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Post card from france:

Here is a great video (it is long, over an hour) of a talk Donald Norman gave in 2009. http://blip.tv/play/AYHNuigC (sadly, flash required)

This site is undergoing some changes. Firstly, you may notice that I have changed the homepage to have a static home page. It allows me to introduce myself to people who may want to just find out who I am without forcing my current thoughts on them. Secondly, I’m working on consolidating my Categories and reducing them. There are way too many. I’m going to keep putting information in the tags, but categories will probably start to shrink to a more reasonable number. ...

I saw this piece randomly. http://www.hulu.com/embed/amzomr0rGhlHy22D7Jd3gw It’s a TED talk form David Brooks (NY Times columnist) about the evolution of our social society. I picked up on it because my interest in college really focused around the power of social networks. This piece goes a little deeper. It talks beyond even our conscious networks, to our subconscious networks. This is an interesting aspect I hadn’t directly considered. This is not a scientific piece as much as it is an emotional one. I thought it was worthwhile. ...