I'm a design researcher based in Seattle.
In practice, I've worked as an interaction designer, an architect, and a software developer. Prior to joining the Information School at the University of Washington, I was an interaction designer on staff with the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon and an architectural designer with Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.
My primary research interest is the role of information in design processes; the ways people seek, organize and share the information they need to do creative things. I'm especially interested in the representation and exchange of practical, how-to knowledge in the context of end use. For instance, I study how people seek and give advice for adapting technology to meet emerging needs. Some of my other interests include design education, end-user design and development and histories and theories of design.
As an undergraduate, I studied architecture and philosophy after an initial year in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. Additionally, I have master's degrees in histories and theories, from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, and in information science, concentrating in human-computer interaction, from the University of Washington.
