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Sunday, September 01, 2013

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

For good or bad, audiences are getting in on the act at theater performances

NY Daily News: Spending several hours a week in the dark with actors and hundreds of strangers is what theater critics do. No news flash in that — or that it’s my job to review what’s on stage. But is it also my task to assess what’s happening around me in other seats? In other words, to make the crowd response part of a review. Maybe. Or not.
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How To Manage Employees Older Than You

Come Recommended: As we begin to see a generation gap in the workplace, it can be difficult for Millennial employees and their senior counterparts to interact. Managing Gen X and the Baby Boomers isn’t uncommon for Millennial managers these days. However, what is common is the misperception of how these employees need “special treatment.” Some Millennial managers feel they have to be careful or patient with their older employees, giving them special treatment to meet their “special needs.”
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Coding as Graduation Requirement: One School is Making it Happen

Geekosystem: Schools need to stop ignoring coding. We use computers every day. We carry tiny computers around in our pockets everywhere we go, and most people can’t even make one of them say “Hello World!” Beaver Country Day School outside of Boston is trying to change that by making coding a graduation requirement, and other schools should too.
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Wacom Cintiq Companion: Windows 8 and Android Tablets For Artists Only

gizmodo.com: Artists, illustrators, and designers of all kinds rely on Wacom's line of drawing tablets. Up until now, the devices only worked as peripherals. But Wacom's new line of fully self-contained tablets are the only devices you need to make art just about anywhere. The Cintiq Companion is Wacom's attempt to integrate its own powerful stylus & tablet technology into a fully-featured mobile device. It comes in two different varieties.
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Polone: The Punishing Hours of a TV Crew

Vulture: A week and a half ago we had an unusually long shooting day on the show I’m currently producing, Jane by Design. The crew call time was at 7 a.m. and we wrapped at 10:46 p.m. — fourteen hours and 45 minutes after subtracting our one-hour lunch break. And some had an even longer day: Our actors, including guest star Teri Hatcher, showed up for hair and makeup at 5 am, which meant that hairstylists and makeup artists, as well as someone from the transportation department and the set production assistant, also showed up to meet them and were there until wrap, giving them a total of sixteen hours and 45 minutes.
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