Manivich says that “Although more complex types of interactivity can be created by a computer program that controls and modifies the media object at run-time, the majority of interactive media uses fixed branching-tree structures.” He goes on to claim that we can choose one of two perspectives regarding the use interactive media: (i) Author “…the…
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Some research is finding that people of different continental origins have different DNA. The article does give examples of products/designs that are already operating under that assumption (the heart disease drug for African Americans). Concern about “support” for racism is mentioned (if people really are genetically different, then…) and talk of this research leading to…
A map of “Terrorism Events and Other Suspicious Activity”. One can click on the event icons and get details and links related to the incident. Note also at the bottom of the page that other maps coming soon are: Gang Activity Outbreaks/Bird Flu USA School Incidents I’d love to make a comment about this, but…
A temporary subject When designer are describing user.. . Premise: 1.The aspects of aesthetical experience 2.Designer and User Investigation method: 1.Literature study 2.Case study of user and interaction design 3.Designing interaction style < ? still keep thinking > Goal: 1.To research various criteria to analyze experience 2.To describe user’s experiences by consummating self and other…
From 1995 starting from selling books online, Amazon has broaden its markets from just books to digital comsumption forty big categories almost cover all we need in daily life even gourmet food, paper towel.(From a-z). No matter what they sell on their website, I am not like the interface of Amazon website. But Amazon recently has remodeled its website…
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 thought an interesting issue came up during our discussions of paradigm and syntagm last week. The concept of syntagm helps us to understand how the sequence of different signs in an expression is constitutive of their meaning. This would seem to be a useful concept for HCI, considering that interactions, as much as any…
There is a reasonable amount of existing work in the area of avatars and online identity. Many researchers have commented on why people style avatars like themselves (or not like), identified the avatar as an extension of the self, etc … However, I do not know if I’ve ever seen a formal structural analysis of…
For my final paper, I’m considering one topic: “How evolution of mobile phone affect to lifestyle”. The basic function of mobile phone is originally a mean of communication as a phone call. However, as the function of mobile phone has been evolved to variety aspects, we are using the cell phone not only as a…
Most world religion statistics point out that more than 50% of the world claim belief in either Christianity or Islam. For over 2000 years, the interpretations of “Abrahamic religions” have greatly influenced historic events and cultures. The formation of the Council of Nicaea in the 4th century CE is an early example of debates in…
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