Tag: cmu
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A Day in My Grad Life
Earlier I was typing an email in which I related to my friend how busy I have been, and then described everything I had to do over the next few days. As I typed the email I thought, “this could be my blog post. I could just copy and paste.” But that didn’t seem right.…
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Mobile Project Persona
Today my group met to discuss our findings from independent interviews regarding our mobile project to help find a coffee shop. We have the beginnings of a persona. His name is Johannes Zummerman. He is 38 and married, and is a military software consultant. He loves good coffee. He needs it. It??????s part of his…
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Interacting in a World With No Meaning
I’m going to preface this post by saying I am not going to do this topic justice. We read “Communication: The Context of Change” by Dean Barnlund for Dick Buchanan’s class. It was actually a really good read, and quite accessible, unlike some of the other readings. The three questions Dick always asks about the…
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Learning to Frame the Problem
I got my control redesign grade: 88. It’s a decent grade, though I’m not that concerned about the grade. Since giving my presentation, John’s question, “Who wants gas without flame?” has bubbled to the surface of my brain now and again. So it wasn’t a surprised when his feedback said the problem with my solution…
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Emergence Photos
I posted the photos from Emergence to Flickr. There is also an Emergence Flickr group.