My first experience with Google Wave proved to be entertaining and Wave seems promising as a useful collaborative tool. I was on a wave with 4 other people, and I think the more the merrier. We weren’t doing anything obviously meaningful, but as a backchannel for class it proved entertaining. I can see more constructive [...]
Entries Tagged as 'thoughts'
Etsy Internship recap
September 6th, 2009 No Comments
Friday was the last day of my summer internship at Etsy. I met some great people and worked on awesome projects while I was there. My main focus was prototyping, both creating actual prototypes and documenting a process to promote ongoing prototyping there. The tools I explored were balsamiq mockups, Adobe Dreamweaver (templating and libraries), [...]
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ITP eating club
September 21st, 2008 2 Comments
Here we are at lee-seans for the ITP eating club. Check out ze menu! Also, take a gander at this smorgasborg of delectible delights…
Tech-retard, it’s not your fault
September 15th, 2008 No Comments
For Physical Computing, Hyejin and I went to Kinko’s to observe people using technology. Our focus quickly turned to the Sony picture printing kiosk. The interactions people had with the machine were varied. One person using the kiosk seemed to be experienced at it. The efficacy with which she accomplished her task was impressive. Another, [...]
Tags: usability
Making light of the artist
July 5th, 2008 1 Comment
The Lumiere Manifesto expounds on a vision of online media that emphasizes authenticity of experience, for creator and consumer alike. Its tenets are based on the characteristics of early film, e.g. brevity and lack of editing. For the authors, these qualities enhance the integrity of the experience, and stand in stark contrast to most contemporary [...]
Concering my voice
July 5th, 2008 No Comments
Voice can be a window or a closed door.
Tags: identity · podcasting
How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Vlog
July 5th, 2008 No Comments
One of the advantages of video is the enhanced bandwidth for communication. My vlog debut does not dissappoint in that respect. I think my body language speaks to my discomfort with more poignancy than volumes of editorialized text. Despite my uneasiness, I feel the exercise was a success in its authenticity.
read/write, oh yea!
July 2nd, 2008 No Comments
First blog post, and it feels a little exhibitionist so far. Maybe I just need something interesting to say. Then instead of self-consciously rambling, I can pontificate, oblivious to the transparency of my conceited rhetoric. Forgive the angst, but it’s a bit of an existential quandary, not knowing if anyone will actually read this, let [...]
