God, what’s wrong with me? I enjoy any mention of the Uncanny Valley, especially when there is scientific evidence about the existence of it/how our brains react to it. It appears that there is evidence of an issue in our brain when we encounter the Uncanny Valley. The activity in our brain when we see… Continue reading More views of the Uncanny Valley
Month: July 2011
The Internet as subject: referencing pop culture in works of art
In slowly trying to finish off my Draft posts queue, I sometimes wonder what I was thinking when I saved an article to writer about later on. I think I liked this article mainly because of the confluence it depicts regarding the rise and acceptance of the Internet in our daily lives and the need… Continue reading The Internet as subject: referencing pop culture in works of art
Synesthetic Language Development?
I have a friend who has a slight issue with what she calls “synesthesia”. Well, perhaps it’s not synesthesia, but rather a strong sense memory. She actually gave me a bottle of body wash once because she couldn’t use it because of the memory it evokes. When I think of synesthesia, I think of it as related… Continue reading Synesthetic Language Development?
I *heart* Interface Analyses
I love reviews of different user interfaces. Ever since I took a class at SJSU SLIS about Web Usability, and even before that when I was a closet graphic design major wannabe (does that even work?), I was in love with the way we interact with computers and terminals and phones and other things. There… Continue reading I *heart* Interface Analyses
Online handles as a discussion of identity change
God, to look back at my first online handle is like…foreverago. Let’s see…I think the first screen name I used was back in like, 1992 – whatever generic AOL screenname we had. I’m pretty sure I used my parents screen name then convinced them to let me create my own AOL name. That became ARCRA25… Continue reading Online handles as a discussion of identity change
Visualizing the Food Desert
It’s been a long time since I did anything related to cartography. I think the last project I did using GIS was back in 2008. It’s been too long and I need to find a way to become much more proficient at it. I’d like to someday develop the skills and knowledge that would make… Continue reading Visualizing the Food Desert
Lesson Planning Is So Much Fun
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on modifying my lesson plans for my upcoming web design class. It’s a shorter class than I taught last year, so I want to make sure that I’ll be able to cover all of the topics that I want to cover. I leave it up to… Continue reading Lesson Planning Is So Much Fun