I’m still holding out some hope to become a Student Volunteer at CHI 2007. I’m #138, with a bullet! (Albeit, now that the February 26th registration deadline for the actual SV has passed, a very slow moving bullet that may, in fact, be resting on a table somewhere. But at least I can see the [...]
Bad Mommy and guns
Bad Mommy and her friend were trying to have an adult conversation while sitting on the floor with two three-year-olds who were engaged in a fierce battle between Power Rangers and Playmobil Pirates. It went something like this:
Bad Mommy: So I sent the check for our trip, now I’m just pruning that much out of [...]
Web trends for 2007
Trends 2007 (PDF), a report forecasting the web trends for the coming year, published by the Creative Group. The information was developed by David-Michel Davies, executive director of The Webby Awards and the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, a 550-member organization founded in 1998 to help drive the creative, technical, and professional progress [...]
Truth is as Truth does
I heard a Fresh Air interview about writing- the author being interviewed asserted that the only way to good writing was to tell the truth. In a way, I looked at blogging as a gift to myself- a chance to say whatever was on my mind without writing for anything other than my own [...]
Harry Franklin Houdeshel, Jr.
So you don’t have to pay to read the local obituaries:
Harry F. Houdeshel, Professor Emeritus of Flute, at Indiana University School of Music 1960-1985, passed away peacefully in his Bloomington Home early Thursday morning January 4, 2007.
Harry’s music career began in Bethlehem, PA when at age 12, he became the youngest musician to acquire union [...]
Designing for Self
Another live-blogging effort. I’ll clean this up later …
John Zimmerman—a professor at Carnegie Mellon University with a joint appointment to Human-Computer Interaction Institute and The School of Design—gave a talk Friday on “Designing for the Self,” consumer behavior research into the design process. His other research interests include intelligent agents in business settings, smart homes [...]
Bad Mommy’s brain explodes
Screaming. (mostly, from Carter, although Archie’s got some lungs on him)
Hitting. (Carter)
Kicking. (Carter)
Some sort of strange method of using backpacks as weapons, all in the back seat. (both)
More, much more screaming (Carter)
During which Mommy (strapped into the front of the car already) tries: Guys? OKAY GUYS Let’s take a minute to calm down. [...]