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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
'Go Code Girl' Processing Workshop Registration is Open!
I'm pumped that registration is open for a workshop I'll be leading April 20 at the University of Ottawa. It's called Go Code Girl and it's going to be a programming...
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Cool Ed Tech at the Montreal Science Centre
I love science and tech museums, so while visiting Montreal this past weekend, I made sure to stop by the Montreal Science Centre. They have some really cool stuff...
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Story Graph Example Inspired by The Paper Bag Princess
Without giving too much away, I wanted to share an early example of the types of story graphs I'm working on for my thesis. This was my first example, and it's...
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Framing Devices With an Interactive Twist
You may recall that I recommended inklewriter as one tool for testing story ideas. I recently found an interesting piece of interactive fiction made with it and...
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This Year's Grace Hopper Submissions
Tonight is the deadline for the 2013 edition of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing's Call for Participation. Although I wasn't sure I was going...
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Coherent Emergent Stories
My thesis project is moving forward, which I'm thrilled about. Here's a high-level abstract that summarizes the system I am working on.Crafting satisfying narratives...
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Damsels in Distress
After all the terrible controversy and the failed attempts of sabotaging her Kickstarter campaign, Anita Sarkeesian's first episode of her video series on Tropes...
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What We're Not Doing to Tackle the Women in Tech Issue
Venture Beat recently ran an article about tackling tech's gender problem the right way (according to them, by teaching women to code). Part of the article discusses...
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My So Called Secret Identity
Have you heard about the comic My So-Called Secret Identity? It's been making quite the buzz among many of my academic and women-in-tech friends. I finally had...
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Thoughts on Grading Schemes
I spent my entire reading week grading an assignment from the first year game development course I TA for. The assignment was to design a board game with rules...
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Anita's Quilt is Going Strong, But We Need Your Help
Anita's Quilt is a collection of inspiring stories from real women in technology. I wrote about its launch back in September, and wanted to draw your attention...
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Kid Friendly Newspapers Via Augmented Reality
Someone recently shared this Popular Science article about an augmented reality app that 'translates' newspapers for children. The main idea is to simplify the...
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Are You Playing a Character, or Just Coaching Them?
Think of your favourite games that are about a particular character. Do you actually play that character, or are you just the coach? That is, are you able to fully...
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My Secret to Surviving Grad School With a Baby
When I reflected on all that's happened in the last year or so, I didn't mention how I managed to do it. My secret? An excellent support system!I'm really lucky...
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A Few Good Game Podcasts
Now that I finally have a vehicle that can play files on a USB key, I've been able to listen to podcasts to make the most of my commuting time. I've been focusing...
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Early Lessons for Carleton Quest
We've been asking new students to try out our new Carleton Quest app in the last few weeks. Although I don't have a huge amount of feedback yet, there are a few...
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Interactive Storytelling: Slides from CUSEC 2013
Here are my slides from yesterday's talk at CUSEC 2013. There are normally embedded videos in the slides; this version links to the videos online instead. Interactive...
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If Only All Conferences Could Be As Accommodating As CUSEC
I'm speaking at the Canadian University Software Engineering Conference (CUSEC) tomorrow in Montreal. I need to spend some time giving the conference organizers...
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On Allowing Boys Into a Girls' Camp
Today I had the pleasure of speaking on a panel about engaging girls in STEM at Actua's annual conference. I offered my perspective on computer science outreach...
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