One of my favorite classes in college was CS:147 Intro to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). The class was terrific for two reasons:
1. The subject matter was so interesting I ended up doing my major concentration in HCI.
2. More importantly, Monzy was my TA.
Monzy is a PhD student in CS (HCI focus) at Stanford, [...]

So, Bebo sold to AOL for $850m today. A few quick reactions:
# I think Bebo’s audience was becoming less and less engaged in the site in recent months. My favorite metric to check as a measure of engagement is “time spent per visitor.” Using this metric, you can compare sites of very [...]

I haven’t been blogging much recently because I was on vacation for the past week. Part of that vacation was a trip to Sonoma (with @DrDiver) to recharge my batteries. I had a fantastic stay at a cute little B&B. I can’t say enough good things about the place.
I just got an [...]