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Ax Ali, Ph.D.
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·Aug 1

7 Tips to Take your Slides from Boring to Brilliant

Slide decks are an essential tool for presentations, whether it’s for work or school. But, they’re not that easy to make. I have taught at the university level for more than four years, presented at dozens of top-tier academic conferences, and worked at four different FAANG companies. …

Présentation

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7 Tips to Take your Slides from Boring to Brilliant
7 Tips to Take your Slides from Boring to Brilliant
Présentation

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Jul 29

Me, Myself, and A.I.

Although I didn’t grow up with modern technology, I have always been fascinated by it. Growing up in Iraq, I remember feeling excited whenever our neighborhood’s 2-hour daily window of electricity came around. That meant I could plug in the Yamaha computer and start writing lines of code in Basic…

AI

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Me, Myself, and A.I.
Me, Myself, and A.I.
AI

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Bootcamp

·Apr 2

Say Hello to Repurposing Footage: How to Create Vertical Videos from Your Content | Free Templates

If you’re struggling to create multipurpose content for social media, I’ve got some templates for you! Taking horizontal footage and repurposing it for different platforms, such as TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts is such a pain. I have created a set of wallpapers and images to use as guides…

Design

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Say Hello to Repurposing Footage: How to Create Vertical Videos from Your Content | Free Templates
Say Hello to Repurposing Footage: How to Create Vertical Videos from Your Content | Free Templates
Design

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Bootcamp

·Mar 12

Designing a Successful Product: How to Consider Needs, Abilities, Values, and Preferences

Creating a product or service that really speaks to your customers is a tough gig. You have to know what they want, what they can do, and what they like. To make it happen, you need to tackle these things in a specific order: needs, abilities, values, and preferences. After…

Design

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Designing a Successful Product: How to Consider Needs, Abilities, Values, and Preferences
Designing a Successful Product: How to Consider Needs, Abilities, Values, and Preferences
Design

4 min read


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Bootcamp

·Feb 16

Exploring Anachronistic Icons in Graphical User Interfaces — A Multi-Part Study Investigating Young Adults’ Perceptions and creativity

The graphical user interface (GUI) is one of the defining features of modern computing. Icons are one of the key elements of these graphical user interfaces — symbols used to represent functions and actions. …

Design Process

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Exploring Anachronistic Icons in Graphical User Interfaces — A Multi-Part Study Investigating…
Exploring Anachronistic Icons in Graphical User Interfaces — A Multi-Part Study Investigating…
Design Process

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Bootcamp

·Feb 10

Read this if you want people to love what you do

Almost all of us create value for others in some way. This can range from the simple act of giving advice to a friend, to the more complex task of designing a product that solves a customer’s problem. In this post, my goal is to help you gain a better…

Design

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Read this if you want people to love what you do
Read this if you want people to love what you do
Design

3 min read


Jun 24, 2022

The Design of Everyday Life

Everything is designed and I want to show you how you’re designing all day everyday in whatever field you work in. Let’s agree that we are all creating — i.e., designing — experiences. These experiences can be (1) Products: tangible physical hardware or software. …

Design

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The Design of Everyday Life
The Design of Everyday Life
Design

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Jun 23, 2022

How do I spend my time as a part-time CEO?

Taking on a venture is a lot of work. Doing so with limited time is even harder. This is what I am doing with Studio89. One application of the 7 areas of knowledge framework is using it as a starting point to organize all the tasks that I need to…

CEO

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How do I spend my time as a part-time CEO?
How do I spend my time as a part-time CEO?
CEO

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Jun 20, 2022

Day One as a Part-time CEO: Why am I doing this?

Today is my first day as a part time CEO. My mission with being a part time CEO is to prove to myself and the world that I can start, build, and grow a company outside my 9–5 job. My larger mission in life is to empower anyone to make…

CEO

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Day One as a Part-time CEO: Why am I doing this?
Day One as a Part-time CEO: Why am I doing this?
CEO

3 min read


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UX Collective

·Jan 19, 2022

Why would a tech company spend billions on a game studio?

And was your mom right or wrong about games? — News hit that Microsoft is acquiring Activision, the game studio behind hits like Candy Crush and Call of Duty. This got me thinking about our perception of video games and what role they will play our the future. Growing up I was not allowed to own a video game device…

Games

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Why would a tech company spend billions on a game studio?
Why would a tech company spend billions on a game studio?
Games

3 min read

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Ax Ali, Ph.D.

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