Oh the power of social networking for being social…

by Diana on November 8, 2009

I had a party at my house last night. I rarely do this as I have a small place, a town home that while large in square footage with its three stories it is more vertical than horizontal, so its (…)

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Wait, I thought I was jobless…

by Diana on November 7, 2009

Lately it feels as though I am running down the information super highway with one of those walking billboard over my shoulders that says ‘Looking for Work’ on one side and ‘Please Hire Me’ on the other as I yell (…)

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On interviewing minors online…

by Diana on November 6, 2009

My practicum research with Fedora officially started November 1st, however, I’ve used this entire week to try to talk my Institutional Review Board (the people who have to approve my research before I am allowed to do it) into allowing (…)

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Anthropology? But, I thought you were a designer?

by Diana on November 5, 2009

‘So why did you go from anthropology to design?’ This is one of the most common questions I have been asked during my search for a job these last two weeks. What’s really funny though is that I technically went (…)

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Virtual Ethnography and Open Source Software Reading List

by Diana on November 4, 2009

As a part of my preparation for my research on Fedora I’ve taken on getting acquainted with OSS as well as looking up other peoples views on virtual ethnography. For those that are interested, I am sharing my list here. (…)

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Am I techy enough?

by Diana on November 3, 2009

My first test against my tech cred in my Fedora research has been generating an ssh key and setting up my blog on Fedora Planet the Fedora blog aggregator. I looked this up on several resources, understood what it was, (…)

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On being laid off

by Diana on November 2, 2009

Same story different verse, next verse same as the first. I was laid off. Yep, it happens and has been happening all over the US for some time now. As a matter of fact it’s the third time I’ve been (…)

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Fedora Research Ahoy!

by Diana on November 1, 2009

I’m sitting here at my computer trying to figure out how to join the Fedora blogroll and notice that the hat I was given on Wednesday night by a friend is in fact, a fedora. Today my research for my (…)

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Anthropology + UI Design = Streamlined Experiences

by Diana on August 19, 2009

Nice to know I’ll be needed in the future. From the article ‘Top 60 Jobs That Will Rock the Future‘: 40.Interface Designer Pretty soon your PC won’t be the only interactive digital element of your home. It’s probably already started (…)

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Did you have problems ‘connecting’ yesterday?

by Diana on August 7, 2009

So did the rest of the world, and a few sites are blogging about the reasons why. See the links below for more details. FastCompany: Facebook and Twitter Attacks Were Political, and Personal ZDNet: Did Russians attack Twitter over pro-Georgian (…)

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