What does a completely virtual, remote internship look like? Guests Yiming, Kunal, and Shelby join hosts Ngoc and Harshali to chat about their experiences interning this summer. They discuss the trials and triumphs with working from home, finding creative ways to connect with teammates, and achieving that great work/life balance during Covid-19. 

Note: Yiming was a Product Design Intern at VMWare, Kunal was a UX Design Intern at Nutanix, and Shelby was a Product Design Intern at U.S. Air Force Detachment 12: Kessel Run. 

Disclaimer: We recorded remotely with each person in different environments. We're experimenting and will always aim to make every episode better than the last! 

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And we're back! Guests Tushar Gupta, Hannah Tam, and Gabriel Britain kick off the first episode by discussing their thoughts on the upcoming semester. From exciting class projects to personal goals (e.g. hitting the gym, picking up hobbies), they join hosts Ngoc and Harshali to talk about transitioning from "work mode" to "school mode", as well as sharing advice for students joining the program. 

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This season on the HC-Hive, hosts Ngoc and Harshali explore various topics related to UX, HCI, and what it's like being a graduate student at Georgia Institute of Technology. 

In this episode, host Su chats with Dr. Carrie Bruce and Rishma Mendhekar about inclusive design and accessibility. 

Host: Su Fang

Production and Edits: Jordan Chen

In this episode, host Su joins Dr. Amy Bruckman, a professor at Georgia Tech best known for her pioneering research in the fields of online communities and the learning sciences. They discuss several topics, from the evolution of social computing and content moderation to understanding how grassroots groups use technology. 

CW: Suicide (7:00-8:20) - mentioned while Dr. Bruckman discusses her role as a r/gatech moderator.

Host: Su Fang

Production and Edits: Su Fang

In this episode, host Su chats with Nandita Gupta and Avinandan Basu about the Aware Home, a focused research program at Georgia Tech. The goal of the Aware Home Research Initiative (AHRI) is to develop requisite technologies to create a home environment that can perceive and assist its occupants. 

Host: Su Fang

Production and Edits: Jordan Chen

This week on the HC-Hive, Jordan chats with Ryan Rumsey, CEO and Founder of Second Wave Dive, about how designers can work better with their business-minded partners.  They talk about Ryan's extensive background as a designer across many different companies and firms, how designers can utilize their existing skill-set to better understand their business partners, and how to develop a common language of design and business in cross-team work.   

Host: Jordan Chen 

Production and Edits: Jordan Chen

On this episode, Su talks with Dr. Rosa Arriaga, Associate Chair of Graduate Affairs in the School of Interactive Computing, about her work as a research scientist in the field of design for mobile healthcare.  They discuss how individuals from different backgrounds can apply their skill-sets to interdisciplinary design work, how her background in cognitive science helped lead to her current work in developing means for maintaining a continuum of care, and how she approaches advising MS-HCI students in project work.

Host: Su Fang

Production and Edits: Jordan Chen

On this episode, we talk with Jason Paul, an alum of the GT MS-HCI program and a current UX Designer at State Farm.  We discuss how he decided to pursue a career in HCI, the importance of effective communication skills as an HCI professional, and being an advocate for the importance of HCI work within cross-disciplinary teams. 

Host: Jordan Chen

Production and Edits: Jordan Chen

In this episode, we interview two students about their summer internships doing user research. Su Fang shares her experience working at Verizon Media in Sunnyvale, CA and Courtney Allen speaks more about her work at GrubHub in Chicago, IL. 

Host: Jordan Chen

Production and Edits: Jordan Chen