Google’s new cloud service is not a cloud
I was very pleased when Google changed its Google Docs service to a more generic cloud computing service and named it Google Drive instead of Google Cloud. I never really […]
Gangnam Style (Media) effects
Bandura tried to show how influential media could be by showing how children exposed to a video of a person punching a Bobo doll imitated and even creatively elaborated on aggressive […]
Analyzing political speeches with Twitter
The Atlantic published a graph showing the volume of tweets related to the Democratic convention (w/ speech by Michelle Obama on second night) and how that volume compares with tweets […]
Roy Lichtenstein retrospective: copycat or innovator?
I am not a huge fan of the pop artist, but I immensely enjoyed the Roy Lichtenstein (1923-97) retrospective at the Art Institute of Chicago. I was unfamiliar with his […]
Detecting personality from how people customize their virtual city
After two years of rejections from very traditional psychology journals, I’m very pleased to report that my paper on spatial customization and personality has been finally accepted for publication at […]
Housing for tornadoes
Whenever I read or hear about tornadoes damaging houses, it is interesting (although a shame) that despite all our modern technology, we are so vulnerable in front of destructive forces […]
Vicious and Ingenious Social Media Campaign Against Shell: Who is the Joke on?
Kashmir Hill of Forbes has a great article summarizing the “nightmare” that the Shell Oil company is experiencing due to an anti-Shell social media campaign that was funded by Greenpeace. […]
Dawn Wohn Performing at Music@Menlo
My sister Dawn, who is a violinist, was selected as one of the ten artists of the international program at Music@Menlo, a chamber music festival in the Bay area. She […]
D. Yvette Wohn 