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Don’t waste time taking those long multiple-choice tests where half the answers seem equally right but answering one way says you should be an airline pilot and another means you’re destined for accounting. Instead, take Tom’s instant vocational test. Based on science! Results guaranteed! And it’s random!

Okay, ready? What we have here are the first pages of results from flickrCC for a few publishing-related activities. Which set of images do you immediately respond to? Don’t look at each thumbnail, just get a quick impression. And absolutely no thinking allowed.

Editor
editor

Publisher
publisher

Author
author

Translator
translator

Marketing [Specialist]
marketing specialist

Graphic Designer
graphic designer

Okay, I admit it, I just like images.

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Posted: April 29th, 2008 under publishing.
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Comment from Sylvia
Time: April 29, 2008, 9:03 am

Nifty. But didn’t you forget someone? How about readers?

Comment from xensen
Time: April 29, 2008, 7:19 pm

reader

Comment from Nancy
Time: April 30, 2008, 11:54 pm

Cool. I responded to the images of graphic designer. I wonder why?

Comment from Sylvia
Time: May 1, 2008, 11:45 am

:)

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