Bloomington is in the Design House
Friday, November 16th, 2007 by Kevin MakiceBloomington, Indiana is a unique mix of small-town community and big-city perks. The city of Bloomington is surprisingly tech-savvy, sporting an extensive local wiki and a growing awareness of its own technical expertise. At the Indiana University School of Informatics, our human-computer interaction program has a decidedly design focus and an active academic community, both online and off. Currently, projects—like the Design Studies Initiative and organizing a local Startup Weekend—are underway to connect our local human resources.
I am pleased to introduce you to several local bloggers of potential interest to the UX community. Current students and faculty in the HCI program at the School of Informatics include:
- Marty Siegel, faculty
- Erik Stolterman, faculty
- Christian Briggs, Ph.D. student
- Heekyoung Jung, Ph.D. student
- Justin Donaldson, Ph.D. student
- Kevin Makice, Ph.D. student
- Marty McCrory, Ph.D. student
- Richie Hazlewood, Ph.D. student
- Will Ryan, Ph.D. student
- Aaron Houssian
- Amber Kim
- Ankit Khare
- Balakrishna Chennupati
- David Roedl
- Jamie McAtee
- Jason de Runa
- Kenton Hankins
- Kshitiz Anand
- Mike Madison
- Mingxian Chang
- Shruti Bhandari
- Tyler Pace
- Vignesh Ramesh
- HCI/d Course Blogs: Orange, Blue, Purple, Red, and Green
- Virtual Worlds for Serious Use
- HCI Design Evaluation Methods
- Interaction Culture
Other local technology blogs include:
- First: Principles and Bloomington Geek Dinners (Ben Fulton)
- geek-guides (Elijah Wright)
- Storygeek (Mark Bell)
- UberNoggin and Second Life Education Research (Sarah Robbins)
