fruit checkpoint
Pinned notes
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When the website talks back
A few October design moves, the things that failed, and what they helped me see.
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Got to hold an Emmy at the Design Lab retreat!
Nadir shared The Last Gift at the Design Lab retreat and brought the documentary's Pacific Southwest Emmy along.
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technical papers i want to remember
Short notes on technical papers that changed how I explain AI systems, research artifacts, and model behavior.
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specialists, generalists, and AI as distributed cognition
A short reading note on Don Norman’s “Beyond Human Categories,” and why it helps me think about AI, research taste, and specialist/generalist work.
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what I learned redesigning my website with an AI coding agent
A short reflection on using Codex, screenshots, and design heuristics to redesign a research portfolio over two days.
reflections
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Got to hold an Emmy at the Design Lab retreat! Nadir shared The Last Gift at the Design Lab retreat and brought the documentary's Pacific Southwest Emmy along. - technical papers i want to remember Short notes on technical papers that changed how I explain AI systems, research artifacts, and model behavior.
- specialists, generalists, and AI as distributed cognition A short reading note on Don Norman’s “Beyond Human Categories,” and why it helps me think about AI, research taste, and specialist/generalist work. reading don norman · 2 of 2
an afternoon with don norman Don gave a talk at DLab about his charity, signed my Yellow Book, and told us to check out his new book reading don norman · 1 of 2 - what I learned redesigning my website with an AI coding agent A short reflection on using Codex, screenshots, and design heuristics to redesign a research portfolio over two days.
- science communication is kindness A short reflection on why scientists should communicate publicly, and how to do it with care.
- prototyping to understand humans Working notes on what good HCI research looks like when AI makes prototypes cheap.
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starting my pottery journey Three commissioned pottery designs, still drafts, from a course with Ellen Fager at the UCSD Craft Center.
guides
2 notes- research skills starter pack An ongoing self-study list for learning research reading, project scoping, writing, reviewing, Ph.D. life, and empirical methods. starting research · 2 of 2 how to start doing research at ucsd A short note for prospective undergraduate and master's research interns at UC San Diego. starting research · 1 of 2
