So, I finished my thesis project. It’s portbou1940.com: a hypertext narrative examining the death of German-Jewish social critic, philosopher, and dialectical historian Walter Benjamin. I’ll be working on revising the written thesis this month, and turn it in next month; the official conferral of my masters degree will be in [...]
news: doctor benjamin, doctor who, and posit design
news: doctor benjamin, doctor who, and posit design
the world seems quiet here…
the world seems quiet here…
My blog is currently mostly on hiatus as I complete my master’s degree thesis, but I occasionally pop by with small updates, primarily about the thesis project. As soon as that’s complete, beginning in October/November 2011, expect a massive redesign of positdesign.com. You can still find me on other parts [...]
strategy + progress
strategy + progress
Welcome to positdesign 2011! Prepare for a major overhaul to this site, and a lot of details on my masters thesis, in upcoming months. For my thesis project, I’ll be describing the death of Walter Benjamin, a German-Jewish cultural critic who most people accept committed suicide in Portbou, Spain, in [...]
coming attractions
coming attractions
I can’t believe it’s November; that my semester is 2/3 over; that it’s been over a month since my last substantial post. My “Multimedia Communication: Principles of Visual Rhetoric” class is AMAZING. I knew it would be, but it’s exceeded my hopes. It’s in so many ways an affirmation of [...]
Calling all web builders!
Calling all web builders!
I took it and so should you—The Survey For People Who Make Websites, 2010:
Happy Ada Lovelace Day!!
Happy Ada Lovelace Day!!
In the last three weeks, my programming class has kept me too busy playing my hand at being Ada to put together a coherent piece on the order of last year’s ALD post. But I’m already planning something all-out for next year. So this one’s a quickie. Much of tech [...]
clickthrough-averse
clickthrough-averse
One of my hugest webdesign/usability pet peeves is galleries or slideshows. I just don’t want to have to hit the NEXT arrow 14 times to learn ten pieces of information, or to see twelve pretty pictures. If your click-per rate and my patience have a showdown, I’m closing the tab. [...]
Programming is just language.
Programming is just language.
Why takes the science out of programming. He says: learning programming is about learning grammar. This is, very literally, language I understand.
portfolio public (limited time only!)
portfolio public (limited time only!)
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
