Archive for the ‘Marty’s Blog’ Category
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Metamorphosis by M.C. Escher (1898-1972)
Erik Stolterman and I wrote a paper about the issue of transforming non-designers into designers (that would be you!). You can download the entire paper... More
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For me, the core of Interaction Design Practice is the “seven themes of good design.” I view these themes as big ideas in human-computer interaction design. Each theme is like... More
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Atul Gawande
I enjoy reading non-fiction, mostly around HCI issues, but occasionally in other areas. One such book was Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance, by Atul Gawande. From the... More
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Steve Yegge now works at Google. But before that he worked at Amazon and he recalls his presentation to Steve Bezos the Founder and CEO of Amazon.com. It’s a great... More
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We’re at the middle of Project #3, another “wicked problem,” and it reminds me of a book I read some years ago: The Logic of Failure: Recognizing and Avoiding Error... More
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I suspect that many of you were a bit shocked when you saw your grade for Project 1. How can this be? 24? 48? 72?
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Many times we get stuck with our designs because we're trying to "think outside the box." By this we mean "to think differently, unconventionally or from a new perspective."
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One of the challenges of teaching and learning complex skills such as interaction design is that one needs to know everything on day one; I made reference to this at the end of last Thursday’s class. I call this the teaching-learning paradox.
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Jing-Mei “June” Woo: [opening narration] The old woman remembered a swan she had bought many years ago in Shanghai for a foolish sum. “This bird,” boasted the market vendor, “was once a duck that stretched its neck in hopes of becoming a goose. And now look, it is too beautiful to eat!”
