This month is all about production. Collaborative art with my boyfriend, making things happen in our apartment, and completing my master's thesis proposal. This last is the biggest news. I found out several weeks ago that Harvard redeveloped my computer science degree program, changing the focus from Digital Media Arts and Sciences to Digital Media and Instructional Design. This is HUGE for three reasons: (1) the degree and its requirements now align… Continue reading

The last time I made a New Year's resolution was at least a decade ago, and I think I resolved myself against New Year's resolutions. Kind of like giving up Catholicism for Lent. Anyway, this year, inspired by unclutterer.com, nubbytwiglet.com, and my paid-off credit cards, and abetted by the Harvard semester leaving me class-free for a whole month, I'm embarking on a huge project to purge my… Continue reading

My boyfriend's restaurant is a drop-off point for the Enterprise Farms CSA, which means that every couple of weeks he'll come home lugging a giant box of dirt-encrusted organic fruits and veggies. It's amazing, and forces us to eat and cook with things that maybe we wouldn't have ordinarily picked out at the grocery store ourselves. This week's haul included squash, radishes, turnips, potatoes, and — a half-dozen of… Continue reading

Why takes the science out of programming. He says: learning programming is about learning grammar. This is, very literally, language I understand. Continue reading

Because I'm making art and words and websites and plans.FYI… Continue reading

I'm terrifically excited about the end of this semester and my time being my own again. There's just SO MUCH STUFF that's fun that I can't wait to start digging into. First, I need to do something about my website and blog. Every year or so I get bored of the design of my website, and this year I have a very special idea about folding them together Continue reading

I dropped my programming class. And to celebrate, I bought four canvases. I began digging into (quite literally) a massive, sculptural art project I've had broiling in the back of my head for months. It's top-secret for now, but David Lynch is its muse and it may end as half a diptych. Continue reading

Two years ago, I wrote a fairly comprehensive running commentary on the 2006 Academy Awards nominations. This year, I've been fortunate to have access to Academy screeners and have seen over a dozen nominated movies. Continue reading

If you have a low tolerance for sappy, you probably really don't want to read this.I'm 30 years old, and I'm about to spend my very first Christmas away from my family. In fact, I'm about to board a plane in five hours, and will be almost as far from my family as it's possible to be without leaving the country; they are in New Hampshire, and I'll be in… Continue reading

Some readers have no doubt noticed that the layout of this blog changed dramatically a few weeks ago, from the old pink-and-green. That's not the only change. My portfolio website, positdesign.com, is about 70% flipped to a beautiful brand-new template that I built for it. Continue reading

The last time I went to Davis, I discovered a brand-new Boston Sports Club on top of a brand-new CVS and it felt apocalyptic. That's not my Davis Square.That said, I've had the Davis Square Midnight Madness event on my calendar for weeks.Besides fantastic sales at three of my favorite clothing stores in all of Boston (Cibeline's, Poor Little Rich Girl and Black and Blues), deals at Kickass Cupcakes… Continue reading

This concept came to my attention about a month ago, but it's just fantastic enough to share. A Boston-based designer and blogger created a set of hypothetical MBTA system maps, demonstrating what a useful subway would look like—one that would be both worth the prices we pay, and comparable to the scope of other major cities' public transportation. Continue reading

I'm been neglectful but busy (today is the last day of my summer class, and I've two freelance webdesign gigs going), though I will be making more of an effort to keep this current. I'm definitely a nonstop information aggregator (as evidenced by my del.icio.us account!) and will try to post more frequently even if just commentary on other blogs or the news.I just registered for the Adobe

A few new things in the pipeline for summer. At least one series of illos will be posted here while the website is in production. Keep an eye on it…

I had a spectacular time at Patrick's wedding last weekend. The weather in Maryland was beautiful (very hot!), and it was wonderful to see friends who moved away from Boston years ago, all in one place, all celebrating two people so dear to us. I also had a chance to get to know some friends better, and to meet some great kids who I hadn't crossed paths with yet in Boston. Continue reading

My final project (online portfolio), which I have been raving about, is actually online. Fancy that! It only exists on a Harvard University server which will be wiped clean at the end of the semester (approximately the end of May). Keep in mind it was developed for a class assignment rather than for its intended purpose, and Continue reading

This blog is still active.The fact that I haven't written in a couple weeks means I've been working. Wait till you see on what! After May 20, things will get VERY interesting. Continue reading

I am so excited about the status of the portfolio site, which I'm using as a final project in my Web Development class, and I haven't even written a line of code yet. It has a name, an architecture, and a color scheme. I'm delighted with how my two classes are intersecting. Continue reading

This can't be copyediting because this isn't English. How do you generate a template for text that does not conform to any known linguistic patterns, a stylesheet for an anti-grammar? I'm taking a break from a massive freelance-consultant project to bemoan the fact that techies cannot write. This is a dangerous blanket assertion, and one that begs proving-wrong. Continue reading

So, this summer, I'm going to try to learn how to play the accordion. Or maybe just concertina.That sounds completely silly, right? Even to me. Maybe I've just been listening to too much Nick Cave and PJ Harvey and Ute Lemper and Judy Henske lately. Maybe I have too soft a spot for Tom Waits and the Klezmatics and One Ring Zero. Continue reading