How to get a number for that which can’t easily be counted

by Diana on February 28, 2010

During this next part of my research process I will be posting a survey available to all Fedora contributors. Luckily, this part of the participation process requires no signatures! So, those of you who were unable to participate in the (…)

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Fedora Research Interviews

by Diana on January 22, 2010

I hope you all are enjoying the new year. I had so much fun at FUDcon getting to know as many people as I could and participating in your wonderful Barcamp and Hackfest. You were all very welcoming and showed (…)

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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 (…)

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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 (…)

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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 (…)

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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 (…)

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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. (…)

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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 (…)

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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 (…)

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