User:Petréa Mitchell

April 16th, 2008: I am ceasing my contributions to Citizendium for the time being. I have tried in several contexts to get usability taken seriously here and utterly failed. I strongly believed that this was the best hope for taking on Wikipedia, but if CZ wants to shoot itself in the foot on something this basic, I don't see any reason to keep trying to contribute content. Moreover, if I can't manage to accomplish anything in an area where I actually have some expertise, what business do I have working on anything else?

The photo gallery is still available for use wherever it may be helpful. And if attitudes change about usability, could someone please drop me a line? Because in that case, I will be happy to come back and start writing again.

Formal education

BS in Computer Science, Portland State University, with a minor in geology.

Major defineable interests

Languages; interaction between humans and machines; science fiction/fantasy and its community; geology and paleontology; cognitive and situational psychology; history outside of Western civilization. (Nothing against Western civilization, it's just that I get bored hearing about the same stuff over and over again.)

Other interests

Peter Cook put it best: "I am specializing in the Universe and all that surrounds it."

Petréa Mitchell Status    last updated January 1st, 2009    [edit plan here] Get your own infobox! • Group Status ~ Plans ~ Short term plans 1. Write usability articles. Longer-term plans 1. Pick up filling in the red links for the French republican calendar. 2. And the Positivist calendar. 3. And the SFWA Grand Masters. 4. Conquer world. ~ Roles and notes ~ Roles in the system 1. Author. 2. Usability advocate. 3. Random roving proofreader. Your page could be struck next! 4. Photographer. Here are some pictures available for anyone to use. Notes to self Click edit above to start these notes Public notes : Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo--/So little time! So much to know! (Yellow Submarine)