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Final Stretch

Sunday, March 14, 2010 17:31 3 Comments

Wow… This is the last day of spring break from grad school, which means I’m into the last 7 weeks of classes and spent the week without classes catching up. I’m struggling a bit with my Database class (actual construction of databases, as opposed to use or idiosyncrasies of reference databases), but so long as [...]

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Beginning the Countdown

Sunday, November 15, 2009 20:58 No Comments

It’s approximately 30 days from the show’s opening. As with any large show, there’s a heck of a lot still to be completed.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s actually going quite well.  In fact, the documentation is coming along pretty well.  There’s a big scramble this month to finish all of it — What was [...]

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Two to go

Monday, October 12, 2009 4:11 2 Comments

I just registered for my final semester of grad classes.  Wahooo!  It’s hard to think that after 3 looooonnnggg years I’ll finally have my degree in May, and I can say is: FREEDOM! I want to take an Alaskan cruise in celebration, and I’ve been pricing them out.  Figure that an interior room with most [...]

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Bad Usability Story

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 22:01 2 Comments

Yep. Ended up creating a video for my first class project of the semester.  You can view the full HD version on YouTube.  It was a blast!  Haven’t lost my video editing touch yet — even when working with a tiny HD camera and iMovie.  I want to do more.  Thinking about starting to shoot [...]

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Overextended Evolving

Sunday, August 9, 2009 2:19 4 Comments

Face it.  I’m a busy person.  Work, grad classes, volunteering, Beer and Blog Elder Drunk, blogging, kitteh mom, and whatever else I decide to take on.  Hugh MacLeod coined a term on his blog, GapingVoid, this week:  The Overextended Class.  It’s when you’ve got your hand in every pot in the kitchen because you’re the [...]

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