Posts Tagged ‘travel’

End of the semester sprint!

Posted in: Capstone, Etsy, Life in general ♦ Wednesday, April 13th, 2011, 7:06 pm ♦ No Comments

So much to say! So much to do! So little time! The end of the semester always seems to be a mad rush to finish papers and projects and wrap everything up before graduation and the start of the semester. This April is proving to be no different! The spring weather here has been pretty typical for [...]

Spring Break 2011: New York City

Posted in: Life in general ♦ Saturday, March 26th, 2011, 3:58 pm ♦ 1 Comment

Lucky me! I was able to visit two places for Spring Break this year. First Las Vegas and then New York/New Jersey. [caption id="attachment_379" align="alignnone" width="491" caption="View of the city from CJ's a [...]

Spring Break 2011: Las Vegas, NV

Posted in: Life in general ♦ Saturday, March 19th, 2011, 12:49 pm ♦ 2 Comments

My youngest sister, Erin, pointed out to me that I am now in the "18th grade". That's a lot of school! One of the best parts about being a student is the the breaks we get. [caption id="attachment_360" align="alignleft" width="242" caption="Homecoming 2003"][...]

Reflections from BlurCon

Posted in: Design ♦ Thursday, February 24th, 2011, 3:30 am ♦ 4 Comments

For the last few days, I have been escaping the unpleasant Midwest winter by traveling to Orlando for Blur. In this post, I'd like to reflect on what I've learned and realized over the last two days and share my insights. Blur, an HCI conference focusing on technol [...]

San Francisco: 101 things list

Posted in: Life in general ♦ Saturday, July 10th, 2010, 7:31 pm ♦ 6 Comments

For the last 4 years I've had one goal, one dream, and one place I wanted to live: the San Francisco Bay Area. I'd tell everyone I knew, whether they cared or not, that the Bay Area is where I'd move to one day. I'm on my way to making that dream a reality. For the last 6 weeks, I've been living in [...]