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.
Sorting in a meaningful way
Why doesn’t Google Reader sort posts in reverse chronological order? If I have 5 unread posts from a blog, I want to read the oldest ones first so I can catch up, especially if later posts reference earlier ones. As it is now, I have to scroll down and then read backwards (bottom to top). [...]
Sketch: Skateboarder
It’s been a while since I stopped drawing and lately I’ve had the urge to pick it up again. So, armed with a drawing pad, a pencil, and a magazine of skateboarding photos, I am ready to go. This is my first attempt. My aim is not to mimic exactly, but to get the posture, [...]
Thanks, I know how it works
I was at an A.C. Moore store today and had an interesting experience at the checkout counter with the elderly clerk. It all began when she condescendingly insisted on calling me “honey” (I’m sure she didn’t mean to be condescending, but I’m not a little girl). I took my purchases out of the basket I [...]
The rose has no name
You come across a rose flower and the moment you see it, immediately language jumps in and something inside your mind says, “a beautiful rose flower,” and you have destroyed something. Now it is neither beautiful nor a rose – a word is there. Don’t allow the word to interfere with each and every of [...]
Ominous clouds
That’s the building where I work on the right.
Incredible numbers
In the immortal words of a past colleague, “We’re all gonna die.”
The strange things you see on the Red Line…
This guy had a kitten on a leash at South Station. It was cute, yet very, very weird. Not to mention the guy himself…
