Interaction Relabelling and Extreme Characters by Djajadiningrat, Gaver, and Frens Aesthetics of interaction moves the focus from ease of use to enjoyment of the experience (1).” This reading provided some good case studies in two usability design techniques: interaction relabeling and extreme characters. While the extreme characters technique would probably also serve as a useful […]
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“Why We Need Things” excerpt from History From Things: Essays on Material Culture by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Edited by Steven Lubar and W. David Kingery Our dependence on objects is not only physical but also, more important, psychological. Most of the things we make these days do not make life better in any material sense but […]
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Interaction Design History in a Teeny Tiny Nutshell Marc Rettig This presentation shares a quick timeline of principles of modern day computing that have evolved over time. The first principle operate the machine treated users as components in the production system and cared only about the usefulness of the machine. With the invention of the […]
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The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces by William H. Whyte (book exerpt and film) I found Whyte’s study of common urban spaces to be fascinating, and provided great insight into how people interact with each other and the outdoors, as well as how public spaces should be allotted. One important insight from the reading […]
For this week, I read chapters 1 through 6 of Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, by Charles Petzold. The first three chapters tell the history and implications of Morse Code and Braille and how a simple circuit can be used to communicate remotely using the code. I am not sure if […]