Evelyn Ma

Interaction Designer. Innovation Catalyst. French Macaron Lover.

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Typeverything.com - LOVE by @andreirobu

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Early morning breakfast doodle. San Francisco, I love you.

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'Women In Science' 

A mosaic featuring nine awesome female Rock Star Scientists. • Ada Lovelace - mathematician considered to be the world’s first computer programmer for her work on Charles Babbage’s early mechanical general­purpose computer, the analytical engine. The input was to be provided to the machine via punched cards, and her notes on the engine include what is recognized as the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine. • Marie Curie - pioneer in the field of radioactivity, as well as the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes in both physics and chemistry. Her achievements included a theory of radioactivity, techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two elements, polonium and radium.

• Lise Meitner - Nuclear physicist often mentioned as one of the most glaring examples of women’s scientific achievement overlooked by the Nobel committee. Meitner was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission (when one atom splits into smaller parts and releases energy), for which her colleague Otto Hahn was awarded the Nobel Prize. In 1997, element 109 was named meitnerium in her honor. • Barbara McClintock - produced ground breaking research in cytogenetics and developed the technique for visualizing maize chromosomes. Best known for her discovery of transposition and used it to demonstrate that genes are responsible for turning physical characteristics on and off.  • Grace Hopper - computer scientist who developed the COBOL computer programming language. She also popularized the term “debugging” for fixing computer glitches after being motivated by an actual moth removed from the computer.

• Rachel Carson - marine biologist, conservationist, and author known for advancing the environmental movement. In her book Silent Spring, published in 1962, she reported the dangers of the synthetic pesticide DDT and it’s effect on wildlife. Carson claimed that it was especially detrimental to birds as the ingestion of the pesticide caused birds to lay thin-shelled eggs that would break prematurely and which resulted in significant population declines. • Rosalind Franklin - biophysicist who contributed to discovering the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal and graphite. Her work on X-­ray diffraction images of DNA led to her discovery of DNA double helix and her data was used to formulate Crick and Watson’s 1953 hypothesis. • Esther Lederberg - microbiologist who devised the first successful implementation of replica plating and helped discover and understand the genetic mechanisms of specialized transduction. These contributions laid the foundation for much of the genetics work done in the latter half of the twentieth century.  • Jocelyn Bell Burnell - astrophysicist who discovered the first radio pulsars (signals coming from rapidly rotating neutron stars). Some have called this the “greatest astronomical discovery of the twentieth century.” She made the discovery while under her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish, for which Hewish shared the 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics with Martin Ryle, while Bell Burnell was left out despite having observed the pulsars.

Designs by Megan Lee Studio

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Here's to pioneering women. Random fact: in 4th grade, my class was assigned with writing a biography on a famous person. We also had to share our report in front of class dressed up as that person.

I (or my dad) chose Marie Curie and she's had a place in my heart since.

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Trees in my neighborhood... I <3 SF.

And thanks to TUTS for great Illustrator tutorials.

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London Calling

Beautiful cityscape and use of blend.

Made with Pencil by 1992-x

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Here's to my friend, C. Dowsett, who's headed back to the land of koala bears and kangaroos.

I'm glad you're doing this, even though it means boring tea breaks for me.       -Rasmussen

P.S. lmk when you need my address to send those wedding invitations!!!

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How to draw a fried egg 

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Jungle buddies

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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

Made with Paper by rammamak

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There's something about Monday mornings, especially cloudy mornings, that make me want a treat. Today, I went to Café Borrone for a Mexican mocha before catching my shuttle. It's going to be a good week.

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Typeverything.com - Lululemon Retail Artwork by Ryan Hamrick

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Go Feedly for asking for ratings in a human, emotional way. None of this "rate the app" pop-ups that annoy. Instead, as I was flipping through articles, this little request came through. It's personable, friendly, and fun. If only more people would follow this lead.

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Caltrain life hacks. I met a nice gentleman today at the Mt. View Caltrain who modified the Caltrain schedule and attached it to his bike's water bottle. It helps him know when he needs to be at the station, especially when he might miss his usual train. He's also a proud winner of one of the "fancy" google bikes. Notice it has gears. He also had a nice garage door opener, a bell of course and a cup holder for his traveling needs.

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Emotional Design sketch notes from CascadeSF’s UX Night. Let’s inject the love into our designs! Thanks to Marissa Louie and Kylie Tusto for the great talk.

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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef - awe-inspiring.

The Great Barrier Reef is a wondrous place, spanning some 2,000 km’s. The reef is home to turtles, dolphins, fish and colorful coral. Unfortunately, the silly Australian government is considering allowing a coal company to turn the reef into a shipping highway for cargo ships. The reef is already dying because of pollution and shipping damage, so this will only speed up the damage. Stop being stupid, Australia (I’m from there so I can say that).

Let’s save the reef for all of us who enjoy snorkeling with turtles and seeing magnificent cities of coral in their natural habitat. 

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Life.

Fill your life with experiences, memories and stories - not things. As Art Buchwald said, “the best things in life are not things.”