A second local unconference will be held on January 6, 2007 from 1p-4p at the Monroe County Public Library (Room 1B). This unconference session is an outcome of the first RootsCamp held mid-November to discuss the recent elections. This follow-up event will focus on “The Ideal Bloomington Portal” an include participants from the City government, [...]
Design Language
Eun-Jong Lee, a visiting professor from the School of Industrial & Media Design at Handong Global University, gave the final talk of the season (PDF) for our HCI Design group. The topic was design language, a focus relevant to a gap in communication between design researchers and practioners.
Lee, a Korean professor with over a decade [...]
Nanna’s almost there. . . .
This time next year there will be no papers, no postings, just Nanna with a brand spanking new Masters Degree.
Woo! Hoo!
Mom’s textbook for next semester is giving me research and statistics class flashbacks though.
I’m surprised he didn’t use The Lorax
Eli and Shunying were married last night at Beck Chapel. It was a great personalized ceremony that featured several languages. There were no translations, which while confusing for English-only listeners seemed very appropriate to event. In the pews were almost as many kids as adults, which is a new experience for me. Carter read books [...]
Bad Mommy drives
In the car today:
Archie: I saw a mailbox fell down.
Me: A mailbox fell down?
Archie: Our car must have been there. Our car fell down a mailbox.
Bad Mommy disclaimer: While we do have an injured rearview mirror due to a previous mailbox accident, Bad Mommy was no where near this mailbox when it - a-hem– was [...]
The New Rich
One anticipated visit was made even better by a surprise one today, well worth delaying gratification on the IU-Kentucky game (temporal control courtesy Tivo). Matt was joined by Apurva for a brief visit in town today, giving us a little reunion of 3/4 of the mPath team that went to Portland in 2005. Shveta, where [...]
Rocky
As is usually the case when Amy is away, I find ways to procrastinate. Usually, it involves pulling out a DVD she is less inclined to watch than others (ahem … “Jo Knows Fear”, “The King is Dead. Kong Live the King.”). In this case — after I had finally waded through the I501 research [...]