Archive for February, 2007
Monday, February 26th, 2007
Gender bias, gender blindness
One advantage of having worked in several different fields is that you know the same old bullshit when you see it.
Jason Kottke pointed out that web conferences still aren’t getting any more diverse, despite the regular rounds of discussion/debate on the topic, and sure enough, started another round of discussion/debate.
It’s so striking to see the […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Feminism, Society, Technology by Misha
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Academic instincts
Now that it’s safely over, and Jason can’t drive out here to cause trouble, I can report that my talk to the Usability Professionals Association, “Information Architecture Meets Industrial Design: Working Collaboratively Across Disciplines” was very well-received, and more fun to write than I’d expected. I talked about my experience working on the IQ/MAX turret, […]
No Comments » - Posted in Personal, Interface design, Product design by Misha
Monday, February 12th, 2007
Deconstruct this
Me, today in a meeting: “Il n’ya pas de hors-interface.”
2 Comments » - Posted in Interface design, Culture by Misha
Friday, February 9th, 2007
Life as a chatbot
So this is me testing out a new service called IMified, which allows you to access a whole bunch of web services (Backpack, Google Calendar) and your blogs from an IM service. It makes a lot of sense — I spend more and more time in chat windows, with friends, co-workers, even clients, and […]
