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14 LGBTQ+ Innovators, Inventors and Scientists who changed the world

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Lawrence eventually transitioned to Lana Wachowski in 2008, and was the first major Hollywood director to come out as transgender. He is an advocate for using open source software and hardware available for any entrepreneur, no matter what their background is. In 1954, he was found dead due to a reported cyanide-based suicide.

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When Information Design is a Matter of Life or Death

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In 2008, Lloyds Pharmacy conducted 20 minute interviews 1 with 1,961 UK adults. Additionally, medicine information leaflets are required to be reviewed and approved by a competent authority, which varies from country to country, before being included in the packaging with the medicine. Possible Design Improvements. 1 Lloyds Pharmacy.

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Designing for Meaningful Social Interactions

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Stackoverflow arrived on the scene in 2008 and solved the hostile environment brilliantly by applying gamification methods to encourage constructive participation on their platform. Turns out, the early adopters really liked our emails, so after a while we added an “Ask for Review” button. The review sidebar in UXfol.io

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Applying AI and Machine Learning to Patent Data Analysis

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Patents and applications are also classified using one or more standardized classification codes. For example, patent landscapes created with the assistance of text clustering methods were already commonly available before 2008. Patent search, patent review, and many other type of patent work are being changed by modern AI technology.

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Let Them Pee: Avoiding the Sign-Up/Sign-In Mobile Antipattern

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The application SitOrSquat is a brilliant little piece of social engineering software that enables people to find bathrooms on the go, when they gotta go. Overly invasive sign-up/sign-in screens presented up front and without due cause will cause your customers to delete the app.

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

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Even if you might have to kill some of the long-horizon projects due to financial consideration, you can still think of alternatives that will ensure long-term growth. So, you need to review and fine-tune the existing innovation strategy to match the new priorities. Here’s where an idea management software can again help you.

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Innovate, Adapt, Overcome: How to Beat a Recession with Idea Management & Continuous Improvement

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job losses skyrocketed during the peak recession years 2008-2010 Given the devastating impact of the 2007-08 financial crisis, it’s little wonder that companies worldwide are sensitive to omens of a new “great recession”. During the 2008 financial meltdown, the coffee shop giant launched its “My Starbucks Idea” platform.