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Want to Be a Superstar Athlete? Build More Myelin

Nov 15, 2008 · 
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Design, Illustrations, New York Times, Portfolio · 
By Vu Nguyen

Want to Be a Superstar Athlete? Build More Myelin

While favor­able genet­ics and a well-conditioned body are essen­tial, some sci­en­tists believe that phys­i­o­log­i­cal changes in the brain that take place dur­ing repet­i­tive prac­tice at a young age may make the dif­fer­ence between a world-class ath­lete and the rest of us.

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Visual guide to the Fifa 2006 Germany

Nov 15, 2008 · 
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3D, Design, Infographics, Maps, Portfolio, Programming, Sports · 
By Vu Nguyen

Visual guide to the Fifa 2006 in Germany

This was the final project for my advance mul­ti­me­dia class at UNC-Chapel Hill. The project was sup­posed to be three weeks long. I was too busy free­lanc­ing, so I ended up work­ing 20 hours straight to get it done on time.

The guide includes step by step ani­ma­tions explain­ing dif­fer­ent rules in soc­cer. It also has an inter­ac­tive map of the world show­ing all dif­fer­ent par­tic­i­pat­ing coun­tries and their win­ning records. You will also find an inter­ac­tive map of Germany with all the venues where the games were played. On the top of all that, you have a col­or­ing game for kids that let you color the offi­cial Fifa 2006 logo.

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Visual guide to observing eclipses

Nov 15, 2008 · 
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By Vu Nguyen

visual explanation of lunar and solar eclipses

I did this project dur­ing my senior year at UNC-Chapel Hill. Besides being the first inter­ac­tive graph­ics I have ever cre­ated, this project was my great­est achieve­ment in pro­gram­ming at that time.

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Looking Back at 2007

Feb 7, 2008 · 
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Design, Infographics, New York Times, Portfolio · 
By Vu Nguyen

I finally found some time to put together a list of the projects that I have worked on in 2007 and some high­lights from 2006.

In 2007, I have had a chance to work on many dif­fer­ent chal­leng­ing and fun projects that required me to take many dif­fer­ent roles. I have sharpen up my pro­gram­ming skills greatly this year and have fully adopted The New York Times’ design style.

One of the skills I have acquired while work­ing at The New York Times is the abil­ity to deal with very intense dead­lines. I have learned how to orga­nize my projects, so that they are flex­i­ble for last minute changes and easy to main­tain in the future.

Another thing that I have accom­plished in 2007 is the code library that I built in Flash. Working with few other peo­ple, I have coded most of the stan­dard com­po­nents that we use here at The Times. That helps reduce the pro­duc­tion time greatly and leave me time to think more about the design and the con­tent rather than the code.

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The Results From 2007 Web Design Survey

Oct 18, 2007 · 
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Design · 
By Vu Nguyen

Web design survey

A List Apart releases the find­ings of its Web Design Survey, which asked 33,000 web pro­fes­sion­als about their jobs, salaries, and skill sets. The result gives an insight­ful look into the fast grow­ing indus­try, which is still dom­i­nated by male professionals.

New Site Up, More Work Coming

Sep 28, 2007 · 
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Design, Personal · 
By Vu Nguyen

Finally, after count­less hours of design­ing and redesign­ing this web site, I got it to a point where I can take a break and go on vaca­tion :) .

I will be back next week and will con­tinue my work on this.

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