web analytics

Archive: Education

Bad Usability Story

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 [...]

Read more

Overextended Evolving

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 [...]

Read more

By the Book

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.   [...]

Read more

Social Media

Social media.  It’s one of those things you like or hate.  For me, I really like it.  Using tools like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Meetup have allowed me to meet a slew of people in a relatively short time. As many of you know, I moved out here just over a year ago.  The first [...]

Read more

Hiatus

Yes, I know it’s been almost a month since I last updated the blog.  There are 5 posts in the draft stage, none of which want to complete themselves. And school once again consumes my time.  Over the next few weeks I’ll be trying to catch up on the Neflin’s 23 Things, usually placing 2-3 [...]

Read more