I was just linked to an article entitled Made in USA by Paul Graham. I thought his name sounded rather familiar—and it should have—he wrote another essay called Taste for Makers which I really really liked. Both argue about the necessity of design and how the American take on “taste” affects how well-designed our products […]
From OK/Cancel: “The Don” Reveals All: Part 2 (most answers are in jest, but this is most likely not):
“Do you think HCI is a science? If yes, do you think we can have a systematic and forever valid HCI theory in the end? If no, then what is HCI, and what is our position as […]
I definitely didn’t get to practice over the past three weeks as much as I had hoped—but I have made progress.
I’ve had Alice, whose first and most fluent language is Chinese, review my practice book from time to time and she’s been giving me some additional tips. One thing that becomes difficult as I practice […]
Another cartridge of ink ran out in my fountain pen, and this time rather than using another cartridge, I decided to try using an inkwell with an “ink converter” to allow me to just twist some ink into the pen which normally uses cartridges.
Using an inkwell is so soothing. I want to get a pump-action […]
OK/Cancel was featured at the beginning of my Intro to HCI Methods class here at Carnegie Mellon. More specifically, it was a comic I commented on. We were told we’d get extra credit if Carnegie Mellon is featured in OK/Cancel—hopefully with our own superhero. (I’d imagine Bonnie John hopes the superhero is herself ;) )
So […]
In our last class discussion the topic of motivation was brought up. The general consensus seemed to be that there is a magical property in expertise which comes down to motivation—both external and internal. This course has been externally motivating me to learn to write Chinese, but at the same time, I picked writing Chinese […]
It’s been a little bit since I last practiced—it’s hard to get myself to practice in the middle of so many other things when it really is becoming hard.
I reviewed the strokes I’ve done so far. I tried writing “language” 文, which I was ok with but not great, and then “rice” 米—which I’m frankly […]