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John L.

John L. asks a lot of people a lot of questions and loves observing how people use things. He’s an interaction designer for the Intel AppUp center and he’s just celebrated his first year as a New Yorker living in Argentina. He has a wife, a six year old and a two-month old, both boys. He’s looking forward to a lot of football in the future, both the soccer kind and the American kind. And yes he’s still finding ways to keep up with the Yankees.

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You know when you have two kids you simply become totally uncool and moderately uncommunicative. It’s not really the lack …

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Let’s all just admit it: nothing soothes the troubled mid-30’s adult like a game of Tetris. We can all remember …

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We all dance to Bollywood music, right? I’m not alone. I know I’m not alone because my six-year-old and I …

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As an interaction designer, I take a lot of notes. I take them in the field when I’m asking people …

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I get a little bit homesick sometimes. But there’s one thing I never have to worry about missing here in …

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There’s a reason why Angry Birds is so popular. I don’t think it answers humanity’s age-old desire to fling birds …

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If curiosity really killed the cat, then I’m in grave danger. My whole job is about curiosity. I want to …

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Several months ago, we ran the Intel AppUp® center Wired to Learn Contest. We asked parents, teachers and administrators to …

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An octopus is eating my son’s head. Here’s what happened: My six-year-old son loves taking pictures with my phone, my …

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It’s like the Yankees don’t know that I’m gone. Or they don’t really care. Or something. What I’m saying is …

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I’ve been thinking about pinball lately. There’s not a lot of pinball in Argentina (though there’s a lot of foosball), …

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