It's that time of the year again. Many graduate students are starting to look for design internships or full-time positions this summer and wondering what type of skills and characteristics employers are searching for. Thanks to Mac Oosthuizen of trendmatter.com, I came across these interviews from well-known design firms. Coroflot's Creative Seeds ...

After fixing course time conflicts over the holiday break for next semester, I looked over my schedule a second time to ease the nerves. Previously, the class I was an associate instructor for conflicted with one class. I have two required classes, Human-Computer Interaction II - Studio and Experience Design, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...