I just had a question about something that was mentioned briefly in the very last lecture we had covering semiotics. We were talking about how syntagms imply time as a factor and rules in a sequence and gave the example that certain tasks are structured in a sequence, online shopping for example. So, tasks are…
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Before I read the writings about the reflection of designer and design value from David and Yanning in this blog, I got the chance to read the paper, Reflective design, that Prof, Lim recommended me. I was glad that I could be addicted myself in rethinking of the kinds of problems with them. It was…
Read more On ambiguity; Vagueness , doubt , uncertainty , obscurity , equivocation , dubiousness
This will not be a large post, I am still working out the details…. But I have been thinking about the development of a language of HCI. I realize that it is important to have a controlled vocabulary that we can use to communicate HCI concepts and theories across disciplines. It is also important to…
For the final paper, we are supposed to have an idea by Tuesday’s (11/6) class. So do we need to submit a formal proposal or just send an email to Jeff to broadly talk about our idea? “……students explicate 1-3 digital interaction experiences using one or more of the strategies discussed during the semester” (This…
A quick note that the mappings between HCI and film in this post are not intended to be accurate, but are meant to ask some hopefully thought provoking questions. The early days of film saw a split into the realist and formalist camps. You can loosely associate realism with the early focus of HCI on…
I got a question from today’s lecture, and tried to answer them by myself, however, I don’t know if my understanding is correct or not, and hope someone, for example Jeff could help ^_^ about “Connotation”: If connotation associates with emotional things and is “subjective”, what is the relationship between connotation and “horizons” in phenomenology?…
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I was lucky enough to go to ASIST this past week and went to many interesting discussions. One that stuck out and has ties to our recent lecture involved ‘genre’ in search. The panelists discussed the use of genre in search and whether or not it was valuable. There were many comments and much disagreement.…
I have a few questions to add to the “Question about Structuralism” post by yenning. I’ve been thinking a lot about the ‘which came first?’ question with regards to lifeworlds and codes. Would a structuralist say that participation in a linguistic community is necessary to have (and accept) lifeworlds? Would a phenomenologist say that lifeworlds…
Worst case scenario: Ethnomethodology fails because you can’t dive into the users’ culture for a year and even if you could, first you’d have to acquire all of their special training, education, experience, etc. Ethnomethodological phenomenology fails because you might ask the user the wrong kinds of “why” questions, or ask them the wrong way,…
I have a question about structuralism. Suppose you and I are part of the code. We understand the relationship between a signifier and a signified. Can we say that we share similar lifeworlds, horizons and assumptions?
Interaction Culture 