Bianca Aguilar
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designer, educator, writer, learner
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Local Explanations for Deep Learning Models (Fall 2023)
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South Africa: Land of Opposites
South Africa, to some South Africans and the media, is often referred to as the “Land of Opposites”, or “Land of Contrasts”. It’s a fair statement to make. Due to a rocky past, the country has been left with some very visible contradictions and problems. It’s quite common to see incredible wealth right next to sadden
... See moreDaine Mawer • Land of Opposites: State of the Web Industry in South Africa
According to Britannica, language patterns in Southeast Asia are highly complex and are rooted in four major language families: Sino-Tibetan, Tai, Austro-Asiatic, and Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian). Also it must be noted that there are countless languages as well as dialects are used in the region.
Project Lima • Inclusive design in Southeast Asia
No one likes over-complexity. So why does it seem to abound on the Chinese web? I think the main problems here are low awareness of web usability and a culture of duplication. There is an incredible amount of copy-catting that goes on between Chinese websites. One guy does a text-heavy design on a site that become popular, the next guy is
... See moreKendra Schaefer • Notes From Behind the Firewall: The State of Web Design in China
Chinese Are Not Yet Used to Wide, Breezy Grids
In terms of real UX preference differences, I can say that the Bootstrap-3 big-grid-spacing revolution has not hit here yet, and many Chinese feel like a 30 px margin is too loose, that it leaves the webpage feeling too disconnected. The local eye seems a little more tuned into smaller grid spacing
... See moreKendra Schaefer • Notes From Behind the Firewall: The State of Web Design in China
So why do runners have limits? And why do the limits differ from one person to the next? In part, it's because of physiological factors: blood oxygen levels, lactate, muscular strength, each of which has a genetic component. But there's another theory, put forward by a sports physiologist named Tim Noakes. As he puts it, in what he calls the... See more
