He wanted speed. They gave him freedom.

This is Iliamna. She made a new best friend, who happens to be a balloon. Really thought they would have more time together. 12/10

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This is Kabosu. She's the shiba inu whose face became the internationally recognized Doge meme after a photoshoot went viral in 2010. Kabosu passed peacefully today, May 24, at 18, after a long battle with liver disease and leukemia. Kabosu (which means Pumpkin in Japanese, so named for her round face), was rescued from a puppy mill shutdown and adopted from a shelter in 2008. She lived in Sakura, Japan, with her humans and three feline siblings. Her mom, a kindergarten teacher, first posted the picture of Kabosu with the wide eyes and daintily crossed paws in February 2010. The pup's pic made the rounds on Reddit and Tumblr, before the meme-ified version with colorful "Doge speak" captions began taking over. (such fame, wow.) Kabosu eventually became the face of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin in 2013, which, while created as a joke, reached an $88.8 billion market cap at its peak in May 2021. On Nov. 2, 2023, meme legends celebrated the inaugural Doge Day and unveiled a statue commemorating her. Many in the Doge movement use DOGE as an acronym for "Do Only Good Everyday." "I think Kabo-chan was the happiest dog in the world," her human wrote in a farewell post on the blog she maintained for Kabosu and her adventures. "And I was the happiest owner." A celebration of her life will be held Sunday, May 26, from 1-4pm at Flower Kaori in Kotsu no Mori, in Narita City. For her lasting legacy on internet culture, the legend Kabosu receives our highest honor, a 15/10

Nice #chiplay2023 work by @luzc08 (Zhicong Lu) on Danmaku participation game (DPG) live streaming by Chinese players dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36110…

#chiplay2023 opening keynote soon…

Check out the @acmchiplay conference 2023 full papers, now available to download in the PACM HCI Vol. 7 🎮🎓 @ACMDL @sigchi dl.acm.org/toc/pacmhci/2023/… #chiplay #sigchi #research #proceedings

contribute to @beastieball UXR / Player eXperienece: "F8" #chiplay2023

In light of white paper, "Change the rules" (Michael Iantorno/Marie LeBlanc Flanagan) gameartsinternational.networ…, Jen Whitson asks this wonderful panel of game-makers: 'Mama, do/or/don't you let your babies grow up to be gamedevs? #chiplay2023 [2/2]

#chiplay2023 Gamemakers Panel w Shahrin Khan @gooblegames / @VisaiGames, Graeme Lennon @graeme @KOOPMode, Damian sommer fancons.com/guests/bio/4915/…, Jayme Last @duskheart Laundry Bear Games linkedin.com/in/jayme-last-7… Stuart Hallifax linkedin.com/in/stuart-halli… programs.sigchi.org/chi pl… [1/2]

Thanks again for the lively discussion presentations, @CooneyCenter, @okohq @scratch @mrswordsmith_ @thegiantroom. Extra thanks to participants for the insightful Q&A. Co-design partnering with youth FTW! @ischool_umd @hcil_umd @adruin joanganzcooneycenter.org/eve…

Go @tlclegg @TammyUMD!! @iSchoolUMD @hcil_umd ✨✨

Unfortunately “KT,” I was told by one of your phone-based customer reps that calling me back is not allowed (despite this option being part of a @NavyFederal recorded message). Seems like @NavyFederal Security has become an ouroboros of itself.

Still trying to reconcile why and how this 2 hour, 40 minute on-hold call can be called service by @NavyFederal @NavyFederalHelp (esp for veterans "veteran"-customers).

Impressive range depth of @hcil_umd Trace Center accessibility work on display. @hcil_umd @iSchoolUMD @umdcs #hcilsymposium2023. More here: hcil.umd.edu/wp-content/uplo….

Fabulous #hcilsymposium2023 'design pedagogy' panel @Heera_Lee_ @VanHyningV @TammyUMD Jason Aston discuss taking risks, (re)learning from failure, making space for 'thinking thru design iterations...' Moderated by the-amazing @therealcaro @hcil_umd @iSchoolUMD

There's a wide range of AI/NLP work being done by @hcil_umd research teams - check out more in the #hcil2023 program: hcil.umd.edu/wp-content/uplo… @hcil_umd @iSchoolUMD @umdcs

That is, @SusannahPaletz (and her amazing team) remind us: "Methods that ignore breadth of emotional experience will limit questions, findings, new theorizing" !! #hcil2023 @hcil_umd @iSchoolUMD [2/2]

Weintrop @jimmyylin promote youth exploration of CS concepts in multiple modalities (physical, symbolic, block-based, actual 'code'/text), across all K-12 levels #hcil2023 @hcil_umd @UMDCollegeofEd @iSchoolUMD

ASSOCIATE Professor David Weintrop, @UMDCollegeofEd @iSchoolUMD, encourages us all to be part of CS Education K-12 at our 40th anniversary @hcil_umd Symposium Plenary 2023 (work w/phd student @jimmyylin!)