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I really find this UFO stuff so damn interesting. I really believe that there is life on other planets that is smarter than we are. Once I thought I saw a UFO when I was living at 2789 Ortiz Avenue, Apartment K in Fort Meyers Florida. It was a bright light glowing on and off behind the trees. By time I walked around the trees it was gone so I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. But then a year later when I was living at 224 S 12th St in Cottonwood Arizona I def saw a UFO that hovered in the sky for 30-seconds then shot across the sky which was miles and then shot upward like a shooting star.I love tyhis stuff. I am very interested in other peoples experiences. Please mail me any still pictures that you have because I am making a collage with genuine still pictures, not pics that people can say were downloaded from the internet. So please mail me any pictures you could for my project.Louis F. Federici917 Wesley AvenueApartment 19Ocean City NJ 08226Thanks everyone

I have really been debating writing this answer for some while, but I feel it is important that people know what they are getting into.*DISCLAIMER* I took the UXDi class in SF. I was in the pilot program.Short Answer: No. Just no.Long Answer:Still no. And here is why:The Curriculum: The curriculum as it stands today is focused on giving you just enough skills to allow you to call yourself a UX Designer. What do I actually mean by this? The course really focuses on and does a few things particularly well. The UXDi class really shines in teaching human-centered design principles, how to interview users and do the research correctly, how to understand design thinking and how to create information architecture deliverables (such as: mental models, sitemaps, taxonomies, etc.). If you want to become a User Researcher- this is a whole lot cheaper than a degree in Human Factors or a related discipline (yet there is an interesting catch-22 here I will get to later). Here is where it fails: it will give a very brief overview of how to use software that are industry standards- such as Omnigraffle, Axure, Balsamiq (these are relatively easy to pick up though, but the license keys expire after the class ends so you have to drop more money just to use the software you need after the class) and will provide absolutely NO education in the way of learning anything from Adobe Creative Suite or front-end development. So if you want to become an Interaction Designer or UI engineer, you will be doing a whole lot of supplementary study on your own. Some may argue that teaching a set of tools is a waste of time when the industry standards change so frequently. This is a false argument and a red herring when you are entering a course like this one. Educating people with little to no background in design requires a comprehensive study in the field- including how to create your designs in code and ACS. This is my own humble opinion, of course. But not a whole lot of companies are looking for people who can just make wireframes... If you are someone with very little education in design and do not come from a visual design/front-end background and want to break into UX, you are going to have your work cut out for you as a budding designer. Some people would argue that learning to code or use Adobe products are not for UX Designers. It's 2013, designers should (and many, many do) learn to code, UX or not (I will elaborate on this as well). That being said, if you have a background in visual/front-end design and you want to get a strong background in UX and research, this is the perfect class for you.The Opportunities (apprenticeship program): The apprenticeship program is a 3-month program that pays decently (negotiated with the apprenticeship partner- usually around 3k/month). There are two stages to the program- the first they will have a science fair where the designers get to show off their portfolio. This is a complete toss up. The one I attended had about a third of the companies participating actually show up and many were not actually hiring and were only looking to see the kind of work coming out of GA. The second stage is the actual apprenticeship interviews with "hiring partners." These "hiring partners" do not have any official tie to GA, at least the ones in my round certainly did not, and are there more out of a favor to GA. That being said- the partners (which I will not name) are really, really great places to work for designers. Yet there is a catch- only four companies showed up in total (two of which missed the actual interviewing day and rescheduled due to not knowing when the actual date/time of the interviews). Its just like any normal interview process- except for the fact these positions are for 3-month contract positions that pay very little compared to a full-time salary. But they are still really awesome opportunities if you get accepted. Yet, out of maybe 10-12 students (20 in the whole class) participating in the apprenticeship program, only 3 got jobs. If this does not start to make you wonder, I do not know what will. Going off this point, if you are looking for positions in UX- look at some job descriptions. Almost overwhelmingly companies want to hire junior designers who can produce, work fast, and have a strong skill set based in visual design or front-end development (these skills go a very long way when hunting for jobs). Again- learning these skills are simply not covered in the course, at all. Getting back to the research/IA positions I mentioned earlier- normally, a candidate must possess a PhD or at least a masters degree in some form of research-based field that deals heavily in quantitative analysis. Without such a degree, User Research candidates will have a difficult time finding work. Information Architecture is another career avenue for those on the research side of UX; however, these opportunities are often reserved for more senior candidates and are few and far between. So entry-level positions in UX Research/IA are really not easy to come by and even harder to lock down. Following this logic- the UXDi course is looking like a poor investment for those without past design experience. And I'll leave it there.*whew* that was quite a mouthful. Let's pause. There are good things be said.It is not all bad- not even close. In fact, I really enjoyed the class. The instructors in my class were some of the top practicing professionals in their field and have tons of years of experience. People at GA were certainly very friendly and nice and the facilities are great. You also get introduced to a whole community of beginners in the tech scene as well, so you have a lot like-minded, pretty similar people around you learning awesome stuff.So admittedly, I made it out to sound bad- but these are all very real experiences each of us perceived in the class. People certainly got jobs (or went back to their old ones), but quite a few still have not and remain looking about two months after the course ended. So take my words with a grain or salt- or don't. Either way, this was my experience. It has a lot of room for improvement in certain parts and can really be a standout program for people looking to get into UX. But I just cannot in any good conscience recommend it as of right now.

A visitor should not limit themselves to the usual “touristy” things. Yes, it can be fun to walk around the Legends for a few hours and grab dinner at a chain restaurant, and it’s definitely worth the wait to visit the original Oklahoma Joe’s (Joe’s KC) at least once… but none of that fully encapsulates KCK.Be brave and try some out-of-the-way places. You can’t go wrong grabbing lunch at Christy’s Tasty Queen on 55th or Paul’s Drive-In on Argentine Boulevard. Try some of the Hispanic restaurants and visit the historic library on the old Minnesota Avenue corridor. Check out the shops in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood.KCK is a surprisingly large and diverse city and there’s no shortage of interesting things to try, and a significant part of it is far away from all the new development out west.