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Sunday, October 07, 2018

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

Netflix Is Reportedly Testing Choose Your Own Adventure TV

themuse.jezebel.com: On Monday Bloomberg reported that Netflix is developing a series of specials in which viewers can basically choose the outcome of the episode.

The “choose your own adventure”-style specials, confirmed by anonymous sources to Bloomberg, will include an upcoming episode of Black Mirror which is set to release in December. The company also has a TV show in the works based on the video game Minecraft, and apparently Netflix plans to release another show based on a video game.

Four well-meaning pieces of career advice you want to ignore

www.fastcompany.com: The science of career success is well-established. There are thousands of academic studies comparing the power of a variety of factors that predict performance and achievement across all possible jobs and careers. Unfortunately, it is usually ignored by those who provide actual career advice to the wider public.

Can creativity be taught?

bigthink.com: Creative intelligence is the ability to observe or act with any of the senses, enact mimicry to a certain fidelity and then through repetition make that thought, action or idea your own before you can then develop it to new places it's never gone before.

Top 3 Ways to Fight Church Tech Burnout

Church Production Magazine: When it comes to executing a Sunday experience, having a capable and confident tech director is one of the most critical leadership positions that has to be filled.

However, other than the role of senior pastor, probably no role deals with the prospect of burnout quite like a TD either.

It’s hard to face the gauntlet of expectations every week: being the first one there, last one to leave, constant pressure for everything to be perfect, under-appreciated, only recognized when something goes wrong, and the list goes on.

These smart glasses could be a game changer for hearing-impaired theatergoers

www.fastcompany.com: London’s National Theatre just took a big step toward inclusivity and accessibility, and it’s all thanks to smart glasses that look a bit like Google Glass. The glasses offer hard-of-hearing audience members live subtitles through augmented reality so they always know what witty dialogue is being bandied about by the actors on stage.

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