Andrew Ko, Ph.D. — Assistant Professor — Information School

I collect my daughter's quotes, because she's cool and clever. You'll find them nowhere but here.

Smell my meat breath!

Elle, just after DeAnn asked her what she tells people I do for a living.

Daddy, something doesn't feel right in my pants.

Elle, shortly before saying, "they're on backwards", June 5th, 2009, 7 pm

Hold on, I have to go get some cheese!

Elle, just before the last round of our tied Pictionary game, May 24th, 2009, 10 pm

Elle: Daddy, do you have a soul?

Andy: Well, that's something that everybody decides for themselves, but I believe that a soul is something we have while we're alive, but then we return to nature.

Elle: Because I think a soul is a big strong bar, and a wrinkly garbanzo bean and its like it just got out of a swimming pool, with wrinkles on it's fingers, and it has a surprised look on it's face when we're dying, because it's slipping off the bar and it can't hold on.

Andy: So is this garbanzo part of you or a separate thing?

Elle: I guess he's in me. Actually, he's my brain.

Elle, while driving back from Kirkland February 2009

Trouble's butt smells like lemons!

Elle, hugging Trouble while he dangles upside down January 17th, 2009, after breakfast and morning errands

You know, some times I think trouble has the heart of a lion, but the body of a domestic cat.

Elle, watching Trouble stretch at the end of my bad December 23rd, 2008, morning

Elle: "I wanna check my swim schedule."
Andy: "Good luck!" I say, tickling her and turning her upside down.
Elle: "Albacaster! Albacaster!"

Elle, after telling her we need a tickling safe word, like alabaster or almond joy. December 7th, 2008

"You know, I never really did like it when big masked people stand next to me."

Ellen, at Black Bear Diner in Beaverton, after a man in a black bear costume posed next to her.
November 30th, 2008

Me: "Hey Elle, is my glass half full or half empty?

Elle: "Both. Neither. That's a dumb question!"

late one Tuesday night at India Bistro on Roosevelt
November 25th, 2008

Me: "His grandmother died this morning. She didn't get to see him become president.
Elle: "I hope my grandmother lives to see me become president!"
Me: "You could be president easily."
Elle: "Easily? I'm good at subtraction! [singing] I'm pr oud to be an American, American, American, I am proud to be an American, an America, that's me..."

Ellen on election night, just before Obama's speech
November 4th, 2008

"I am weird in the physical direction! But two three four kids have detention!"

Ellen, singing to entertain herself on the way to school.
October 29th, 2008

"It takes a long time to make a movie. But it turns out really good in the end! I like it! Like the tree falling over on Alice and she said ow, that one was great!"

Ellen, talking about what she thinks about the Alice programming environment.
October 7th, 2008

"This is paper, it's made out of trees. That is your butt, which you poop out of. And your pee hole is nearby. And I am a child. And you are a mammoth! A cat!"

Ellen, talking to Trouble, begging at her foot
September 14th, 2008

"Hey, look at them, secret romance!"

Ellen pointing out a couple of cranes at the National Zoo.
March 23rd, 2008

Now how exactly would I avoid that?

Ellen, after Kit sees on the news that Jamie Lynn Spears was pregnant and tells Ellen, "Don't you go having a baby at 16."
September 27th, 2007

I drank the blood of the unicorn so now I'm livin' my life eternally grateful. Ye'ep.

Ellen, in monotone hillbilly accent.
September 27th, 2007

me: fixing your fishing poles?
elle: they're not fishing poles!
me: what are they?
elle: they're decorations to represent the fishing poles! Duh, Dad.

Ellen, while arranging ball bearings and magnets in her room
September 24th, 2007

Good job Dad, its your second joke of the day.

Ellen deadpan reaction to my attempt at humor.
July 7th, 2007

You're goin' down, babeh!

Ellen on her third frame playing Wii Sports bowling.
June 2nd, 2007

Oh Daddy, would you please set me free from this sandwich!

After nibbling on her lunch for half an hour.
May 5th, 2007

I am doctor Ko. Please enter your first, middle and last name. I am doctor Ko. I am doctor Ko. I am doctor Ko. Off!

Ellen, with her head band in front of her head.
March 1st, 2007

Guys...sometimes I think I'm not really here. I think I'm actually in a snow globe.

Driving Elle to school.
March 1st, 2007

This is pretty good, you know....but I didn't say it was fantastic.

I give Ellen a toasted tuna sandwich.
February 10th, 2007

Cats use painful sign language to say I don't want to be touched.

After getting scratched by Trouble the cat.
December 17th, 2006

Leave my name ALONE!

When talking about taking and giving last names, I asked Ellen what she would do if she got married.
December 11th, 2006

First its a lumpy thing, then its sort of a baby, then its a teeny tiny baby, then its a baby, then its squished and it falls out.

Ellen describing the gestational process to her pre-school peers.
February 15th, 2006

		Andrew J. Ko Assistant Professor The Information School University of Washington Box 352840 Seattle, WA 98195 206-221-0352 ajko \| @ \| uw \| edu Mary Gates Hall 310F Interested in a Ph.D. in HCI or software engineering? Apply to the iSchool or CSE and work with me as part of dub! If you're already a student at UW, let's chat. 09.22.09 presented Attitudes in Young Adults' Computing Autobiographies 06.29.09 VL/HCC paper on code autobiographies to appear 05.30.09 FSE paper rejected for using qualitative methods 05.23.09 presented The State of the Art in EUSE at SEEUP 05.15.09 presented to the iSchool founding board 01.15.09 my CHI '09 paper was accepted. 11.05.08 I gave a talk at DUB. 09.16.08 I am now faculty at UW. Come do research with me! 05.10.08 I've posted the Whyline for Java for download! Try it out. 05.08.08 I submitted my dissertation! 04.15.08 I'm finally back in Pittsburgh, takin' it easy, writing a few journal papers :) 03.16.08 My Whyline for Java paper won distinguished paper award at ICSE 2008! 02.28.08 read L'Sociopath 02.12.08 read Out Stealing Horses and Black White and Jewish 01.28.08 posted the ICSE '08 Whyline paper 01.8.08 peering through panels 01.6.08 parity 12.29.07 read road 11.13.07 finished misadventure 101 08.15.07 finished the whole is elucidated 08.07.07 poetry by yours, (truly!) 07.25.07 wow, it's been a while. i've been a bit bookish lately, reading Sophie's World and No Country for Old Men. 06.12.07 finished a chilling killing 06.06.07 three hundred ninety two creepy crawly bug legs 05.29.07 Finished Flowers for Algernon. 05.25.07 Posted slides for my ICSE 2007 talk. 05.21.07 Finished Wharton's Summer. 05.11.07 Ellen did a wonderful job at her first violin recital! 05.06.07 Yay! New colors. 05.06.07 Finished Pride and Prejudice. 05.04.07 Added a collection of Ellen quotes. 04.29.07 Reorganized reading page chronologically and hid the comments until a mouse over. Added a comment on Fausto-Sterling. 04.28.07 Yes, animation can be annoying. But I needed an excuse to play with Javascript. You can put up with it for a while. 04.26.07 The fifty first state 04.20.07 Comments on My Mortal Enemy and yay for sepia! 04.12.07 Comments on Frankenstein and new fwf entry. 04.04.07 Posted comments L'Engle's Wrinkle. 03.27.07 Posted comments on Postman and Melville, and two new musings on meditation and flying 03.06.07 Remembered a bunch of books I read! 03.02.07 Added page about fwf 02.27.07 finished Dubliners 02.26.07 musing: dying 02.24.07 musing: war and sacrifice 02.18.07 finished Slaughterhouse-Five 02.15.07 added some summaries to reading list 02.12.07 posted EUSE SIG for CHI 07 02.09.07 added Ackerman quote 02.08.07 musing: race me 02.05.07 posted camera ready of ICSE 2007 paper 01.27.07 musing: mediated living 01.06.07 bit of a site redesign
	Ellen I collect my daughter's quotes, because she's cool and clever. You'll find them nowhere but here. Smell my meat breath! Elle, just after DeAnn asked her what she tells people I do for a living. Daddy, something doesn't feel right in my pants. Elle, shortly before saying, "they're on backwards", June 5th, 2009, 7 pm Hold on, I have to go get some cheese! Elle, just before the last round of our tied Pictionary game, May 24th, 2009, 10 pm Elle: Daddy, do you have a soul? Andy: Well, that's something that everybody decides for themselves, but I believe that a soul is something we have while we're alive, but then we return to nature. Elle: Because I think a soul is a big strong bar, and a wrinkly garbanzo bean and its like it just got out of a swimming pool, with wrinkles on it's fingers, and it has a surprised look on it's face when we're dying, because it's slipping off the bar and it can't hold on. Andy: So is this garbanzo part of you or a separate thing? Elle: I guess he's in me. Actually, he's my brain. Elle, while driving back from Kirkland February 2009 Trouble's butt smells like lemons! Elle, hugging Trouble while he dangles upside down January 17th, 2009, after breakfast and morning errands You know, some times I think trouble has the heart of a lion, but the body of a domestic cat. Elle, watching Trouble stretch at the end of my bad December 23rd, 2008, morning Elle: "I wanna check my swim schedule." Andy: "Good luck!" I say, tickling her and turning her upside down. Elle: "Albacaster! Albacaster!" Elle, after telling her we need a tickling safe word, like alabaster or almond joy. December 7th, 2008 "You know, I never really did like it when big masked people stand next to me." Ellen, at Black Bear Diner in Beaverton, after a man in a black bear costume posed next to her. November 30th, 2008 Me: "Hey Elle, is my glass half full or half empty? Elle: "Both. Neither. That's a dumb question!" late one Tuesday night at India Bistro on Roosevelt November 25th, 2008 Me: "His grandmother died this morning. She didn't get to see him become president. Elle: "I hope my grandmother lives to see me become president!" Me: "You could be president easily." Elle: "Easily? I'm good at subtraction! [singing] I'm pr oud to be an American, American, American, I am proud to be an American, an America, that's me..." Ellen on election night, just before Obama's speech November 4th, 2008 "I am weird in the physical direction! But two three four kids have detention!" Ellen, singing to entertain herself on the way to school. October 29th, 2008 "It takes a long time to make a movie. But it turns out really good in the end! I like it! Like the tree falling over on Alice and she said ow, that one was great!" Ellen, talking about what she thinks about the Alice programming environment. October 7th, 2008 "This is paper, it's made out of trees. That is your butt, which you poop out of. And your pee hole is nearby. And I am a child. And you are a mammoth! A cat!" Ellen, talking to Trouble, begging at her foot September 14th, 2008 "Hey, look at them, secret romance!" Ellen pointing out a couple of cranes at the National Zoo. March 23rd, 2008 Now how exactly would I avoid that? Ellen, after Kit sees on the news that Jamie Lynn Spears was pregnant and tells Ellen, "Don't you go having a baby at 16." September 27th, 2007 I drank the blood of the unicorn so now I'm livin' my life eternally grateful. Ye'ep. Ellen, in monotone hillbilly accent. September 27th, 2007 me: fixing your fishing poles? elle: they're not fishing poles! me: what are they? elle: they're decorations to represent the fishing poles! Duh, Dad. Ellen, while arranging ball bearings and magnets in her room September 24th, 2007 Good job Dad, its your second joke of the day. Ellen deadpan reaction to my attempt at humor. July 7th, 2007 You're goin' down, babeh! Ellen on her third frame playing Wii Sports bowling. June 2nd, 2007 Oh Daddy, would you please set me free from this sandwich! After nibbling on her lunch for half an hour. May 5th, 2007 I am doctor Ko. Please enter your first, middle and last name. I am doctor Ko. I am doctor Ko. I am doctor Ko. Off! Ellen, with her head band in front of her head. March 1st, 2007 Guys...sometimes I think I'm not really here. I think I'm actually in a snow globe. Driving Elle to school. March 1st, 2007 This is pretty good, you know....but I didn't say it was fantastic. I give Ellen a toasted tuna sandwich. February 10th, 2007 Cats use painful sign language to say I don't want to be touched. After getting scratched by Trouble the cat. December 17th, 2006 Leave my name ALONE! When talking about taking and giving last names, I asked Ellen what she would do if she got married. December 11th, 2006 First its a lumpy thing, then its sort of a baby, then its a teeny tiny baby, then its a baby, then its squished and it falls out. Ellen describing the gestational process to her pre-school peers. February 15th, 2006