Kevin Makice
Graduate Student
Associate Instructor
- Phone
- (812) 856-0708
- Office
- Informatics East PhD Lab
- Web Site
- www.blogschmog.net
Biography
Kevin Makice attended DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, graduating in 1990 with a degree in physics and an interest in theatre. Starting in 1995, Kevin began studying internet programming. A freelance programmer under the company name, "Real World Creations," Kevin left the world of self-employment to take a job with Indiana University in 1999 as Web Services Coordinator for the Kelley School of Business. Until 2004, Kevin telecommuted from Bloomington, Indiana to TicketsNow.com, an Illinois-based event ticket brokerage company, serving as the primary internet developer.
Currently, Kevin is pursuing a master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction Design (HCID) at Indiana University's School of Informatics. Project work includes:
- online community design for parents
- wiki interactions and process in online collaboration
- Conceptual frameworks for design based on complexity and relational-cultural theories
- pervasive educational game to improve awareness and behavior regarding obesity
- block input devices for small children (to replace a computer mouse for children's games)
- conceptual design to address needs of gangs and "broken window" communities
- an empathic scheduling system to promote authentic intereaction with senior citizens ("mPath").
- a phone-based controller for TiVo digital recorders
mPath won first place in the student competition at the CHI 2005 conference in Portland, Oregon in April 2005.
