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Sunday, September 29, 2013

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

9 Ways a Theatre Degree Trumps a Business Degree

Change Agent: Some of you may know this about me, some may not. Despite having spent the last 15 years as a PR & communications professional, my college degree is in theatre. I have never in my life taken a marketing class, or a journalism class, or a business class. Yet, by most measures, I’m enjoying a successful career in business. ”So what?” you ask… read on.
-- 24 Comments Here

8 Creativity Lessons from a Pixar Animator

zenhabits: Sometimes immersing yourself in the creative world of people doing amazing things can bring unexpected results. My son Justin is interested in 3D animation, and my daughter Chloe is into screenwriting, and so it was a thrill to take them on a tour of Pixar Animation Studios, courtesy of one of the Pixar animators.
-- 23 Comments Here

Watch this dancer do battle with a beam of light

io9.com: Feast your eyes on Nuance, a captivating short by artist Marc-Antoine Locatelli that features dancer Lucas Boirat interacting with an ever-morphing army of frenetic photons.
-- 17 Comments Here

Generation Y, Leave Your Parents At Home!

Come Recommended: Thinking about bringing mom and dad to your next interview? You may want to give that another thought! Revealed in a recent survey by Adecco, eight percent of Generation Y job seeker seekers have had their parents accompany them to a job interview. What’s even more interesting is that three percent of those Gen Y job seekers have allowed their parents to actually attend the interview as well — talk about taking helicopter parenting to a whole new level!
  -- 17 Comments Here

Excessive texting linked to emotional problems in students

Salon.com: Here’s a cautionary note for students who find adjustment to college life particularly stressful: Your phone may not be your friend. A new study suggests university freshmen are more vulnerable to a variety of emotional problems if they (a) find themselves in difficult personal relationships, and (b) text more frequently than the average student.
-- 15 Comments Here

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