Anthropologists are always N00bs

by Diana on January 30, 2012

Yesterday I found myself introduced to a brand new online community of people. As common as this community is, it’s completely foreign to me from the topics they talk about to the language abbreviations they use. Then I realize here (…)

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Brain snacks…

by Diana on January 19, 2012

I just spent the last 24 hours intentionally without access to Facebook. What struck me was not that I missed it as in fact I did not and to be honest there was a bit of relief that washed over (…)

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Protesting SOPA…

by Diana on January 17, 2012

I know someone like me, a little blogger, taking down my blog for the day will not move mountains or change people’s minds about their political stance. That said, this is a warning to those who do actually read this (…)

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Vows from an iPhone

by Diana on January 12, 2012

Dear #Evernote, On Friday December 30th, my husband and I had a wedding ceremony in North Texas exactly one year after we were married in South Korea where he was stationed serving in the US Army the year before. We (…)

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On being an Anthropologist…

by Diana on October 26, 2011

When responding to an email last night I made the statement, “Anthropologists and our discipline are traditionally misunderstood, which is ironic in that it is our jobs to make others easier to understand.” Followed a few sentence later by, “I (…)

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Dear Rick Scott

by Diana on October 12, 2011

I recently read remarks you made about my discipline, anthropology. There you proclaimed that your state, Florida, didn’t need any more anthropologists. “Is it a vital interest of the state to have more anthropologists? I don’t think so.” It saddens (…)

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The effects of working from home on my psyche

by Diana on October 4, 2011

Ah to be a remote worker! I have worked from multiple parts of the world with people from all over the world, but this is the first time I’ve been sequestered to a single place with a single in person (…)

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UX and Agile – A glimpse into our process

by Diana on August 31, 2011

So, I know this has been a widely written about topic from multiple sides of the equation. I have to say though, if there is one thing I’ve learned from Agile – and from Organization Behavior in general – there (…)

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The beginning of yet another semester

by Diana on August 24, 2011

So, tomorrow starts my 3rd semester as an Info Sci Phd Student. I’ve been in school for so many years that I have developed several habits on the eve of the semester that help me get focused and get organized. (…)

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Can I pick just one?

by Diana on July 27, 2011

So, as you can tell I took a break from blogging for a bit. Several things lead to this including some side work I was doing researching mobile developers, finishing my spring semester, living in South Korea for a month, (…)

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