by Jamin | Feb 25, 2008 | Design
On Thursday and Friday of last week, about 50 companies attended the School of Design’s job fair. Friday was the big day, with all interviews taking place then. Each interview was 30 minutes. Some of my peers had up to 13 interviews scheduled. I had fewer,...
by Jamin | Feb 18, 2008 | Portfolio
Abstract When people switch jobs, move to a new city, start school, or have a child, aspects of their identity change. For designers, this presents an opportunity to help people invent and discover who they would like to be in their new roles. But there is little...
by Jamin | Feb 3, 2008 | Design
“Posters and toasters are swell.” If you ever listen to Richard Buchanan talk about design, you’re bound to hear this phrase at least once. I’ve heard it many times, most recently in the course I’m taking this semester, Design Management...
by Jamin | Feb 1, 2008 | Design
Yesterday I received word that the work-in-progress paper I submitted to CHI was not accepted. As it was not my idea to submit to CHI because I do not view it as a good view for design, I was not disappointed. However, I will gripe about the comments I received...
by Jamin | Jan 14, 2008 | Design
Last week, the course evaluation results were made available for Introduction to Design Computing, the course I taught last fall. Unfortunately, the feedback I got was not very positive. In fact, it was outright deplorable. Out of 5, the average score for the course...
