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November 2005 - Posts

Civilization and the human heart

"Civilization, after all, is but a thin layer of civility stretched across the passions of the human heart." I have this reputation as the Egypt guy. I've been interested in ancient Egypt since I was a kid. My home is filled with Egyptiana and my office
Posted by Habibi | 2 Comments

Thanksgiving flights

One of my best friends works right across the hall from me. We've worked together on FS for six or seven years. Some of you know him from AVSIM conferences or airshow booths: Mike Singer. We often discuss how to eliminate barriers for new users to getting
Posted by Habibi | 3 Comments

FS Elders

This morning I was looking for the website of the National Institute of Mental Health. I searched by acronym but I wasn't getting it quite right. I tried "NIHM" for some reason and was thrilled to find the website for the New Iceland Heritage Museum .
Posted by Habibi | 1 Comments

A Passion for Egypt

Everytime we ship a new version of Flight Simulator, I torture our Art Director, Jason , about the Giza Plateau. I've spent a lot of time walking around the Pyramids at Giza, the temples, the Sphinx, and the thousands of associated Old Kingdom tombs.
Posted by Habibi | 1 Comments

The UX curse

Five years in this building and I still can't easily find an office if I haven't been to it before. The FS group is parked in a leased building that has some of the worst design I've ever seen. Hallways have weird angles and some of them actually go nowhere.
Posted by Habibi | 1 Comments

The Flight Simulator User Experience

When we create products for customers, we'd obviously love it if everyone felt passionately about using those products. Not everyone comes to an experience with a feeling of passion. For some, using a particular product is a means to an end for solving
Posted by Habibi | 2 Comments
 
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