Today wasn't as nearly as hectic as yesterday. We visited two companies. Hewlett Packard HP has been around since 1950's and from my observations they are a traditional corporate company. However renovations were being made to improve the work environment more modern looking. At HP we met with another former IU Alum ...  Continue Reading »

The IU (Indiana University) Human Computer Interaction Design and Computer Science graduate students visited Silicon Valley to get a glimpse of the corporate life of many well-known high-tech companies. For many of them it was their first trip to California and it was a ton of fun showing them where ...  Continue Reading »

I finally get to catch up on some pleasure reading this holiday break. I know the Kite Runner is out in theaters, but I hear the book is much more compelling. "Sketching User Experiences. getting the design right and the right design", by Bill Buxton (Mar 2007) ...  Continue Reading »

I finished my first semester of graduate school with a mixture of sadness and relief. It's definitely been a roller coaster ride for me, both mentally and physically. Throughout the semester, when feeling fatigue and mentally exhausted, I always remember what a second year grad-student, Will Odom told me, ...  Continue Reading »