Comments on: Character study? http://thesis.tinabeans.com/?p=345 notes and musings for an MFA in Interaction Design thesis Sat, 07 Apr 2012 04:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kristin Breivik http://thesis.tinabeans.com/?p=345#comment-30 Kristin Breivik Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:54:54 +0000 http://thesis.tinabeans.com/?p=345#comment-30 Vera desperately needs to connect - maybe she could teach children to cook? Or people her own age. No matter, as I said in class, I totally believe in the "cooking with strangers" idea. Cooking creates a very safe environment far from the chat roulette concept, I believe. I honestly don't think the amounts of truly naked chefs will be a big issue for you :) Personally, I also feel a cooking program is compelling - Fondue Tuesday, or Carrot Thursday, Soup Sunday etc. This allows me to get excited about something, have a theme to talk about, and concrete steps to focus on to avoid awkward silence! Vera desperately needs to connect – maybe she could teach children to cook? Or people her own age. No matter, as I said in class, I totally believe in the “cooking with strangers” idea. Cooking creates a very safe environment far from the chat roulette concept, I believe. I honestly don’t think the amounts of truly naked chefs will be a big issue for you :)

Personally, I also feel a cooking program is compelling – Fondue Tuesday, or Carrot Thursday, Soup Sunday etc. This allows me to get excited about something, have a theme to talk about, and concrete steps to focus on to avoid awkward silence!

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