I wanted to share a clip about beauty and perception that was part of a Dove campaign. It’s kind of cool just to watch without knowing too much about it beforehand, so I suggest doing that before reading the rest of my post. Boy does it speak volumes. Obviously there are several people involved and…
I’ve been reflecting recently on the Johnny Chung Lee phenomenon. As probably anyone reading this already knows, Lee is the Ph.D. student at CMU whose work in HCI has gone viral. For example, his head tracking trick for the Wii has been viewed on YouTube, as of now, 1.6 million times. What has struck me…
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World-renowned violinist (and IU alumnus and professor) Joshua Bell agreed to a Washington Post stunt to offer a 40 minute solo concert in a DC-area subway station, to see if any of the DC commuters noticed the greatness around them. The Post did a long and thoughtful write-up, after filming the whole thing, and they…
The unofficial Journal of Interaction Culture has hit the presses (Jeff) and will soon be released (Oncourse). Don’t worry, I won’t charge you anything for the free delays in compiling the Journal. Consider it a gift! For those of you who use PDF bookmarks/outlines, the Journal PDF has bookmarks for each author/paper. You will also…
I was reading a book on film theory, French Cinema: A Student’s Guide (Powrie & Reader, Oxford University Press, 2002; currently out of print in the USA), and I found a chapter that I really wish I had assigned to this class (there is always next fall, right?). The chapter contains a very handy description…
I’d like to thank all members of the class for participating in this blog during our class. As I mentioned, I intend to keep it alive going into the new year, and you are welcome to continue contributing (and I hope people will!). I wanted to close with a few random notes and announcements. I…
As we discussed in class… people are putting their backstage behavior online for the world to view… My favorite paragraph: Another member of the Facebook group is more cautious. Laura, a 22-year-old business major, took down a drunken video of herself after being contacted by CNN for an interview, saying the request made her…
…anew genre I hadn’t thought about. via http://www.core77.com/blog/technology/fictional_computer_interface_design_8346.asp
Jeff and or Marty Where do you want the final paper submitted? There isn’t an assignment slot that I saw on oncourse. Thanks!
I noticed that the generic ACM template that was posted earlier on the blog is actually a little different than the official CHI format found here: http://chi2008.org/chi2008pubsformat.doc I’m sure that both templates are acceptable and not much different in length. Basically the CHI format has larger body text but smaller section headings. However I do…
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