Daveena Tauber, Ph.DWhat even is writing?As a writing professor, I never looked for plagiarism. It looked for me. I would be reading along and suddenly a sentence or a paragraph…6 min read·Dec 19, 2022--6--6
Daveena Tauber, Ph.DMeaningful work if you can afford itThere is an oft-told life narrative in which a middle-aged white person, having climbed the corporate ladder — or a young white person…10 min read·Aug 20, 2022----
Daveena Tauber, Ph.DElizabeth Holmes and the Language of Plausible DeniabilityStaying out of jail was not among the list of reasons I typically gave my college students when trying to inculcate the value of writing…7 min read·Jan 4, 2022----
Daveena Tauber, Ph.DSeinfeld’s Mac SE — how we are dated by newnessRewatching Seinfeld on Netflix, I can’t help but notice that there is a Macintosh SE that sits completely untouched in the corner of…4 min read·Dec 12, 2021--1--1
Daveena Tauber, Ph.DRequiem for an insurance agentActually, Diana wasn’t even my insurance agent. She was the front-desk person for my insurance agent, the one who processed my payment…2 min read·Nov 19, 2021----
Daveena Tauber, Ph.DThe Weirdness of the Flexible Health Spending AccountThe flexible health spending account — the thing where you put your money into an account and then pay yourself back for medical expenses…2 min read·Oct 20, 2021----
Daveena Tauber, Ph.DinBootcampA delightful experience?When I first heard the word “delightful experience” used to describe software, the phrase simply didn’t compute. To begin with, my…3 min read·Aug 23, 2021----
Daveena Tauber, Ph.DOn trial: the death of Black menListening to the verdict today, I sensed that what was on trial was not whether a white officer killed a Black man named George Floyd…2 min read·Apr 21, 2021----
Daveena Tauber, Ph.DParents, the pandemic, and school software —a steep learning curveWhy should we think about parents as users of school-based software?10 min read·Dec 9, 2020----
Daveena Tauber, Ph.DRepetition as a negative inflection point in a user journeyYou have just entered your 11-digit health insurance member ID into the keypad on your cell phone. There is no option to enter it verbally…3 min read·Jul 20, 2020----