Craig Blackwood
CS247A Personal Web Page
Stanford
I am in my second quarter of full time study
at
Stanford University
working towards a Master of Science degree in
Computer Science
specializing in
Human Computer Interaction
.
Hewlett-Packard
In real life I work for
Hewlett-Packard
as a Software Development Engineer.
Courtesy of HP, I have a Resident Fellowship which provides one year of
financial support - and freedom from work responsibilities - to obtain
my MSCS from Stanford.
Thanks HP!
During my 8 years at HP, I have worked on a number of product categories
including internetworking products, a protein sequencer, printers,
plotters, and - most recently - multifunctional peripherals.
Out of all the products on which I have worked, the
protein sequencer control software and the multifuction peripheral
software
had the most significant user interface components.
You can see an ad for the
OfficeJet
multifunction peripheral. I helped define, design,
and create the software which turns
an OfficeJet into an OfficeJet LX. This software adds scanning,
PC faxing, configuration
and control to the basic features of the OfficeJet.
CS247
I am taking
CS247
- and HCI courses in general - in order to improve
my design and communication skills. I have been designing software
in industry for over eight years and I intend to use my time at
Stanford to
gain new insights as well as to
expand and reflect on my accumulated experience.
I like the intellectual climate at Stanford and so far my HHI (human to
human interaction) has been stimulating and productive.
Interaction
Action between or among. The word interaction in the context of
Human Computer Interaction represents the crossing of the boundary
or gulf between the human user and the computer tool. The goal is
to make the gulf as narrow as possible.
Computer
A tool with seemingly unlimited uses whose primary capability is computation.
Computers are employed by humans
to achieve or pursue some task or goal. The tasks and goals include
business, pleasure, enjoyment, and communication.
Passions
In my free time (of which I have had very little since arriving at Stanford)
I enjoy a number of activities:
- Spending time with Mary
-
Sailing - you might have guessed this one
-
Aikido
Craig Blackwood, craigbw@cs.stanford.edu
Copyright © 1996 Craig Blackwood
P.S.
This is the first web page I ever created!