Blogs
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Designing the cognitive future (part I)
Juan Hourcade Posted: Tue, March 05, 2013 - 10:26:08
We are designing the cognitive future and most of the time we don’t even realize it. We are changing the way cognitive processes work in people who use the technologies…
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The start of an exploration
Lauren Chapman Ruiz Posted: Tue, February 26, 2013 - 12:00:11
Welcome to my first blog post for the interactions website. I am honored to have the opportunity to contribute, and my aim is to bring a unique perspective among the…
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Welcome to my design+health blog
Jina Huh Posted: Mon, February 25, 2013 - 11:59:23
Welcome to my design+health blog. Let me first briefly introduce myself and tell you what you can expect to see from my blog. I am currently a National Library of…
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Intellectualized instinct for a dazzling dance of design
Tek-Jin Nam Posted: Thu, February 21, 2013 - 5:09:45
Great design practitioners seem like masters of intuition. They design by habit and instinct. They often produce brilliant concepts instantly. Seeing them work, I ask many questions: Do their thinking…
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Gravity over fences
Dave Malouf Posted: Wed, February 20, 2013 - 4:20:01
This past week I was in the position to talk a lot about how I design with storytelling. It was the first time for me where I was placed with…
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HCI/CHI/UX and science fiction: A progress report
Aaron Marcus Posted: Tue, February 19, 2013 - 2:04:55
Since 1992 (at CHI 1992’s panel session at which I invited cyberpunk authors to talk about their ideas of the future), I have proposed that human-computer interaction (HCI) professionals would…
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Out with the old, in with the new
Richard Anderson Posted: Mon, February 18, 2013 - 11:43:50
I've interviewed a lot of people on stage, sometimes individually, sometimes in pairs. Transcripts of three of my interviews of pairs were published as interactions cover stories. Two were published…
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Are collaboration vacations part of my benefits package?
Monica Granfield Posted: Fri, February 15, 2013 - 3:15:53
Here is some news that may make anyone over the age of 18 gasp: Not everyone is on Facebook, Google+ or Twitter. Some people are more private and more introverted…
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Remembering John E. Karlin, the “father” of the standard keypad
Elizabeth Churchill Posted: Thu, February 14, 2013 - 11:35:07
John E. Karlin died recently on January 28th, 2013. Most people probably have not heard of him, but he was one the people who laid the groundwork for our field,…
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#3 Spatializing interaction – Architecting interactables
Mikael Wiberg Posted: Tue, February 12, 2013 - 3:17:16
The previous issue of interactions (Nov. + Dec. 2012) featured the cover story, “On Attention to Surroundings,” by Malcolm McCullough. For sure, surroundings, spaces, contexts—or on a more general level,…