Diane K. Jakacki

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    I’ve avoided writing on this site for months now. There was plenty to write about, but I just couldn’t bring myself to share most of it. The emotional intensity of the last several months left me tired, and sad, and unable to make enough sense of what was going on to post anything.

  • A Thanksgiving Lego Battle for Middle Earth

    A Thanksgiving Lego Battle for Middle Earth

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    One of the highlights of my Thanksgiving was playing through the Lego Lord of the Rings video game with my nine year-old nephew. I’ve been considering using the game as part of a module on interaction design for my spring course, and so tricked him into helping me field test it. It took us two…

  • Priorities

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    I consider myself to be relatively well organized when it comes to work. I keep lists (I use Things synced between my Mac, iPad and iPhone to organize just about everything in my life), and I use DevonThink Pro Office to keep track of all research and most of my teaching resources. While my desktop…