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Billed as “a database of sources for physical computing parts, methods, software, and other resources”, the site is a weblog run out of the Interactive Telecommunications program at NYU. Bless ‘em for sharing the wealth.

It’s looking like my thesis paper and project are going to be more socially focused (CSCW: computer-supported cooperative work, social software, whatever you want to call it), but dorking out on the physical computing stuff is number two on my list of things to do after graduating next spring (number one is taking a long trip somewhere).

Also on the more arty side of design, my friend Carl mentioned that Golan Levin is going to be teaching here in the spring. Should be a nice break from the HCI classes I’m taking this fall: CSCW, taught by Bob Kraut and Paul Resnick (Neema’s taking it too), and Applied Reseach Methods, taught by Sarah Kiesler. My other two classes are my thesis paper and thesis project, advised by Jodi Forlizzi and John Zimmerman, respectively.