Experimenting with a couple Feldenkrais movement protocols as an attention/sensing foil to the more performative Laban movement in preparation for teaching the Foundations of Interaction Design course again next week at CIID.

Any place rewards attention. We come to know a place by attending to it, and attending changes what there is to understand, which changes how we attend. Attention is the material of that knowing, and knowing a place this way has no end.

Slow Birding prototype updates from this past week. I've been exploring different ways to add context through eBird data integration.

Working on a personal project exploring ideas of Attention Sanctuaries, Place-Based Inquiry, “Slow” Movements, and Embodiment. The first Probe is a human synthesizer that maps sensor data while walking from the phone to sound attributes as a way of exploring relationships

Over the last week, I've been living with and using my [Slow Backyard Birding] prototype. This past week has been focussed on the data collection experience, making it fast and clean, fixing bugs, adjusting collection parameters, and experimenting with various feedback loops.

I put together a working prototype of a slow birding app to track and observe birds in my backyard. This is replacing paper spreadsheet on a clipboard. Today is the first day of data collection. It’s basically a functional wireframe prototype to iterate on the data collection.

New book day. Two new books arrived today from Spector books. No.2 “The New Designer—Design as a profession” is still in transit and No.4 “Pedagogies of machine learning” is releasing in April.

Taking on new projects! Need a senior design and research partner? I've got you covered. What I do: research, strategy, information architecture, interaction design, and prototyping. I've spent time in healthcare, industrial, consumer, connected product, and emerging tech spaces.

Hey Columbus friends. I’m going to be in Columbus Wednesday (today) evening through Saturday morning with my evenings free. Anyone available to meet up? I’m staying near Worthington.

I’m available for freelance/contract work, collaborations and even full time engagements. If you or someone you know needs help from a seasoned interaction designer, researcher, and strategist, let’s talk. Feel free to grab some time on my calendar: calendly.com/eadahl/30min

I wrote some thoughts and reflections on prototyping and the value of actually "using" your prototypes, not just "testing" them. Give it a read: link.medium.com/GwGZlvPydob

This morning I 3D printed a replacement hook for our dishwasher basket after the original one broke off and the superglue+sugru hack finally gave out.

I’m unexpectedly available for freelance work, collaborations and even full time engagements. If you or someone you know needs help from a seasoned designer, researcher, and strategist, let’s talk. Feel free to grab some time on my calendar: calendly.com/eadahl/30min

After a decade of use, I’m still using my felt coasters from @ixda Interaction 11 in my home office every day. Although I have taped them together to create a mega-coaster. #ixda #ixdalife instagram.com/p/CY__5pir2qm/…

Hey KY/TN friends, I’m heading your way this week to run 100 miles through the woods of Daniel Boone National Forest and Big South Fork this Friday/Saturday at the @nobusiness100!! instagram.com/p/CUYS_5BL8Op/…

You know you are a regular when the server brings you off menu condiments without you asking for them.