Ok, so maybe what Vimeo had was not a problem with programming, but communication and managing expectations. About 3 hours after I signed up for my account, I finally got a confirmation email. And then half an hour after that I got a bunch more emails that had been generated by my attempts to get a first confirmation email. I'm assuming that when Vimeo told me an email had been "sent" what they really meant was that a request had been made to a server that would eventually get around to actually sending an email. I have no problems with that, as long as I'm informed that that is what is going on. Instead I was told that if I don't already see an email, what I should do is check my spam folder or try getting another email sent...
Alright, I wimped out and postponed my capstone presentation until May 11th. I want to record myself and put it on my portfolio, so I really want to be well-prepared and alert and also not sound all scratchy and gross, and that just wasn't going to happen yesterday. So I went to I101 lab for a few hours and then came home and slept for a few hours, which suggests that I probably made the right choice...
I started getting that pre-sick feeling last night, and woke up this morning with nasal congestion and no energy at all. I've been able to stay conscious since about 2:15 this afternoon, but before that I'd get up to go to the bathroom or get some food only to get right back in bed and fall asleep...
Still busy! Still making things! Still no extra energy or desire to post about it. But I made a poster! And printed it out and presented it this morning to a panel of Informatics and Computer Science professors and I could maybe win like $15 if they like it...
Ok the past five days have just been exhausting from start to finish. I made a lot of crap but I'm too tired to list it. Instead I'm internet window shopping for umbrellas, because if I'm going to be living in Seattle I'm going to need an umbrella that can help counteract the grumpifying effect gray and rainy weather has on my mood. (I tried buying one from Old Navy but it broke the 3rd or 4th time I used it.) After all, what the hell else would I do on a Friday night...
One week until I need to have my capstone deliverables finished enough to prove that I can have it all truly finished by April 27th, and I've been busy capstoning away. More or less. Before I would work on a blog post about my capstone in order to feel like I was being productive without having to face "real" capstone work, now whenever I get too anxious to work on the paper itself I work on the presentation or the poster. I'm having the most trouble with the poster...
The first part of my capstone research began with a lit review. I looked for literature in three main areas: the psychology of flow experiences, ergonomics and healthy computing, and task interruption/disruption. I don't really expect people to read this stuff, and I'm going to be a bad academic and not cite things properly (I will include my bibliography at the end though), mainly I'm writing this as practice for summarizing things for my presentation. Skip to the end of the post for the relevant conclusions I've drawn...