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Summer is halfway over, and I just finished reading How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer. It covers some of the same ground as another excellent book I read in the spring, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely. I highly recommend Ariely’s book, especially to people who design information artifacts [...]

In a recent talk at Carnegie Mellon University, American statistician and professor emeritus Edward Tufte said “Respect your audience.” Pithy advice, but what does it mean? Tufte goes around the U.S. conducting seminars on information design, so presumably he directed these words at information designers, people whose primary goal is the effective communication of information. [...]

While researching for a paper I’m writing for my graduate design seminar course, I came across an article by Dr. Perri Klass called “The Elephant in the Exam Room.” It’s not within the scope of my paper topic, but I thought it was too interesting to discard. In the article, Dr. Klass reflects on the [...]

Spring break has come and gone without really being. At least, that’s how it felt as I spent all week in Pittsburgh, reading and writing for school assignments and thesis preparation. I am glad I got things done, though, especially when I consider all that lies ahead. A quarter-long mini course I had been taking, [...]

The second semester of my Master of Design in Interaction Design program began this Monday, and I can already tell it will be a cold, hard marathon to the end. I’ve been training by walking to and from school each day in the snow, uphill both ways, with a fully loaded backpack. Today was a [...]

I live in a building that someone else built. I eat food that someone else grew. I know the joy of music because others shared it with me. I know how to write because someone else taught me how. I have been fed, clothed, and sheltered when I had nothing to give in return. I [...]

Women for Hire held its annual job fair today at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers in Midtown. From the look of the wraparound line to get in, you’d think it was providing more than free resume critiques. Posted via email from corinna’s posterous

Yesterday I watched the first episode of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse on Hulu, a drama in which the heroine Echo’s memories are regularly expunged and recreated by a secret organization. The process allows Echo to forget painful experiences in her past. But in forgetting life’s most painful lessons, she loses knowledge that could help prevent future [...]