The Montreal Experience |
In my efforts to fulfill a goal of seeing more of the world, I decided to stay within North America and see our neighbor to the North, Canada. Upon invite from a lovely lady, Montreal was my des...
Posted by D-Jam on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:45:00 PST |
Elvira Arellano Finally Deported |
The other day, "activist" Elvira Arellano was deported back to Mexico after claiming sanctuary for a year in a Church here in Chicago. For those who may not know, she is an undocumented immigran...
Posted by D-Jam on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:37:00 PST |
RIP: Tony Wilson |
It's hard to say goodbye to those who made aspects and elements of our scene, and the loss of Tony Wilson does hit hard on everyone. I never really even knew of the man until the movie "24 Hour ...
Posted by D-Jam on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:34:00 PST |
HCI 454 Presenting My Final Project |
Blog entry for week 10Well, originally this presentation was meant to be done in our final class session, but illness in the family of our instructor caused the last class to be cancelled. I was...
Posted by D-Jam on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:31:00 PST |
RIP: DJ Arguru |
It's a shame when the world loses a talented artist so short in life, before they even took the world to further greatness.On June 4, 2007, the world lost Juan Antonio Argüelles, aka DJ Arguru. ...
Posted by D-Jam on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:26:00 PST |
HCI 454 - Continuity is KEY! |
Blog entry for week 9At my place of employment, one of my tasks is to maintain a large internal web site for which I will call "Client" (for professional reasons). While handed a stack of nicely...
Posted by D-Jam on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:11:00 PST |
HCI 454 Google Wows Me Again |
Blog entry for week 8I remember when Google first launched their maps program, I was astounded. I was so impressed how Google took the simple idea of an online map and rather than just make it w...
Posted by D-Jam on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:54:00 PST |
The Art of Robert Brasher |
I was checking out ArtWorldChicago.com, one of my usual favorite sites for news and "what's new" in the Chicago art community, and was introduced to the beautiful artwork of local artist Robert Brashe...
Posted by D-Jam on Mon, 28 May 2007 02:17:00 PST |
HCI 454 - Advertising Gone Awry On Myspace |
Blog entry for week 7Ever since the dawn of the banner ad in 1993, advertisers have used to internet to hit us in every way, shape or form with advertising for every product and service imaginable.&nb...
Posted by D-Jam on Tue, 22 May 2007 02:54:00 PST |
Deckadance The Review! |
Two months ago, I did a usability look at the interface of the demo of Deckadance. While I seemed harsh on the developers for some parts of the interface, I still held great hope in this program...
Posted by D-Jam on Mon, 28 May 2007 03:56:00 PST |
