Category Archives: Musings

Social interaction in ad-hoc communities

By Chloe Fan | Published: December 10, 2008
In preparation for my graduate school statement, I have been reflecting a lot on what I am excited and passionate about in HCI.  I encountered several ideas along the way that all point to something I called ‘local social collaboration,’ which with the help of my advisor Orit Shaer, was reworded to ‘social interaction in [...]
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Less busy. I guess.

By Chloe Fan | Published: November 13, 2008
Man, two weeks ago was brutal!  I’m glad to say that things have slowed down a bit, but it’s just the start of another exciting momentum leading up to the end of the semester.  Biggest relief is probably wading through all that Chinese homework and finally finishing the GREs! I am drawing towards the end [...]
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Invisible Children

By Chloe Fan | Published: November 3, 2008
It’s not often that I will spend the time to endorse a non-profit organization on my blog; in fact, this is my first. Wellesley WASA and WIVCF co-sponsored a screening of Invisible Children’s second documentary, “Go,” about a group of American students traveling to Uganda to experience first-hand the reality of the war-torn country.  The [...]
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Warning: May cause [good] exhaustion.

By Chloe Fan | Published: November 1, 2008
After a long day conducting studies for WiiPaint, I just need a chance to sit back and reflect on what I’ve done and what I’ve been doing.  But it’s probably not a good idea to do this while in the middle of an email and doing work for graduate school at the same time.  Huh.  [...]
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Future 101

By Chloe Fan | Published: October 17, 2008
I joke with my friends that even though I’m only taking 3 classes (including thesis) this semester, my 4th class is Future 101, where I’m applying to fellowships, grants, grad school, studying for the GREs, and figuring out what I can/want to do next summer. So far I’ve worked on a Daniels and a Schiff [...]
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