Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

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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By the Book

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 20:32 No Comments

Yeah… I don’t think like everyone else.  I never have.  I’ll follow the guidelines but have issues with doing things “by the book.”  Take, for instance, my current final project for Information Architecture.  One of our tasks is to create a scenario — which I see is a very useful tool — in essay form.   [...]

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