About Meeee

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About Meeee

Who am I? Hmmm what shall I say? I’m currently an Interaction Designer at a cool stealthy startup. I first learned about HCI (Human Computer Interaction) while obtaining a Masters the at UC Berkeley (now the new pimped out iSchool!). I love technology, especially online slots, and I love people… what better combo to have? You can find out more at my more formal website.

What’s in a name? The blog name is because I like to monkey around with notions … or some people might read this blog and think that they are notions from a monkey  . Take a read and decide. I used to have another blog on Blogger called Smartnotions, but that was too lofty of a goal to attain.

*Please note that ideas and writings expressed on this blog are not a reflection, endorsed, or unendorsed by my current employer, or past employers (AOL, Accenture).*

Fortune Cookie Fun
May 31st, 2007

Photo Credit: Flickr, ukslim
One of my favorite things after eating a Chinese meal is the fortune cookie. Yeah, I know it’s not even a Chinese thing! I started thinking why do I love the online casinos USA fortune cookie?

1. Element of Surprise – What kind of fortune am I going to get?
2. Tasty – It just tastes good!
3. Resourcefulness – You can eat the shell of the fortune, and save the fortune for when you’re having a bad day.
For all those building web products, I think we can learn a thing or two from our experiences with the fortune cookie. How can we build elements of surprise? How can we recirculate and re-use what we already have? How can we delight our users? Above all, how can we make it a tasty experience?

Smithsonian Altered Photo Contest
May 15th, 2007
Cindy Li, a great photographer, is in the Smithsonian Altered Photo Contest. Click here to vote.

Stick shifts and safety belts
Cindy Li
Reston, VA
WARNING: Terrible UI to vote… You will need to log into the forum and a link for “4th Annual Photo Contest – “Altered” Finalists” will appear above the post a new topic and new reply buttons. Click that link and vote with the radio buttons.

Posted on: April 27, 2010