December 8, 2009 View Comments
I recently watched this video – The Story of Stuff (YouTube link) – and while it did not say anything that I did not know already, it did jolt my memory and remind me that while I might know things, I have proceeded to forget them as well. In grad school, I became very interested [...]
Read more...November 21, 2009 View Comments
I finally registered for the conference, to be held in Savannah, GA next February. Also registered for Indi Young’s workshop on Mental Models (was split between this and Dan Saffer’s), along with Steve Portigal’s workshop. The choices for workshops are great, I was confused about which ones to attend. Dan Saffer, Raphael Grignani and Will [...]
Read more...November 14, 2009 View Comments
A few years back, I decided that I did not want to be a developer and found a calling of sorts in Interaction Design. Now, I was not that great a developer, even though I was told otherwise by two pretty darn good developers. It was just that I was never ‘in the zone’ for [...]
Read more...November 9, 2009 View Comments
It increasingly looks like going to IxDA 2010 is a real possibility. It has been a long time since I’ve been to a design conference and am really looking forward to my first IxDA. The list of workshops has made me really indecisive and that is why am delaying my registration till the end of [...]
Read more...November 9, 2009 View Comments
Apart from the falsely marketed Moleskine, I wanted to see if there were any good alternatives. And a friend pointed me to the Piccadilly journals, which are a look-alike to the afore-mentioned Mokeskines. Hoping to find a good sketchbook as well, or probably just use blank, loose sheets of paper. But about time I learned [...]
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