Spooky Season Frights and Delights
This vegetable is traditionally carved into jack-o'-lanterns for Halloween.
What is a pumpkin?
These bright orange flowers, known as cempasúchil in Spanish, are used to guide spirits home with their vibrant color and scent.
What are Marigolds?
While October marks the beginning of autumn in New York, this season is just starting in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
What is Spring?
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What is Checkpoint?
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What is a microinteraction?
This phrase, shouted by costumed children going door-to-door, originated as a playful threat.
What is "trick-or-treat"?
This is the name for the decorated altar where families place offerings for deceased loved ones.
What is an ofrenda?
During November, people in Canada experience this happening to the days, while Argentinians experience the opposite.
What is the shortening of days?
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What is Materia?
This principle states that an object's design should suggest how it should be used.
What is affordance?
Halloween originated in this country before immigrants brought the tradition to America in the 1800s.
What is Ireland?
This sweet bread, often decorated with bone-shaped pieces on top, is a traditional Día de los Muertos food.
What is pan de muerto?
In the US, this phrase is used to remember how to change the clocks during daylight savings time.
What is Fall back, Spring ahead.
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What are talent shortages, regulatory complexity, and rising client expectations?
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What is 4.5:1?
This 1978 John Carpenter film, featuring Michael Myers, is considered one of the most influential horror movies.
What is Halloween?
This famous female skeleton character, wearing an elegant hat, has become an icon of Día de los Muertos and represents the idea that death comes for everyone, rich or poor.
What is La Catrina?
Thanks to its equatorial location, Colombia is known as "the land of" this, experiencing relatively constant temperatures year-round.
What is eternal spring (or perpetual spring)?
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What is Document Analysis?
This diagram visualizes the entire process of a service delivery from both the customer's and the company's perspective, mapping out the steps, people, and systems involved.
What is a service blueprint?
This 1962 novelty song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett became a Halloween classic, reaching #1 on the Billboard charts.
What is "Monster Mash"?
These satirical poems or verses, often humorous epitaphs about living people, are a literary tradition associated with Día de los Muertos.
What are calaveras literarias (or literary skulls)?
This famous Argentine dance is celebrated during spring festivals throughout Buenos Aires.
What is Tango?
These are the three types of professionals that CoCounsel (Materia) is designed for.
What are Tax, Accounting, and Audit?
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What is progressive disclosure (or skeleton screens/lazy loading)?