Proposal: Preproduction

My friends will laugh when I say “I’ve done a lot of speaking”. Whoa understatement. But what I mean is that I’m not worried about my public speaking skills. I am, however, worried about my presentation on the 10th. It’s…

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Posted: February 5, 2012
Categories: Life, Thesis

Remediation

Remediation: A summary of research Jay David Bolter and Richard Grusin, in their book Remediation: Understanding New Media, define remediation as “the process of representing one medium in another’” and they argue that this “is a defining characteristic of the new…

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Posted: February 2, 2012
Categories: Thesis, User Experience, User Research, Writing

Filming Gorillas: just another day in Skyeland

Up early & filming gorillas and interviewing at the zoo for a UCDCAMfilms video. I do so love my job!

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Posted: February 1, 2012
Categories: Life, Video, Work

Redline canceled

…lol brb SNOWSTORM. No gallery visit.

Trip to Red Line Gallery

We’re heading to Red Line tomorrow to see the gallery space and, I’ve been told, claim a space. It’s tricky because the digital design students are grouped together with the other BFA students – painting, sculpture, animation (DAC), etc. And…

Advisor Meeting: Jason Bowers

Jason dove right in to this thesis from a different view – we started talking about the elegance that already exists in devices. The trackpad gestures, for instance, are really quite beautiful. And many people don’t even know what many…

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Posted: January 31, 2012
Categories: Thesis