Book List: Seminar in Information Science

by Diana on September 9, 2010

I thought some of you may find this interesting. It’s my book list for one of my intro PhD courses. Which would you pick? What would you add based on what you see here? Berners-Lee, T., Fischetti, M., & Dertouzos, (…)

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Master’s completed, check – Onward to PhD!

by Diana on September 8, 2010

Wow, it’s been a while I know! Master’s Completed! On August 12 I presented my practicum / thesis to my anthropology department on the Fedora Project titled: An Exploration of the Fedora Project’s Online Open Source Development Community. The unique (…)

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Finally almost two years later…

by Diana on August 30, 2010

From a direct email Best Buy sent me: “Next time you’re at a Best Buy store you can conveniently get the product information you need—right from your mobile phone. Learn more about specifications, ratings and reviews using the new QR (…)

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My take on ‘Guerrilla Research’ as an anthropologist and UXD professional

by Diana on July 21, 2010

I’ve been avidly following a discussion on the anthro-design list about guerrilla research and thought that perhaps my reply as both a traditional researcher and a guerrilla researcher may be useful to those who follow my blog. So, here it (…)

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This is a fun little social media experiment…

by Diana on July 19, 2010

Fast Company is searching for 2010′s Most Influential Person Online. You are more influential than you think. http://fcinf.com/v/cuyv

Research Results – Beta Release

by Diana on July 8, 2010

Hello again Fedora! I know it’s been a while, and for that my apologies. But you see, I’ve been working very very hard this last month and a half to bring you the results of the research study we worked (…)

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Qualitative vs Quantitative

by Diana on June 24, 2010

This seemed pretty apropos for today’s comic as I’m writing up all of the reports for Fedora at this moment using a combination of qualitative and quantitative data.

An external view of my brain while writing my master’s practicum (thesis) papers…

by Diana on June 20, 2010

Last chance to contribute!

by Diana on May 21, 2010

Today is your last chance to contribute to the survey! Have questions? You can read more about the survey here. Thanks again to everyone who has already participated! P.S. If you are not a Fedora contributor, please do not take (…)

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Need just a few more!

by Diana on May 19, 2010