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 right now is dominated by social media. And one of the big rumors floating around is that because women are… Continue reading

I wish Boston was hosting a funeral today. Via ie6funeral.com

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. Luckily, it's not always strictly necessary:

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