Athir Mahmud, PhD
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SAIC Data Viz Collaborative

by athir | Jan 8, 2016 | Information Visualization, Interaction Design, Social Media, Technology, Uncategorized

On Friday, December 5, 2014, I braved myself in the bitter, Chicago cold and trekked out to the School of the Art Institute Chicago (SAIC) on Wabash. I don’t normally go out of my way to see an exhibit but this was an event I did not want to miss. SAIC faculty came...

David McCandless’ Workshops Are Beautiful

by athir | Apr 22, 2015 | Conferences/Workshops, Information Visualization, Interaction Design, Presentations, Research Methods, Technology, Uncategorized

After several flights to New York City were canceled from Chicago due to heavy east coast rain, I hopped in a rental car and made it to my Manhattan hotel over 13 hours after it all started. Exhausted? Yes. Worth it? Absolutely. The first Workshops Are Beautiful event...

Design Metaphors and Interpretation

by athir | Apr 7, 2013 | Interaction Design, Technology, Uncategorized

Desktop. Window. Mouse. Document. Loop. Trash can. Recycle bin. These things all had rather independent meanings before the emergence of the modern computer. They existed in a manner that fulfilled their own In 1998, William Stubblefield published an article titled,...

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