Firefox Foresight: a Mozilla Design Challenge entry

Over the past month or so, Kiran Jagadeesh and I have been working on a design for this fall’s Mozilla University Design Challenge.  The object of the challenge was to address browsing history:
“Browsing History — How can we make sense of this rich source of data and how do we best present this data to [...]

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5 reasons I loved Mozilla’s design challenge

I was able to participate in Mozilla’s ‘Spring Design Challenge‘ along with my regular schoolwork this past semester, and it was definitely worth the effort.  The challenge consisted of addressing the following question: “What would a browser look like if the Web was all there was? No windows, no unnecessary trappings. Just the Web.”
Participants submitted [...]

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Hey, don’t put that picture on Facebook

Last night I attended a ‘prom’ party that my school put on.  They rented out a bar, and everyone was in costumes for the 80’s & Space theme; there was a Richard Simmons, a Robert Palmer dancing lady, lots of giant prom dresses with hideous bows and lace, and even a pair of moon boots. [...]

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11 Portfolio tips for fresh-faced grads and internship-seekers

This is the time of year when resume and portfolio stress starts chipping away at grad students’ calm veneer. The dubious economy seems to have resulted in fewer job and internship listings, which increases competition for positions. 
Last week our school held a portfolio review panel with four professionals: a recruiter for a tech company, another [...]

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Illustrator, you are now my friend

I have had this mental block about using Illustrator for quite some time now.  At some point I downloaded a free trial, opened it, and spent about 5 minutes allowing myself to be confused by the interface…from that point on I thought I just ‘didn’t get it.’
Well, those days have gone the way of the…mini [...]

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LinkedIn’s Ellen Levy: interesting dame

Ellen Levy, the Vice President Corporate Development & Strategy at LinkedIn, spoke up on the Engineering campus yesterday.  The attendees were diverse, ranging from profs and community members to undergrads and a few folks from the School of Information.
Ellen was an energetic, intense, and very polished speaker.  She had a very good stage presence.  [...]

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A lunch with Peter Morville and Lou Rosenfeld

The relatively famous authors of the book Information Architecture, Peter Morville and Lou Rosenfeld, came to my school today to be recognized as outstanding alumni (along with two other librarians from SI).  About 30 students attended the lunch meeting, and after the alumni gave talks about their backgrounds, we got to split into small groups [...]

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