Author: Lucy Nguyen
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Changing your first name in Ontario
One of the best decisions I made was to change my name. If you are thinking of changing your name for whatever reason, do it. It helped me reaffirm my identity of who I was, and now that it is legal I felt more complete. No more people calling me by a name I did not…
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Canada 150: How is Canada Celebrating its 150th Birthday?
Canada became independent on July 1, 1867! This year it will be Canada’s 150th Birthday and as a Canadian, I wanted to write a little post before this upcoming summer for my fellow Canadians. This is a momentous occasion for Canada, and the Government and other bodies are going all out doing events and getting citizens involved.…
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Canada 150: Cross Stitch
Jen from StitcherzStudio has my logo for Canada 150 as a cross stitch in her shop. I’m very flattered and honoured that she liked the design! Check out her shop here: @ Etsy. I’m all about supporting independent artists, and hopefully, in the future, I can work with some.
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The Freemium Pricing Model
Freemium is a mash-up of the words “free” and “premium.” The gist of freemium is that consumers receive the basic features for free at no cost. The ‘premium’ features and add-ons cost money (Kumar, 2014). Freemium is a reasonably new pricing model that started in the 1980s (Seufert, 2013) and has quickly grown since. Over…
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Say NO to Spec Work
Spec Work is short for speculative work. Defined by AIGA (The Professional Association for Design) as “work done before engagement with a client in anticipation of being paid.” Most common in the design industry, such as website, graphics, and so on, but it does happen in other sectors such as software design. Spec work means…
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A primer on A/B Testing
What is A/B Testing? When comparing two versions of something to see which one performs better (VMO, 2016), the one that performs better is the one chosen. It can be anything from TV ads to websites. It is used often in the world of business. The purpose of A/B Testing The purpose is to optimize the…
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HIV Awareness
For my university class, I made a PSA to bring awareness to discrimination of HIV. I shot and edited the video. https://youtu.be/UcEwh-eVp3I
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HRSA & OBCC
I worked with HRSA to create a promotional video to showcase to potential partners. I used Adobe After Effects and Adobe Illustrator. https://youtu.be/g3ZxXfM9sk8
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Youtube: Kpopbyte
I’ve created Kpopbyte on Youtube, as a side project. The purpose of the channel was to inform k-pop music fans about the numerous k-pop groups. I have garner over 23,000 subscribers and 1 million views. Visit it here.
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Summit Doors Catalog
Summit Glass/Doors is a distributor and installer of door inserts & handles established in 2010, it has served mainly the GTA and the surrounding area. I had to photograph over 80 products and edit the photos using Adobe Photoshop. I then designed the catalogue using Adobe InDesign, focusing on a clean and simple look. The…
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Disney Princesses/Heroines Business Cards
Just for fun, I thought it would be humorous if I made fake business cards for the Disney princess. I tried to imagine what job would fit with each princess and it was quite hard! The Little Mermaid I’ve got whozits and whatzits galore. You want thingamabobs? I got twenty. I imagine Ariel as someone…
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Personal: dciman32.dll problem
As your computer gets older, it gets more problems. Perhaps it’s planned obsolescence, or I’m not a very good caretaker either way. I recently had a problem with my dciman32.dll being deleted, and I thought others might have had the same problem. So I decided to share my experience. The Problem My computer was shut…