Now the course will shift with emphasis on skills and prototyping in a variety of dimensions (e.g. paper, lo/hi-fi, experience..). We will still be connecting this portion of the course to our earlier discussions on theories (e.g. hermeneutics, phenomenology, etc..). Examples of Prototyping (that is, particular portions of these phenomena): processes sequences conceptual models/frameworks interfaces…
Humans become accessories to the machine Four problems with rationalism in HCI idealizes computing, not seen in use users become accessories t othe machine (nbearers of mental models, informaiton processing devices) Computers in use is what we care about, rather than computers in the abstract. Rationalist approaches are not always good at getting at this.…
Film Premise: VHS tapes in a local video store (operated by Jack Black & Mos Def) have all been magnetically zapped and the stars of the film must remake the movies (starring themselves) to satisfy their customers (I haven’t actually seen the movie, but this seems to be more or less the plot). This film…
Kengo Kuma, Tea room building as a critical act the construction of the building out of paper is a critique of human spaces and the effect of these spaces on human interaction and condition tea space is built according to the scale of a human (rather than scale of a car, etc..) a notion of…
The critique assignment is due by midnight, February 29 (thank leap year!). make your writing concise and don’t go too much over the word limit iterate on your ideas throughout the process from constructing your outline to written drafts use the writing tutorial services , number = 812-855-6738 Critical reflection on the course: We began…
In the wake of our discussion on Representation and Speculation approaches in HCI, I thought I would write a short post to pose a question. Granted that these categories aren’t exclusive, where do techniques such as personas and scenarios lie on this continuum? Personas are a common technique used in user-centered design and indeed do…
A recent entry on the logic+emotion blog discusses David Lee King‘s forthcoming book on digital experience design. In this book preview three main components of experience design for digital media (particularly websites) arise, namely:
Don’t just be a passive receptor. In order to engage, interpret, and generally get the knowledge from these readings you should consider: Doing the readings. If you can’t do the readings. Do a half-ass job at the readings. When you read alone, you make connections to what you’re doing in your own life (e.g. research…
