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A Commencement Address for 2020

Good afternoon faculty, family members, and graduates of 2020,

8 min readJul 4, 2020

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A Commencement Address for 2020

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A remote learning lesson from my great aunt Doris

A few months ago, I found an old box of papers from my grandfather’s sister. A career stenographer for most of the 20th century, my mom’s…

7 min readApr 15, 2020

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A remote learning lesson from my great aunt Doris

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Robert Kalm
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What is a game?

A game is a framework for play and interaction. It’s an effective set of rules to direct our many forms of individual and group exercise.

4 min readSep 20, 2019

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What is a game?

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Robert Kalm

The Remembering Pool

On New Year’s Eve 2002, after living and working next to Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan for 16 months, I moved out of my hard-won…

4 min readSep 11, 2019

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Lower Manhattan without the towers, December 2002

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UX Collective

The one skill students need to learn

A recent promotional blog post on Medium from the startup Tagboard promises, “6 Ways to Increase Your Interactive Storytelling in Higher…

4 min readJun 27, 2019

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The one skill students need to learn

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Robert Kalm
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It’s time for Author-Centered Design

When I started teaching media creation to Web designers, the first text everyone handed me was Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug. It’s a…

4 min readMay 1, 2019

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It’s time for Author-Centered Design

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Robert Kalm

New Year; Beta You

This January, I noticed a lot of ads, links, and email subject lines with the cliché, “New Year; New You.” The copywriters weren’t even…

3 min readFeb 13, 2019

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Robert Kalm

The New Math is My Father’s Math

My father is an engineer. For a time, in the 1960s, he worked on the heat shield for the Apollo modules that took us to the moon. When the…

3 min readJan 30, 2019

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The New Math is My Father’s Math

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Robert Kalm

Voice is the Tech You Want

I loved teaching in front of live classes again this winter.

4 min readJan 23, 2019

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Voice is the Tech You Want

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Robert Kalm

You Write Your Voice

The Interactive Voice is the name of my first course and book. Choosing a title is always tough, but I’m confident now; I chose the right…

4 min readJan 11, 2019

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You Write Your Voice

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Robert Kalm

Robert Kalm

Producer and professor exploring writing and communication online. I blog about better interaction here and at bumpspark.com. Follow my course hashtag, #506iv.

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