Said by Alan-Bot, in a conversation between two Cornell Creative Machines Lab chat-bots.

Excerpt from UXtraordinary:

I am thrilled to see Andy Herzfeld's social circles concept implemented so beautifully in Google+. My semi-educated guess is that empowering users to define access to themselves according to their own purposes and needs-in context-will build engagement and strong loyalty. Why? Because it comes naturally ( Read more... )

I've been putting them off with a million reasons: getting a new job, still unpacking, visiting my mother (whom I only saw once the past three years), etc. But now I have a great job, and the unpacking has slowed a little since the house is now habitable.

Highlights:

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For the next week or so I will have very little internet access, as Bart and I are migrating south via U-Haul. Email access will be dependent on the hotels we stay at along the way.

If you're a friend and need to talk to me, please call my mobile.

If you're a recruiter, you can see my portfolio here: UXtraordinary.

Have a great day!

Now that I'm no longer with Memory Lane/Classmates, I no longer have photo opportunities on my bus commute, over Elliott Bay, etc. I've finally uploaded the last of those to Flickr. Here are some highlights:

Crow attacks Bald Eagle, from my window at work:

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I will not miss the 12-hour days, nor the 4-bus, 3-4 hour long commutes (that's round trip, not one way). I will not miss other things not worth writing about here ( Read more... )

The Phoebe Prince bullying case has me thinking (always a dangerous thing ;-). I don't feel qualified to comment on the charges being brought against her classmates (too close to home, although I think I approve). But I would like to reply to those calling for the dismissal of the staff (administration and faculty) seen as letting this happen ( Read more... )

Stanley Fish of the New York Times riled everyone up again with a discussion of why curiosity is not necessarily a good thing. (Query: is Fish turning into a subtle, intellectual-baiting troll? Come to think of it, that could be a fun thing to do with my old age ( Read more... )

Relatively few pigs engage in intercontinental travel.