05.30.08 - 11:58pm
Katt and I put together a new band in Rock Band for the XBOX 360 tonight called “Cupcake Crisis.” When Katt went to put in a band quote…this is what she entered:
“I ate your freakin’ cupcake!!”
Harmonix, in their infinite sense of humor, put in the following ‘error’ message:
Your band quote is not what most would [...]
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05.17.08 - 08:07pm
So I finally finished my undergraduate work at Bentley College! We had our commencement ceremony today were I graduated summa cum laude with my Bachelors of Science in Computer Information Systems. I’m happy to have finished this leg of my acedemic journey. It was a long haul, but I hold the friends I’ve made and [...]
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05.13.08 - 06:49pm
As you all have probably seen from Matt’s post and the brand-new blog management UI, we’re running WordPress MU 1.5.1, the multi-user version of WordPress 2.5. It packs a slew of improvements and incorporates all sorts of findings from Happy Cog’s usability testing activities. Note the new headings and task organization in the admin interface.
You’ll [...]
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05.10.08 - 06:13pm
I just finished reading over a paper for my Field Methods intensive course (starts Monday!) that I found extremely interesting. Instead of relying on a traditional usability test or interview to get users to talk about their thoughts and feelings on mobile phones, this particular researcher used a more artistic medium: collages. The act of [...]
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