SOIC Printer Fleet Manager

I talked to Pete Bucklin and he pointed me to Kurt Stailey. His office is in the basement of INFO EAST. Supposedly, he manages all of SOICs printers. Alternatively UITS manages all of the computer lab printers. I'm going to try to interview him and I'll post the findings here. here is his profile. http://www.soic.indiana.edu/people/profiles/stailey-kurt.shtml

Check out Room Reserve System developed by Evanced

Cuyahoga County Library: http://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/stdformpage.aspx?ekfrm=12387&LangType=1033

Click on a branch to see the interface.

best of luck!
- Sidd

My own slow change

I don't know if this is the appropriate place for this or not, so if it isn't just let me know and I'll move it somewhere else.

Marty has asked us to consider a behavior in ourselves that we would like to try to change over the course of the semester. I thought about giving up soda, ice cream, french fries, or trying to make myself exercise more. Those would all be acceptable behaviors to change, but on the drive home I remembered a behavior that I was already trying to work on (with little to no success). I can't think of a nicer way to put it so hopefully nobody is offended by this: I want to become less of a bitch this semester.

Back in the early years of high school I was one of the nicest people you could ever meet. I never said anything about another person that I wouldn't say directly to them, I gave honest feedback without sounding judgmental, and I didn't pretend to be disappointed when people let me down. During the later years of high school I became friends with a group of people who thought the few bitchy and sassy things I would say every now and again were hilarious. So I just did it more. And more. And now I feel like it would be hard for me to hold a conversation that didn't involve me somehow making someone else look bad. I hope it's not as bad as it seems to me, and I hope that I'm just exaggerating, but I know that it could be even worse.

So my goal is to improve my social behavior. I'm going to try to relate everything I read in Switch (and the other books in this class if they apply) to my current goal. I've only made it to page 80 so far (sorry Marty), so this is what I have:

Find the bright spots: I know that I have non-bitchy conversations in some contexts, and really bitchy conversations in others. I'm going to try to find out what it is, exactly, that leads me into that mode of thought. Another version of "finding the bright spots" can be seeking out others who act in a way that I'd like to emulate. A lot of my class mates can help me there (especially my roommate! :)

Script the critical moves: "Become less of a bitch" isn't a clear enough goal, so I have to find out exactly what it is I need to do to help me accomplish that. This is something I'm still working on. I guess part of it can be "don't say something about someone that you wouldn't say directly to them." However, that rule can't be so black and white; there are definitely gray areas. It is possible to say something about someone that you wouldn't say directly to them in ways that are helpful. Sometimes venting can be important, but there is a very fine line between venting and just being a bitch. I cross that line all the time, so I need help figuring out how to stay on the good side of it.

Point to the destination: I'm still not completely sure what this chapter is about. I guess what I can go with for now is something similar to what Crystal Jones did for the Kindergartners, and say "I'm going to be a nicer person soon."

Wow! Sorry this post was so long. I wasn't expecting that to happen...but I'm not going to change it. This is my behavior I'd like to change, and I hope more of my classmates will post theirs on this blog as well. (unless this is the wrong place for it)

Austin

Switch

I just discovered that you can read the first chapter online for free:

http://www.heathbrothers.com/switch/chapterone.php

Purpose

This is a space to discuss and reflect on the topic of slow change interaction design. In particular, it's a good place to discuss the Heath & Heath and Akst books as well as cite relevant references.

In addition, post your insights here about design principles as they influence slow change. The goal, by the end of the semester, is to articulate a collection of slow change interaction design strategies.

It would be a good idea to link this blog to an RSS feed such as Google Reader.