January 2009
10 posts
Digital Domain - The Forces Driving Women Out of... →
I used to be really worked up about this issue…when I was a computer science student. Sadly, not only is there a problem with attracting women to computer science, but there’s also the problem of keeping us in the field. I was so surprised with how many female computer science grads there are doing HCI here at Michigan. But personally, I don’t miss computer science and doing...
WatchI.O.U.S.A. – the 30-Minute Version on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
The Inauguration of President Barack Obama - The... →
The Wired Presidency: Can Obama Really Reboot the... →
“We live in times of limited resources but unlimited desire to consume them. The...”
– David Hieatt, howies co-founder
HAND-ME-DOWN | Story
(via ninakix)
Who would actually live here?! (Zoom out) →
10 Useful Techniques To Improve Your User... →
10 Useful Techniques To Improve Your User Interface Designs
“The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset...”
– Lost in Translation
December 2008
2 posts
Op-Chart - The Year in Questions - Interactive... →
Awesome end-of-the-year news quiz by the NYT. A good way to test how much you paid attention to this year in news. Be sure to do Part II!
October 2008
4 posts
U.S. map showing what people call soft drinks... →
I love this chart - great idea and I’m dying to know how he got his data. I find the divided states like Missouri, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania quite interesting. I’m proud to be from a place where it’s called POP! :)
September 2008
1 post
August 2008
1 post
To be an innovator, confront your assumptions →
July 2008
1 post
June 2008
3 posts
WatchGreat clip from the Daily Show about the idea that a terrorist attack would help John McCain
WatchThe Democratic Primary in 8 minutes
May 2008
3 posts
“Call it the triple deficit,” said Mr. Rothkopf. “A fiscal deficit that will soon...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/opinion/21friedman.html?hp
April 2008
7 posts
Silicon Alley Users Guide: How to upgrade your... →
Elizabeth Edwards on the state of news coverage... →
“If voters want a vibrant, vigorous press, apparently we will have to demand it.”
sarahisrad: A cover of “I Want to Hold Your...
Interesting findings about iPhone use →
The most heavily used data function on the iPhone is reading (but not writing) email. More than 75 percent of iPhone users say it has led them to do more mobile browsing. About 40 percentof iPhone users say the iPhone has trouble displaying some websites they want to visit. About 50 percent of iPhones replaced conventional mobile phones, 40 percent replaced smartphones, and 10 percent replaced...
Some ideas for good computer-related April Fool's... →
How apropos for today. :)
March 2008
5 posts
Simple grid system for sketching web interface... →
Thanks to a friend, I was pointed to this site with a great grid system for streamlining web dev. It has templates for Fireworks, OmniGraffle, Photoshop & Visio, and a CSS framework with demo HTML. I’ll have to keep this in mind for a future project.
Edward Tufte's critique of the iPhone →
I forgot to post this - we watched this video in interaction design class several weeks ago. Edward Tufte, a thought leader in infoviz, offers his critique on how the iPhone is not making the most of its high-resolution display. I don’t necessarily agree with everything he says - there are some benefits to simpler, at-a-glance displays - yet, it’s food for thought.
WatchThanks to Interaction Design class, I have now been introduced to the wonderfulness that is TED Talks. I spent probably 4 hours last night watching them, non-stop. Here’s one of my favorites - some a-may-zing computer vision and image processing work from Microsoft Research
February 2008
29 posts
Can CouchSurfing.com put the social back in social... →
A great magazine article about CouchSurfing.com, a great website for travellers and cultural understanding, that I am studying for my online communities class.
I got an email request from the Obama campaign to...
I’ve lived in Iowa my whole life, so I’ve been been lucky to take advantage of all the attention our state receives before the caucuses. Four years ago, I was 18 and participated in my first caucus. It was fun to observe our democracy in action, but none of the candidates really excited me, or motivated me to do anything besides voting in November. This year, however, was different. ...
Last.fm - My new favorite website →
I heard this song I LOVED at Espresso Royale today, but it was too loud to make out enough of the words to Google the lyrics. Don’t you just hate that? So, after trying everything I could think of, I turned to Last.fm, a website I’ve heard of but never used, and within 5 minutes of clicking on related artists under the female vocalist category, I find the song! Thank you, Internet....
WatchAn Obama volunteer’s story
“According to a study, satisfied customers tell an average of three people about...”
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_marketing
The Tech of Obamamania: Online Phone Banks, Mass... →
Token Obama article of the day. He basically is rocking the technology world of politics.