Spent last week at CHI 2001 in Seattle. I think I hurt my thesis advisor's feelings when I told him people were making fun of the cognitive modeling crew. Well, they were. Bill Gates gave the opening plenary, but his thinly-veiled two-hour advertisement was massively eclipsed by the closing speaker, Gregg Vanderheiden. Vanderheiden preaches the inclusion of features to assist people with disabilities - but that these features would be popular with the abled crowd, as well. Imagine if your Palm could recognize the face of your business associate walking down the hall towards you - and it could whisper that person's name in your ear.
Iron Chef vs. peeps. From the article in today's Oregonian:
"I just spoke to Iron Chef Morimoto and asked him if he'd ever cooked with Peeps before and he said 'Don't be ridiculous. Of course I have. You forget that I'm a chef in New York, and Nobu is well-known for its Peeps sashimi.'"
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