Soft Sustainability
My research focus is understanding long-term use of technology through a lens I call “soft sustainability.” While sustainability research in HCI has mainly been on the hardware aspects of environmentally-friendly […]
Category Archives: daily doilies
Giggling for no apparent reason: definitely non-conscious, perhaps cultural?
I’ve been working with a new boss for about half a year now, and every time we have a group meeting or a private conversation, I apparently laugh (not laughing […]
The new production of The Phantom of the Opera
I went to the premiere of the new production of The Phantom of the Opera, which started its US tour in Chicago. I was really looking forward to this new […]
Remixing Fairy Tales in Popular Media
What is it about imaginary worlds, fairy tales, and fantasy that excite us? While escaping reality through fiction has been one of the driving forces of popular media content- whether […]
Northwestern Campus
I realized recently that I didn’t have any pictures of campus and have been trying for the past few days to “smell the roses” more- paying attention to my surroundings […]
Private tagging on Facebook
There are a lot of pictures of me on Facebook, most of which were uploaded by other people. For self-presentation purposes (especially because I don’t want unflattering pictures of me […]
ICA 2013 in London
ICA is now over; although it was an unusually large conference this year (probably because of the nice location), it was the usual in terms of activities: presenting, networking, meeting […]
Busy summer 2013!
My last summer at MSU is proving to be a busy one. I’m writing papers about high school students, social media, and college access with Nicole Ellison and Chris Greenhow […]
D. Yvette Wohn 