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Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better? But because I knew you I have been changed for good — For Good, Wicked Hello 2020, What a decade. From being a lost high school student to a still lost but more okay with it young adult. I’m grateful…

I’ve found I don’t notice personal growth until I find myself back in a familiar environment. It is when the new you confronts an old environment that the changes become obvious. You don’t react or think the same way anymore. Last summer, I had the incredible opportunity to work at…

Updated as of 2017: This was originally posted on my personal blog. This post describes my first year experience in 2013. The program has evolved since my writing and the details in my post most likely do not reflect the program 100%. I recently finished my first year in the…

It’s almost April. My classmates and I will be graduating in a month’s time. Unsurprisingly, stress levels are sky high. Between school work, thesis, and part-time jobs, we’re at our wits end. But alas. In a month’s time, we should be flying off into our sparkly new jobs. Which brings…

When we got my grandfather his first smart phone, he was thrilled. He had heard all about the wonders of video calling, smart phone photography, and getting the news in one’s pocket. Unfortunately, the font size on the interface was too small. Between his failing eyesight and hand tremors, he…

This is a topic that’s been fermenting in my brain for a while now… A contemplation about the tension between personal and group identity, specifically in terms of what it means to be a designer and what it means to be myself, an individual. Identity is a funny thing. …

On Valentine’s day, we had a one of the most lovely & thoughtful ladies come into Sheridan and talk about information visualization: Isabel Meirelles. Here we’ll try and sum up some of the main points from her talk. First off, what exactly is information visualization? Isabel defined it as “external…

Jealousy is an ugly ugly emotion to feel. It turns perfectly stable people into monsters who gnash their teeth at the world for the unfairness of it all. It fills you with both self-loathing for feeling like a nasty person and may also manifest itself externally as resentment or bitterness…

Recently, my roommates and I moved into a new apartment building, and as with all apartment buildings, there are a million and one loose ends to tie up in the process of settling in. One of those incredibly vital but tedious things to set up, is the buzzer. On a…