Developing Usable Experiences

Trying for something

February 16th, 2009 11:26 pm —  27 views

dsc00846After my 4pm class ended today I headed to Cafe Royale to fill my coffee thermos. Maybe not the best idea, but I had a three hour class staring me in the face and I’d been up late the night before. And it’s looking like I’ll be up late again tonight. But I’m not working on a presentation, a paper, a design claim, a blog post1, or reading some journal article or book chapter.

This past weekend was almost exclusively devoted to school work. I know, I’m tired of hearing it too…but I need to make note of these things. Mixed in with studies was a funeral for the older sister of a dear friend. We shared pain in hope of relieving it in some minuscule way.

But the rest of the weekend was devoted to studying. Except when I did some chores around the house. Though I’m not saying what I did comes close to what others2 have been doing these weekends where I hole up in my cave to work on school stuff.

A classmate and I had submitted a business proposal to a local venture capitalist company that trolls the creative at SI. We were selected as finalists and had an interview today. If selected we can receive up to $25,000 to spend during a 10 week period this summer bringing our idea to life. We’ll see what happens. I’m looking forward to finding out what they think.

Besides that presentation and another presentation I gave in  a class on the analysis and design of online communities, today was just like any other day. A future at stake, a present in flux, a past to reflect on. Tomorrow will be like any other day too…except it will be a little different and I’ll have to make some adjustments. And that’s what keeps things interesting.

Image: A cat sleeping on my notes. And pen. Goofball.

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  1. Actually I am, but I’m referring to a blog post for class as opposed to one that I’m not graded on, like this one. [↩]
  2. Like W. [↩]

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4 Responses to “Trying for something”

  1. Spike on February 16th, 2009 11:35 pm

    I notice no related posts. Can’t help but think that’s a good thing. Means the post was unique maybe. Interesting.

  2. Dawn on February 17th, 2009 12:46 am

    I noticed that too…just figured it was a glitch. Ha. See what I know about this stuff! Good luck with the venture capitalist!!

  3. Melanie on February 17th, 2009 10:50 am

    God, Pico does that, too – always wants to be right in the middle of it. And that’s great news about the competition – good luck!

  4. Laiane on February 19th, 2009 10:09 pm

    Ah, nothing can be done without Cat Supervision! But the question is — does the cat want a cut of the $25,000 for “consultation fees?”

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