We’re talking about that every human being is a survival machine of genes, memes and maybe other units. From this perspective, is there a destiny for every person? Like Shakespear, his genes, memes and the environment he was born into might be the crucial elements to his success. Are there other elements which lead to…
I was a little bit shocked by the post-structuralism. What is it talking about? There’s no self? Yes, I am constructing myself when I was writing this post. I want myself doesn’t sound stupid, I don’t want anyone knows that I haven’t read Jeff’s reading for this week. 🙂 But that is me, isn’t it?…
For the final paper I would like to write something about the design of my team for the CHI student competition problem. It’s about helping the homeless people. We’re aiming at helping the 211 service specialist to make better recommendations on the social services to the homeless people, through a better designed computer recommendation application.…
I guess the most educational part for me in this class is the phenomenological perspective. I have to confess that I was not a very understanding person before. I often got caught in arguments with other people. When other people didn’t think the same way as I thought, my instinct was to take his view…
Read more anti-structuralism: Oh, I think I have been used to phenomenological thinking
I was struggling on selecting a theory from the phenomenology system and a concrete HCI phenomena from my personal interests. Because I always found they’re hard to be connected. One of my interest is the online Anime book watching, but what to apply there? Ready-to-hand? Ethnomethodology? Activity theory? I found none of them fits to…
Read more pre-writing experience: “Instant Messenger and Activity Theory”
“Activities shape the requirements of particular tools, and the application of the tools begins to reshape dimensions of activity.” iPod Touch When planning on the next generation of ipod, Apple wanted a better view for photos and videos, and a more intuitive way of interaction. As a result, they integrated the multi-touch function and the…
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I guess the machinima and virtual fashion are both parts of the Video Game Culture—I don’t actually know if this term exists or not… I just want to share some own experiences related to the cultural phase of video game. 7 years ago, my friends and I started to play the famous Star Craft. After…
I have a small piece of software called Freemind on my laptop. It’s especially designed for making mind maps. I find it’s very useful these days as I am using it for making lecture notes, meeting notes and also pre-writing materials. Magically all of them fit in the tree-shape mind map very well. I start…
By reading the introduction of Manovich’s book, I realized the necessity of analyzing and theorizing the present new media. Manovich used the example of cinema art theory to clarify his idea. He also said, “The advantage of placing new media within a large historical perspective is that we begin to see the long trajectories that…
Interaction Culture 