http://www.thinky.org Zach Pousman is thinky.org. I'm a PhD student in Human-Centered Computing (HCC) at Georgia Tech. I work on casual information visualization, which are visual tools for people to "see into" and manage their growing collections of personal data. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:16:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Upcoming Travel for me... August 18-25 : Apple's Cocoa Camp August 29 - Sept 1 : Labor Day on Cape Cod MA (sweet!) Sept 9 - 14 : Ubicomp 2008, Seoul, South Korea November 8 - 12 : CSCW 2008, San Diego CA http://www.thinky.org/archives/2008/07/108 At the summer camp I went to as a kid, we celebrated (commemorated? desecrated?) Bastille day via a bastardization of the term Bastille. The oldest kids in camp would rouse everyone from their cabins very late at night by beating on pots and pans from the kitchen. Bash Steel, get ... http://www.thinky.org/archives/2008/07/107 The entirety of Ben Fry's acknowledgments page for his master's thesis. A picture is worth a thousand thanks. Post script—he didn't get to do this for his PhD thesis (it's just a normal "thanks mom and dad!" page). http://www.thinky.org/archives/2008/05/105 We're in Jamaica this weekend. It's fantastic.Full breakdown of all the fantastic-daytime-tipsy-swimming-eating-redstripe-adventures to come. http://www.thinky.org/archives/2008/05/102 Moved 1,000 miles away from my home. Still 3 blocks from a Moe's. It's official -- Moe's is a fungus. Die fungus, die. http://www.thinky.org/archives/2008/05/101 Man I hope the rumors are true... I want the Apple "Safari Pad" more than anything. Ok, not more than proverbial peace in the middle east. http://www.thinky.org/archives/2008/03/98 Here's the story of an economics student and one of his favorite professors. Who always told a lie. http://www.thinky.org/archives/2008/02/96 link to some links I'm scribbling down this weekend: http://cj.crowdvine.com/posts/show/553908 http://www.thinky.org/archives/2008/02/95 oreo "cakesters" are pretty much the best things ever. so horrible, but also so good. http://www.thinky.org/archives/2008/02/94 saturday school. http://www.thinky.org/archives/2008/02/93 mark hansen just gave a great talk. He's in statistics, design, and just built the new text art at the NYT building... Hawt. http://www.thinky.org/archives/2008/02/92 Man, do I ever wish I was going to Pervasive this year. First of all, it's in Sydney Australia. I so so want to get down there. Second, there are some really good workshops that will take place the weekend before the conference. I'm helping to review submissions for the ... http://www.thinky.org/archives/2008/02/91 installing 10.5.2. Plus, I got my super seekrit printhost working today. http://www.thinky.org/archives/2008/02/90 This story is from a trip I took in 2005 with my now wife. Malaysia is a very with-it and westernized country (at least by S.E.-Asian standards). But, while travelling, especially in the global south, all sorts of problems are bound to arise. This is a story about one of ... http://www.thinky.org/archives/2008/01/88 i can has wordpress + twitter integration? http://www.thinky.org/archives/2008/01/87