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ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 1991
Since the introduction of the Xerox Star computer and its more popular successor, the Apple Macintosh, the so-called WIMP interface has become predominant in software interfaces. In this paper we discuss the fact that the WIMP interface handles the physical, but not the cognitive interface to software.
Mark H. Chignell, John A. Waterworth
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Since the introduction of the Xerox Star computer and its more popular successor, the Apple Macintosh, the so-called WIMP interface has become predominant in software interfaces. In this paper we discuss the fact that the WIMP interface handles the physical, but not the cognitive interface to software.
Mark H. Chignell, John A. Waterworth
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After Dinner Conversation
Can sex be “just sex?” What more (if anything) does a person get from losing their virginity than the sexual experience? In this work of philosophical short story fiction, a group of ten high school nerds find solace in each other's company during their senior year. As graduation approaches, they realize their fear of entering college as virgins. Liz,
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Can sex be “just sex?” What more (if anything) does a person get from losing their virginity than the sexual experience? In this work of philosophical short story fiction, a group of ten high school nerds find solace in each other's company during their senior year. As graduation approaches, they realize their fear of entering college as virgins. Liz,
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2016
Nerds in Trouble is a collection of fictional short stories about socially inexpert individuals imperiled by earthquakes, volcanoes, and persons of the opposite sex. Through humor and outlandish settings, it explores themes of insecurity, romantic attraction, civil infrastructure, seasonal produce, social maturation, and plate tectonics.
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Nerds in Trouble is a collection of fictional short stories about socially inexpert individuals imperiled by earthquakes, volcanoes, and persons of the opposite sex. Through humor and outlandish settings, it explores themes of insecurity, romantic attraction, civil infrastructure, seasonal produce, social maturation, and plate tectonics.
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Proceedings of the 2001 ACM SIGCPR conference on Computer personnel research, 2001
The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that attract as well as discourage students who display an initial interest in IT careers. Factors influencing students one way or the other may include media images of IT, role models, gender, and age.
Martha E. Myers, Catherine M. Beise
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that attract as well as discourage students who display an initial interest in IT careers. Factors influencing students one way or the other may include media images of IT, role models, gender, and age.
Martha E. Myers, Catherine M. Beise
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Nachrichten aus der Chemie, 2020
AbstractSelbst chemiebegeisterte Jugendliche werden sich nicht für eine Laborantenausbildung oder ein Chemiestudium entscheiden, wenn sie nicht wie ein Chemiker sein wollen – oder wie das, was sie dafür halten. Wir sollten also an unserem Image arbeiten.
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AbstractSelbst chemiebegeisterte Jugendliche werden sich nicht für eine Laborantenausbildung oder ein Chemiestudium entscheiden, wenn sie nicht wie ein Chemiker sein wollen – oder wie das, was sie dafür halten. Wir sollten also an unserem Image arbeiten.
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PERFORMING NERD: THE NERD STEREOTYPE IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE
2017The primary function of the nerd stereotype—like any other stereotype—is to reinforce and reify cultural hegemony, to delineate who has access to power and who does not. In this dissertation, I argue that the nerd stereotype performs this function in two essential ways: the heteronormative dynamic and the exclusionary dynamic.
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“Not Your Average Nerd”: Masculinities, Privilege, and Academic Effort at an Elite University
, 2020Kjerstin Gruys, Christin L. Munsch
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