Last updated Mon 24 Apr 2006 Member since February 2006
End of summer. The beginning of the 2008 academic year. It’s a time when we start to think about our accomplishments and ask ourselves ‘what’s next?’. To date, Yahoo! Research Berkeley rocked. We released several project prototypes, published work in major conferences, and gave talks around the w more
Wed 20 Aug 04:04AM EST
Hey there, readers - we’re still here. We’ve just been busy making all the things we worked on at the lab real in some way or another (and yes, Fire Eagle is coming soon). So we’re not blogging every few minutes like some other sites… but we did write a few interesting papers in the meantime (come more
Thu 24 Jan 08:30AM EST
Phew. The CHI 2008 paper deadline was yesterday, and our people where involved in a total of five different papers. That’s a lot of work, and a lot of time. Sometimes we need to remind ourselves why we do it. Indeed, people inside and outside the Yahoo! organization often ask “Why do we publish a more
Fri 21 Sep 01:11AM EST
It’s 2006. Where are the personal helicopters, robotic maids, and hoverboards? Steak in a tube it’s not, but there is a bright spot in our not-so-futuristic future: the cell phone. Seriously, 30 years ago who would have imagined we’d all be able to make phone calls, take pictures, listen to music more
Thu 07 Sep 03:55PM EST
Most photo frames don’t excite us. There are exceptions , but for the most part, a frame’s a frame. So when Ed Sinofsky sent us a frame to check out, we were a bit skeptical. Until we plugged it in. Ed earned his Ph.D. from the Optical Science Center at the University of Arizona, and his PhotoG more
Mon 04 Sep 03:55PM EST
Exaggerated faces that look like they’re made of playdough, expressions that scream cosmetic surgery gone horribly, horribly wrong… They call it jowling, and here’s how it’s done: Grab a friend. Ask him to loosen his facial muscles, then shake his head side-to-side, fast. Now fire away. (Use fl more
Thu 31 Aug 03:55PM EST