Goodbye 2008. Also: Top 10 of 2008
December 22nd, 2008 § 1 Comment
The year is over, and it’s definitely been an eventful one: lots of ups and downs. I am just relieved that finals are over!
Packing for a week in Louisiana visiting the fam. The weather there has been pretty nutty lately: snowstorms, record lows followed by record highs, raining frogs, etc. Not exactly sure what to pack! Looking forward to some gumbo and fried catfish, and rough-housing with my nephews.
Here’s my annual top 10 album list, followed by a mix of selected mp3s from said albums. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did this year!
See ya in ’09!
- Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
- Chairlift - Does You Inspire You
- Mount Eerie – Dawn
- She & Him – Volume 1
- Beach House – Devotion
- Jolie Holland – The Living & The Dead
- Rachael Yamagata – Elephants/Teeth Sinking Into Heart
- Santogold – Santogold
- Thee Oh Sees – The Master’s Bedroom Is Worth Spending The Night In
- Cat Power – Dark End Of The Street
Decemberrrr
December 13th, 2008 § Leave a Comment
Wow. December already? This year is flying past.
I’ve been swamped with school and work stuff mostly. The new year is looking even busier. My first semester at AAU is drawing to a close, and I’ve feel like my brain is about to burst with all the new stuff I’m learning… and that’s just from 2 classes. Next semester I’ll dive into web tech, which should be interesting.
Visited Intuit’s usability lab with my ux class. We got to poke around their observation rooms and play with the ultra-cool eye-tracking software. I wish every practitioner could have this asset at their disposal. We got to run a quick test on the university’s website, which confirmed my initial reaction when I enrolled that the user has no idea where to look or what to do first.
Heading to Louisiana for the holidays next week… but I’ll try to make my annual top ten albums post before then!
