Reporting my journey as a Ph.D. in human-computer interaction, after a career in digital and print journalism.
Stay safe on the slick streets. Hazardous conditions will persist through the morning as the chilly temps freeze the water-snow mix left on the roads, says the National Weather Service in Indianapolis.
Here’s a roundup of 10 or so links to get your week started:
Continue reading “Reading roundup: NYC blizzard, Pro Bowl 2015, Bill Nye vs. Bill Belichick”
My N512 class, Trends in Informatics, centers around the question: What do you want to be working on for the next 20-30 years? It’s a novel but necessary idea that RIGHT NOW, we have to identify our deep interests to avoid any wasteful false starts on the career for which, in pursuit of this master’s degree, we have committed two years of our lives and thousands of dollars. Let’s get our money’s worth!
But what are MY deep interests? Where’s my research going to focus? What can I sustain the energy and enthusiasm to work on well into the year 2035? How can I start laying the foundations for a productive and satisfying career? Continue reading “Getting started on selecting a master’s degree thesis”
My team for N501, Foundations of Digital Production, is creating a promo video and website for a product in order to showcase the video, 3-D and other techniques we will learn this semester.
Our choice: Plated.com, a service that will deliver to your door an entire meal-in-a-box. In order to research the product for our project, I ordered two plates of two different meals from the service. I enjoyed unboxing this package of goodies today!
Have you used Plated.com? How about Blue Apron, Hello Fresh or other food-delivery services? What is your opinion of this type of web-order product?
