Dude, where’s my hippo?
I noticed the WTF category. I believe this qualifies. Snake regurgitates Hippo. Seriously, WTF?
Expectations
As a caveat to my post, let me state that I haven’t studied the HCI literature in 6 years. I’ve been out in the ‘real world’ where I had great expectations of utilizing research, data and other such academic treasures to shape my everyday works…. alas, I had time lines, lack of resources and small…
From Usability to Sociability
When Gillain Smith discussed Interaction Design, she mentioned the phenomenon that function and usability is not the only thing designer should consider nowadays. People view digital artifacts as a way to sociability. Here are some parts of her words. “A computer begin to shape everyday life, we’re interested not only in what this technology can…
Lecture Liveblogging
Is there any interest out there in taking up the practice of liveblogging the course lectures? Entering the lecture material into the blogstream will give us an easy method for continuing course discussions as well as opportunity to reflect on lectures while increasing the size of our course related blogosphere. Given the number of people…
Art of Montage: Office Space Edition
As we all know, the art of movie trailers (mongtage) is very well understood. I’m a big fan of “recut” trailers which attempt to create entirely new movies out of existing films. For example, check out the original Office Space trailer. Now, check out the trailer for the “horror thriller” version. Finally, check out the…
The Fifth Dimension
? No not that Fifth Dimension – the Fifth Dimension of the Language of Interaction Design. (if you’re too young to get the joke, please visit their Wikipedia page immediately) So Gillian Smith states that we’ve mastered the 4 dimensions of previous creative modes: 1D = words 2D = painting 3D = sculpture 4D =…
qualities of digital interfaces
Jeff asked Clearly, understanding the digital interface as a “material” with “qualities” is going to be very important in our ability to design a language of interaction design. What are some of the material qualities of the digital interfaces you use? This question got me thinking, and my initial comment to Jeff’s post somehow turned…
Reflection and Identity in Interaction Culture
In the wee (not Wii) hours of the morning on Friday, I was preparing notes on the development and motivations of MMOG players. MMOGs, like many previous media, are a means for exploring ones own identity through experimentation with others. MMOG players enjoy a highly interactive form of anonymous, exploratory identity play in the vein…
Tech. Becomes Personal – Changes In Consumer Adoption
Technology is no longer the benign desktop computer in our basements. Technology is now integrated in to all parts of our lives and many tech items double as status symbols and fashion accessories. The distinct style and customizable features of some tech products allow the consumer to express him or herself in unique and interesting…
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