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How video games can make you see better, Twitter job search, and we put the spotLIGHT on Wired’s Chris Anderson.
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Caught Twittering or on Facebook at work? It'll make you a better employee, according to an Australian study that shows surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity.
The University of Melbourne study showed that people who use the Internet for personal reasons at work are about 9 percent more productive that those who do not.
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Complex design techniques are often time-consuming and, well, complex. Some of these advanced effects can add plenty of depth to designs, but when used in the wrong place, they do little more than distract viewers from the project’s intended focus. These effects may be precisely what a design needs to have the impact it requires, but even in these cases, they should be complemented by simpler effects.
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Stephen Copland (b. Sydney, Australia), studied at the National Art School, Sydney (Diploma in Painting 1969-1972). He was awarded a Graduate Diploma in Education (University of Technology 1988) and a Masters of Fine Art (University of New South Wales 1995).
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