by athir | May 19, 2016 | Academic, Digital Design, Information Visualization, Online Identity, Social Media, Technology, Uncategorized
During the 2015 Fall semester, I was fortunate to be selected as one of 6 featured Illinois Institute of Technology faculty or students in the Lewis College Big Picture Magazine. The special section, called the “606-1-6,” is a pun on the University’s zip code, with...
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 | Jan 3, 2016 | Academic, Conferences/Workshops, Information Visualization, Social Media, Technology, Uncategorized
On November 14, 2015, I had the honor of presenting a paper at the 2015 Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities & Computer Science at the University of Chicago. My paper titled, CarrinaCongress: Information Visualization Techniques to Compare Online Identities of...
by athir | Feb 6, 2015 | Art, Contest, Painting, Social Media, Surrealism, Uncategorized
In case you missed it, Torrid Bay won the Gamblin Facebook Torrit Grey competition. A special thanks again to all those who...
by athir | Mar 31, 2013 | Online Identity, Social Media, Technology, Uncategorized
I have a friend who teaches at a college down in Virginia and every semester, she asks her reluctant freshman to tell the class a little bit about themselves. One of her favorite examples comes from a student who started with, “Dude, I work at Subway, and I’m, like, a...
