From the monthly archives: September 2011

Dear Departed Icons

By On September 23, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Interaction Design, Technology

Hey kids, let’s sit down and read a bedtime story!

Once upon a time, we made photorealistic representations of everything we wanted to do on the computer. I know, right? Human ingenuity is so… plucky, cramming all that info into a 16×16 space.

Over time, a funny thing has happened, though – most of [...]

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Balancing Work and Life – Without A Net

By On September 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Acting, Girls in Technology, Life

While you might not know it by simply looking at my post count, I actually enjoy my day job (as a Senior UX Designer at Microsoft) just as much as I enjoy my evening-and-weekends life as an actress. It’s not just a day job, it’s my career. No running away to join the proverbial circus [...]

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Can’t Stop the Train

By On September 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Acting, Life, Medical

There’s a massive sense of inevitability in the middle of a performance for an audience. No matter what you do, you can’t really keep the scene from moving forward, even if you have a very good reason for it. Though I suppose it’s technically feasible to do so, it’s as if we’re driven by magic [...]

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Stage Brain

By On September 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Acting, Seattle, Speaking

A few weeks ago, I walked onto the Intiman Playhouse stage to emcee TheatreSports for the first time at that location. (I’ve performed there several times, but hadn’t MCed yet.) I had done all of the requisite emcee preparation – sound check with the crew, etc – and with my whistle and stopwatch around my [...]

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