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sense (n) feel, perceive, understand, comprehend c.1400, "faculty of perception," also "meaning or interpretation" ... from sentire "perceive, feel, know,"

maya (n) : Sanskrit माया māyāa : ma (not) + ya (that) the illusion that the world can be seen only one way

I do design research at SonicRim, where, amongst other things I have fun, make sense of (analyse) the world (maya), pretend to be wise, and drink enormous quantities of tea in the process. This blog collects some observations I couldn't keep contained in my head.

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    • so, you're saying that the best email application in the world is not Remail ;) ?
      said arvind 2 weeks 1 day ago
    • I like the perspective offered by Dourish a great deal, probably because I used ethnomethods for my PhD dissertation. Regarding the point...
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      said arvind 22 weeks 22 hours ago
    • hi! it's funny - there's this bar in sacramento - Fanny Ann's - which has the bathroom signs that point to the other door - so the "women...
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