Preparing for FUDCon: Toronto
by Diana on November 22, 2009
As we start upon this holiday week (in the US) I am pulling together my resources in preparation for the Fedora developer conference the first weekend in December. Part of this process includes making my introduction to the Fedora group, (…)
Hello Fedora!
by Diana on November 20, 2009
Hi! First, I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Diana and I am an anthropologist currently in the midst of attaining my Masters degree in Applied Anthropology from the University of North Texas. As a part of my studies (…)
SXSW 2010
by Diana on November 16, 2009
Though it seems a bit early to be thinking of SXSWi, it’s really only 4 months away! What I found very interesting was the fact that while having a conversation about SXSW with a close friend of mine in the (…)
Two Bits – A mini-review
by Diana on November 15, 2009
I just finished reading Two Bits by Christopher Kelty. I haven’t really had time to sit and think too much about it yet, but one thing that does jump out at me immediately is that the author is an anthropologist (…)
The things we enjoy…
by Diana on November 14, 2009
Is it sad that I actually enjoyed debugging code tonight? I suppose it’s not so much the act of debugging, but the success you have once you’ve figured it out. I call it a ding and refer to the way (…)
A quote that sums up my day
by Diana on November 13, 2009
“The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.” Earl Nightingale
WUD Recap
by Diana on November 12, 2009
I had a great time today out at Sabre talking and networking with several usability folks. I think that our profession has a really interesting group of people in that we take up our cause to intentionally make the lives (…)
World Usability Day
by Diana on November 11, 2009
Tomorrow is World Usability Day and this year they are focusing on the impact design has on our world. I recommend a great book named, ‘Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things‘ for a look into this concept. (…)
Times change
by Diana on November 10, 2009
This is just an observation tonight while raiding in World of Warcraft. When I first started almost exactly 5 years ago, the day the game came out, many of my fellow guildmates had to worry about school schedules or their (…)
When your tools don’t work like they should
by Diana on November 9, 2009
I use a four year old Mac G5 as my primary computer and a PC I built as my gaming machine / machine that runs all the stuff my Mac can’t (my G5 can’t run Parallels because it’s not an (…)