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…Dec 19, 20226Dec 19, 20226
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…Aug 20, 2022Aug 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…Jan 4, 2022Jan 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…Dec 12, 20211Dec 12, 20211
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…Nov 19, 2021Nov 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…Oct 20, 2021Oct 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…Aug 23, 2021Aug 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…Apr 21, 2021Apr 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?Dec 9, 2020Dec 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…Jul 20, 2020Jul 20, 2020
