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ajSlider is a slideshow jQuery plugin which can be used as the main banner for your webpages or as a image gallery. All you have to do is add the js files, initialize jQuery and add the img tag and anchor tags enclosed inside the ajSlider div.
Features:
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“SVG 3D Tag Cloud” is a lightweight jQuery plugin that creates a three dimensional Tag Cloud.
Easy to use. Only requires 5 KB of filesize. No depandancies. No additionals plugins. Fully customizable.
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So you’re looking at starting a new career in UX, huh? That’s exciting! It’s possibly also a little daunting, but don’t worry – we’re here to help. Our goal at UX Mastery is to support you to reach your UX goals, whatever they may be. One of the ways in which we do that is through our community. If you haven’t yet had a chance to take a look through our forums, get to it! You’re missing out on a real goldmine of information and networking opportunities.
Our community is diverse, both geographically and professionally. We have members that became UXers straight from school, but more often they transitioned from another field.
Here are some of the more common questions that we get asked:
“I’m a Graphic Design student who’s only recently discovered that UX is even a thing, and I’m currently trying to figure out whether it’s right as a future career for me. I’m at a loss as to where to start.”
Read answers to these questions from the community.
“I have a B.A. in Business and have been out of school for a couple of years. I am seriously considering transitioning into [UX] as a career. I have no significant experience with design or digital media.”
The community has a whole lot of helpful tips to share here.
What makes a great UX portfolio? How does it differ from a visual design portfolio? What do I do if I don’t have any real-life experience or projects to document? These are questions that people ask almost daily, and the community does a great job of providing solid answers. We review countless portfolios, and have compiled a lot of great tips.
Top community tips for building a great UX portfolio.
Some ideas for building a portfolio if you don’t have real life experience.
“Hi, I’m Mike and I have been studying UX for about a year and I really want to get in the field. I was wondering when would be the best time to apply for a UX job? Should I wait until I have several projects under my belt or just go for it?”
Find out what advice we gave Mike.
I thought it might be good to have somewhere that people could go to to see all the different areas that UX actually covers. For instance, user/design research, information architecture, and interaction design are more well known or easier to find definitions for. But things like information design or service design are a little bit harder to understand.
“I’m thinking about making a transition from Engineering to UX design, and after all my research on the internet I still have no idea what type of work environment or conditions to expect. I realise this could vary a lot, but I’d love to hear the experiences of those already working in the field.”
For example:
Great questions! Here are some answers.
“I am currently signed up to take the UXDI course at General Assembly but… I’m worried that somehow UX won’t be a good match for me.”
See a few ‘day-in-the-lives’ here.
“I am a month into a new position doing qualitative research which is very interesting but I’m just not feeling it. Over the past few months I’ve been reading a great deal about user experience and interaction and have completely fallen in love.
My question is, how do I make this career shift without investing my life away into debt for graduate programs? Do I have to focus on computer coding, or can it be more graphic based?”
Find out more about training courses.
“I have just completed the second year of my degree in Applied Psychology and have two more to go. I am pretty sure I would like a career in UX. I was just wondering what steps I can take to best position myself for a UX job and make myself stand out to employers once I graduate.”
Here is more great advice from the community.
If you still have questions, have a read of our Getting Started in UX article and feel free to post as much as you like in our forums (even if it means resurrecting old threads) – we’re happy to help!
You might also find our article UX is a Career interesting. It contains links to a whole lot of really useful resources.
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If you’re going to embrace the life of a digital nomad, well, that’s fantastic. It’s absolutely wonderful to be able to work remotely and independent of any specific location, but it’s important to remember that wherever your wanderlust takes you in the world, you will always be a tourist there.
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And being a tourist means being a target.
It might seem as if tourist scams are usually reported in Asia, but that’s only because Westerners find it hard to blend in with the locals and in fact, scams happen everywhere.
Whether you’re a designer, developer, marketer or entrepreneur, being a digital nomad means that your entire life exists in your backpack. Not just your beach towel and bikini, but your computer, your money and your identification. Safety becomes a bigger deal because of this and scammers have no trouble figuring out what you own, and what they can exploit from you.
Let's take a look at a few scams.
Since I mentioned Asia, I’ll start with a scam thats especially well-known in Bangkok, Thailand. Basically, someone will tell you that the Grand Palace is closed for some insane reason (like a religious holiday), knowing that you’re none the wiser.
He or she will then (conveniently) offer something even better to do, and before you know it you’re in a tailor shop or a gem store. I suppose the scam isn’t actually that bad if you’re in the market for an overpriced suit or a fake gem, which they’ll claim is worth a fortune in the country that you’re from.
Don’t fall for it!
Cultural holidays are not the only thing scammers will test you on, there’s currency too. Currency is something I’ve never been able to wrap my head around because I’ve never been amazing at math, but luckily this conversion app has always helped me out.
Always check your change, even in large shops. Foreigners tend to be swindled because they don’t understand the currency and they’ll end up receiving the incorrect change without knowing.
Here’s another one that's spotted frequently in Thailand. When renting a vehicle the owner will claim that you dented or scratched it and demand money for the damages. In reality, the owners most likely scratched it themselves and countless tourists before you have already been fooled into covering the damages.
It’s a common scam in Pattaya and Phuket - with jet skis.
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