Groan...
Yeah, so it's been a long time since i've written anything. Why? Because my HCI prof decided it would be good if each one of us could recreate an entire mobile calendar system... and a GPS buddy tracking system. Because you know, how many times have you thought to yourself "You know what would be great? If I could have a calendar and find out who's walking down my street all from the same application!!!" (that was sarcasm, did you catch it?) So it's still not quite done yet, but i've been going crazy over the past 5 days getting it done (not because I procrastinated, but really, he only gave us about a week to do it) and for some reason I feel the need to type incoherently during this repeat of the daily show.
Seriously, have you ever had one of those days where you are doing so much that you look down five times an hour just to make sure you remembered to put your pants on in the morning? Maybe it's just because it's been cold, but really, this is how I have felt this week.
Going back to my HCI class, I need to rant on IS people for a minute. IS stands for Information Science. Theoretically, it is a specific area of computer science that has more to do with computers and people and less to do with computers. Practically, however, IS people have all the bad characteristics of Computer Science people with none of the good ones (yes, there are good characteristics of Computer Science people). Think one level below a philosophy major, maybe a step above a general studies major. But the worst part is, for some reason, they are all snobs. They think they are better than everyone else. They are told "the reason to be in IS is so that you aren't stuck in cubicle all day. IS people talk to people, CS people are shut ins." I would like to state, that in the real world, that's not true. Anyway, my professor for HCI (an IS person), thinks it nothing to just create an application. No big deal. The other big issue I have is that they pay so much attention to the best experience for the user that they ignore the actual device capability. For example, an IS person would say "You know what would be great; if when this app was running on this mobile device, if the mobile device would float in midair. That way, the user could use both hands to control the app!" Frickin' genius!!! Why don't you have it spray you with nice fragrances as well? Man I hate IS people.
I'm going to Georgia on Friday for an ultimate frisbee tournament. Shutup, it's awesome. Anyway, I definately won't be writing from that friday to the following sunday so don't expect anything.
My second newest favorite thing is google video. I'm not linking it, because my newest favorite thing is yahoo video, which has far surpassed google video. Mostly because you can find pretty much the same stuff but there's at least a relatively high chance on yahoo video that you can download and save the video to your computer (and not in some random google format). You can't download this one, but I highly suggest viewing it. Anyway, there's all sorts of wonderful daily show and football and everything else clips, go find em.
Aright, bed now.
Seriously, have you ever had one of those days where you are doing so much that you look down five times an hour just to make sure you remembered to put your pants on in the morning? Maybe it's just because it's been cold, but really, this is how I have felt this week.
Going back to my HCI class, I need to rant on IS people for a minute. IS stands for Information Science. Theoretically, it is a specific area of computer science that has more to do with computers and people and less to do with computers. Practically, however, IS people have all the bad characteristics of Computer Science people with none of the good ones (yes, there are good characteristics of Computer Science people). Think one level below a philosophy major, maybe a step above a general studies major. But the worst part is, for some reason, they are all snobs. They think they are better than everyone else. They are told "the reason to be in IS is so that you aren't stuck in cubicle all day. IS people talk to people, CS people are shut ins." I would like to state, that in the real world, that's not true. Anyway, my professor for HCI (an IS person), thinks it nothing to just create an application. No big deal. The other big issue I have is that they pay so much attention to the best experience for the user that they ignore the actual device capability. For example, an IS person would say "You know what would be great; if when this app was running on this mobile device, if the mobile device would float in midair. That way, the user could use both hands to control the app!" Frickin' genius!!! Why don't you have it spray you with nice fragrances as well? Man I hate IS people.
I'm going to Georgia on Friday for an ultimate frisbee tournament. Shutup, it's awesome. Anyway, I definately won't be writing from that friday to the following sunday so don't expect anything.
My second newest favorite thing is google video. I'm not linking it, because my newest favorite thing is yahoo video, which has far surpassed google video. Mostly because you can find pretty much the same stuff but there's at least a relatively high chance on yahoo video that you can download and save the video to your computer (and not in some random google format). You can't download this one, but I highly suggest viewing it. Anyway, there's all sorts of wonderful daily show and football and everything else clips, go find em.
Aright, bed now.
posted by Mike Oliver at 12:01 AM
1 Comments:
this entry cracked me up. the sad part is, I kind of know exactly what you mean about the pants. yesterday I was so busy that I didn't get to eat dinner until 10:45, at which point I was so hungry that I totally burned my tongue about six times because I couldn't wait for the food to cool down. gah.
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