I had an intense day at work today. Just before I left, I think I got everything working for Tuesday’s demo to the WIM/TUM team. Thank god. I left work at 6:00. As soon as I opened the door to my place, I smelled clean. Robert had done a thorough cleanup — bathrooms, floors, vacuuming, … Read more
This link gives me something to hang on to. I have revived, and revised to a very small extent, my 100 Things About ME list: I have nothing living in my house but me — no animals, no plants. I was married (to a woman) for 16 years. I am in grad school at NCSU, … Read more
I worked from home today, as the roads were still icy in the morning. The EAGLE luncheon was canceled. I spent some time on the phone with Jason from Austin trying to get that damn QMX database working correctly. It’s really starting to stress me out. I have got to have it ready to demo … Read more
Shedroff contends that information interaction design is the intersection of three different disciplines: information design, interaction design, and sensorial design. I have little-to-no background in these separate theories. I thought Shedroff did a good job of introducing each of them at a high level, though I did feel a little “short changed” on the sensorial … Read more
What is the most intense human experience you’ve had to date in your life? (We should make an effort to describe this briefly, which will be difficult due to its nature.) Where in Shedroff’s “Experience Cube” (p. 287, Fig. 11.6) do you see this experience falling? (Note: Though you can’t read it in the figure, … Read more
Today I received two heart-warming communiques in regards to Matt Arrington. One was from Matt’s partner, David, thanking me for my remembrance of Matt, which was captured in this journal posting. David wrote: Thank You John Sorry you couldn’t make it to games night last week when we got to talk about Matt. I was … Read more
I had to cancel my appearance at the WIM/TUM PET meeting today because my demo wasn’t ready. I absolutely hate that. Greg was very understanding, though. He, like me, would rather do it later and have it work, than to go in there with something faulty. I couldn’t get up with Jason during the day … Read more
I had the most productive day of 2005 so far. I worked all day on my presentation for tomorrow morning’s WIM/TUM PET Meeting. Rhonda and I did a few laps around the building (inside), while she told me the highlights of the department’s trip to Austin. Some funny stories. Mel dropped by, and told me … Read more
We got up at 10. I tried the pancake mix, which went pretty smoothly, and they were pretty good. I had a hard-boiled egg with it, and a banana. Robert had cereal. We got to the art museum just before two, and the parking lot was teeming with cars streaming in — probably the “after … Read more
I got up at 9:15, and went to Carmichael to meet Steve at 10 to work out. As I was walking toward the gym, one guy was coming back to the parking lot, and yelled to his friend across the lot that they didn’t open until 1:00 today. WTF? I called Steve on his cell … Read more