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...
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...
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,...