Thoughts and sketches on humans, nature, running, and the end of the world
In the last few days, I have been frantically reading the The Naked Truth: A working woman’s manifesto on business and what really matters by Margaret Heffernan (Jory, thank you so much for the recommendation). Even if I felt a bit skeptical before reading it, after the first few pages I was completely hooked....
From dictionary.com “word of the day” for October 26 (I know, I am a little behind with my readings): Virago: an ill-tempered, overbearing woman; also, a woman of great strength and courage. Isn’t it interesting? I thought that men would find difficult to maintaining two contraddictory thoughts in their mind at the same time....
I went to see Good Night and Good Luck tonight at the Ambler Theater, and, after a long time, I remembered why I like cinema. I loved the Ambler Theater. Scott and I had several frightening experiences in multiplex theaters and solemnly promised to each other never to repeat the horror again (the screamingly...
Rosa Parks died on Monday at the age of 92. Almost exactly 50 years ago, on December 1, 1955, she refused to give up her seat to a white man and was arrested. She paid a high price for such a small gesture of defiance. She was arrested. She was harassed. She lost her...
Last week, I had a chance to conduct user interviews after quite a while. I loved any minute of it. There is nothing more rewarding (for me) than spending two hours with people I never met before (and probably I will never meet again) trying to understand the world from their point of view....
Often I hear these broad blanket statements on what people do or don’t do online: “people don’t read,” “people don’t scroll,” “people don’t wait.” It’s usually from those who have just enough knowledge of usability to be dangerous, but sometimes, alas, I’ve heard usability people uttering them. When I hear statements like this I’ll...