« October 03, 2004 - October 09, 2004 | Main | October 17, 2004 - October 23, 2004 »

October 16, 2004

First Draft, First Third

I turned in the first draft of the first third of my thesis paper to my advisor Shelley Evenson yesterday. The first third is mainly on the traditional and current view of metaphor, plus the criticism of using metaphor in interaction design. The next part, the bulk of the paper, is about using metaphor in the design process. I'm hoping to have that part done in early-mid November.

Posted by Dan at 09:30 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

October 14, 2004

Undergrads, Beware

I've been asked to teach Interaction and Interface Design again in spring semester. I need to evaluate my class from last year , the feedback I got from students, and my own thoughts on the previous class.

Plus, now I've been in, taught, or TAed three very different classes on the fundamentals of IxD, so I should be able to better craft a syllabus and lesson plans this time around. I've also begged for a better time slot and got it: Mondays and Wednesdays 9-11. Much better than last year's Tuesday/Thursday 6:30-8:30, which was deadly in terms of energy.

Posted by Dan at 09:03 PM | Comments (3) | TrackBack

Intermorphable Alphabet

I finally finished my intermorphable alphabet (120k java applet) for my interactive graphics class. The project was to come up with a "font" in which any letter can morph into any other letter. Mine is a "block and bubbles" alphabet, composed of bubbles inside blocks that move around. I tried (unsuccessfully) to get the bubbles to break out of the blocks while moving, but I never got it to work right.

Posted by Dan at 12:51 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBack

October 11, 2004

Political Party

Hong has posted up some pictures from when we gathered to watch the first presidential debate at her apartment. Most of us were flush left.

Posted by Dan at 01:40 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Obvious Observation on Thesis Paper Writing

In some ways, it's a lot easier to go to class and do projects and other homework than to sit alone in your office and write your thesis paper.

Posted by Dan at 01:31 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Robert Reimann Visit

Robert Reimann, co-author of About Face 2.0 and currently the manager of User Interface Design at Bose, visited Carnegie Mellon last week for a few days, sitting in on classes and thesis meetings and giving at talk at the HCII seminar series. I got to sit in on a Q&A session and went out to lunch with and a group of interaction design students.

I jotted down some of Robert's answers to some questions that were asked by the master's students:

Posted by Dan at 11:37 AM | Comments (1) | TrackBack