Not Just Telling Stories

Lately, it seems like my life has been filled with stories, tellers of stories, promoters of stories, and promoting with stories.

First, and most obvious, having a child in the house leads to lots and lots and lots of stories. And as I tell these stories, whether from a book or my head, I find myself asking whether the story I'm telling sends the right message. Does it teach my child a life lesson that is important? Does it teach good coping mechanisms?

Does the story show how to be an adaptable, compassionate and thoughtful person by example? 

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HCI Course Part 1 - Needfinding

As I mentioned previously, during April & May 2013 I participated in Scott Klemmer’s Human-Computer Interaction course from Stanford Online.

In this course, you will learn how to design technologies that bring people joy, rather than frustration. Helping you build human-centered design skills, so that you have the principles and methods to create excellent interfaces with any technology. (more)

Over a series of posts I'll share some of my coursework with you. This is the first of the series. Read them all!

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