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April 30, 2007
Getting a new DiamondSpin table for the HCI students
I've been talking to all the people I can find from the Mitsubishi Electronics Research Lab in a mad attempt to talk them into giving us a DiamondTouch table. We used to have one but Yvonne took it to the UK.
When I was working on the DiamondTouch table, the Java API (DiamondSpin) was in version 1.0 and was miserable to use. Needless to say, I was very burned out on it when we finished out project. However I was looking at DiamondSpin again now that it has become opensourced. So many improvements have been made that I am feeling antsy to do a new project. We have several students at Informatics that have project ideas that would be perfect for the ole DT Table.
I guess now what I need to do is get together with anyone who thinks they want to do a project and try to write up a project proposal to send to MERL.
Posted by whazlewo at 3:57 PM | Comments (0)
I never got into the flow...
In many ways, this has been one of the most painful semesters to date. Usually, the beginning of the semester is chaotic, you have new classes, new meetings, new due dates, and new deadlines. However, usually you make it through your first one or two weeks and finally get a hold of your schedule, letting you go into a sort of auto-pilot in terms of attending meetings and getting work done.
This has yet to happen this semester for me. I make good use of my calendars and to-do lists, but somehow I have spent a semester begging forgiveness from my advisers, peers, and students. I've been the king of broken promises.
I am somewhat excited to fill out the end of the year PhD review paperwork though. In all of this chaos I've had a really difficult time figuring out what actually was accomplished this semester.
My course went fine I think, the students seemed pleased.
My progress in the seminar class has been fine I think, I have gotten some sort of insight from all the readings. I'm not sure I can apply it, but I think most people have that trouble.
I am working on two seperate papers, one was submitted to INTERACT07, the other is just beginning.
I think i need to write a post on that paper, it will help me lay it out mentally.
Posted by whazlewo at 3:35 PM | Comments (0)