完全不失真，還獲得了華爾街日報的年度科技創新獎！

這款可以彎曲的超薄音響喇叭，在比賽中可是打敗了惠普、摩托羅拉等大廠，未來準備技術轉移，進行量產，可以當壁紙，也能放在安全帽裡聽音樂，成為另外一個台灣之光。

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iPod nano - Apple Store (U.S.)

Camera + iPod! Almost as good as ipod touch!

iPod nano - Apple Store (U.S.)

Source: store.apple.com

Choose a thin, light iPod nano in a spectacular range of colors. Have it engraved with a personalized message—at no extra charge.

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Sand drawing Noah's Ark

Taipei Zoo


sand drawing Noah's Ark諾亞方舟的秘密 歌詞 The Zoo 諾亞方舟的秘密 歌詞 作詞：動物爸爸 Jason Yeh 作曲：董修銘 老師 GoGo-GoGoGo GoGo-GoGoGo GoGo-GoGoGo 長臂猿GoGo加油聲 宣告黎明的來臨 大貓熊揉著可愛眼睛迎接美好的一天 大象昂首闊步走過必留下痕跡 長頸鹿眺望遠方天地一片祥和 獅子一聲怒吼撼動草原 威震八方 萬物都稀奇生命真可貴 ...
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WOWOW cool :) Thanks to Janice!
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Hook and Go skeletal shopping cart - Core77

Hook and Go skeletal shopping cart - Core77

A contraption called the Hook and Go, "the smart cart for the urban shopper," seems like a good idea as gets rid of the "cart part, folds into a compact shape, and will hold 70 pounds of hanging bags when unfurled.

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Maybe we can work on the form factor next.. but looks handy!

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Google's grass and goats - Core77

Google's grass and goats - Core77

To clear the fields of weeds and grass at their headquarters, Google could have hired a lawn-cutting service; instead they went with a greener initiative.

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Told You... I bet the one that you saw along HWY 237 is for the same cause.

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Can You Twitter the Gospel? (Josh Harris)

Can You Twitter the Gospel? (Josh Harris)

The team over at 9Marks invite you to succinctly communicate the Gospel in Twitter's 140 character limit. They're even offering free books to those who do it most effectively. Is this a worthy exercise? ...

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twitterific!

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Fast Food Folk Song (at the Taco Bell Drive-Thru)

Fast Food Folk Song (at the Taco Bell Drive-Thru)

Next time you're at Taco Bell, think of us. If you win some cash, you can help Rhett pay me (Link) back. No purchase necessary. Subject to official rules at http://BajaBlast.com Game ends 5/18/09.

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For those of you who've asked: Yes, the guy's reaction is totally authentic. ...

to Vovo: I dare you! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uwY3sjqYX0.

In fact, vovo, k2, caleb trio? maybe Clement too hahaha..

(thanks Wendy.. I can't stop watching it now)

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Beautiful Zipper Pond in Taiwan | Toxel.com

Beautiful Zipper Pond in Taiwan | Toxel.com

Toxel.com - Design, Inspiration and Technology Blog

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YEA!!! I love Taiwan!

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