Natasha is a professional train rider, an amateur photographer, an avid kayak paddler, a long-time cartoon watcher, and a User Experience Designer at SAP. She lives in Massachusetts, on the outer outskirts of Boston.
Cancelling Rhapsody
I’ve been a long-time subscriber of Rhapsody’s music service (since 2005), but recently I decided to switch because of many little annoyances that finally made it almost unbearable to use. I may do a Rhapsody vs. Napster comparison at some point in the future, but today I thought I’d share my experience with trying to [...]
Wolfram|Alpha answers life’s tough questions
The new Wolfram|Alpha “computational knowledge engine” is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long while. My first impression was that this was just a big fancy calculator to help people solve NP-complete problems and complex differential equations and whatnot. Not that this wouldn’t be impressive in its own right, but it’s not exactly something [...]
The Ministry of Silly Walks
Taken at the "Importance of Presence in Presentations" session at the UPA Boston Mini Conference.
UPA Boston Mini Conference Slides
Many thanks to those who attended my presentation on “Connecting with Developers to Expand UX Influence” at the UPA Boston Mini Conference today. There were many excellent questions and I hope everyone found the presentation useful. You can download the slides here (in PDF form) or here (in PPTX form).
Connecting Xcelsius to Google Spreadsheets
This post has been moved to my new blog, Uncharted. Please continue the discussion there. I recently was looking for a way to connect my Xcelsius model to a Google Spreadsheet and thought I would share the process and some of my discoveries. Installing the add-on The first thing you will need to do is [...]
Frustrated with Delta
Don’t be fooled: this is NOT a ticket. Read my Delta horror story here.
“We’d like your feedback… but not really”
I just got off a strange phone call with AT&T customer service. They called my phone and asked to speak with Nick. I said that I was his wife. The woman on the line then proceeded to explain how they would like to ask Nick a few questions regarding the quality of service he received [...]
Interesting priorities
They spelled out "ten" and "seventeen," but I guess they just couldn’t squeeze in 3 more letters for the proper spelling of "through."
Internet concepts in real life
While funny, this would actually be pretty useful. Especially at book and electronics stores. toothpastefordinner.com
Count Olaf replies to a Nigerian scam
It started innocently enough. I got an e-mail from a “Mr. Davis Adams” about a large sum of money that he thought I could help him acquire. Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 4:15 AM Hello, I humbly crave your indulgence in sending you this mail, if the contents do not meet with your personal and [...]
