Comments for Interfaces.com http://www.interfaces.com/blog Through the Lens of Usability Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:09:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on Advancing the New Machine UCLA Law Forum Presentation by Special Preview: Social Media by Thomas Erickson | Interfaces.com http://www.interfaces.com/blog/2011/04/advancing-the-new-machine-ucla-law-forum-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Special Preview: Social Media by Thomas Erickson | Interfaces.com Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:09:42 +0000 http://www.interfaces.com/blog/?p=505#comment-248 [...] Thinking About the Future of Reading What is a p-prim? Recommended Books Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes: Interview with David Bowie Product Design Resources Perception & Context Understanding Complex Visual Information... Neuro-Parasites & Problem Solving Errors Topical Iodine in Case of Radioactive Iodine Release Advancing the New Machine UCLA Law Forum Presentation [...] [...] Thinking About the Future of Reading What is a p-prim? Recommended Books Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes: Interview with David Bowie Product Design Resources Perception & Context Understanding Complex Visual Information… Neuro-Parasites & Problem Solving Errors Topical Iodine in Case of Radioactive Iodine Release Advancing the New Machine UCLA Law Forum Presentation [...]

]]> Comment on e-Waste & Product Design by Special Preview: Affective Computing | Interfaces.com http://www.interfaces.com/blog/2010/11/e-waste-product-design/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Special Preview: Affective Computing | Interfaces.com Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:08:57 +0000 http://www.interfaces.com/blog/?p=373#comment-247 [...] e-Waste & Product Design [...] [...] e-Waste & Product Design [...]

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]]> Comment on Demonstration of Wealth by Special Preview: Affective Computing | Interfaces.com http://www.interfaces.com/blog/2011/05/demonstration-of-wealth/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Special Preview: Affective Computing | Interfaces.com Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:08:25 +0000 http://www.interfaces.com/blog/?p=534#comment-245 [...] Demonstration of Wealth [...] [...] Demonstration of Wealth [...]

]]> Comment on Media and Fun by Special Preview: Affective Computing | Interfaces.com http://www.interfaces.com/blog/2011/08/media-and-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Special Preview: Affective Computing | Interfaces.com Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:08:10 +0000 http://www.interfaces.com/blog/?p=586#comment-244 [...] Media and Fun [...] [...] Media and Fun [...]

]]> Comment on Creativity, Perception, and Public Art by Special Preview: Affective Computing | Interfaces.com http://www.interfaces.com/blog/2011/12/creativity-perception-and-public-art/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Special Preview: Affective Computing | Interfaces.com Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:07:53 +0000 http://www.interfaces.com/blog/?p=714#comment-243 [...] Differences through Time December 23, 2011 Olga WerbyCreativity, Perception, and Public Art December 23, 2011 Olga WerbyDesigning for the Blind December 17, 2011 Olga WerbySpecial Preview: [...] [...] Differences through Time December 23, 2011 Olga WerbyCreativity, Perception, and Public Art December 23, 2011 Olga WerbyDesigning for the Blind December 17, 2011 Olga WerbySpecial Preview: [...]

]]> Comment on Cognitive Blindness: Super-recognizers by Cognitive blindness | Info007cleaning http://www.interfaces.com/blog/2010/05/cognitive-blindness-super-recognizers/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Cognitive blindness | Info007cleaning Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:06:46 +0000 http://www.interfaces.com/blog/?p=86#comment-242 [...] Cognitive Blindness: Super-recognizers | Interfaces.comMay 17, 2010 … Health Check, the BBC World Service’s weekly round up of global health stories, did an audio broadcast on super-recognizersâ ”people with … [...] [...] Cognitive Blindness: Super-recognizers | Interfaces.comMay 17, 2010 … Health Check, the BBC World Service’s weekly round up of global health stories, did an audio broadcast on super-recognizersâ ”people with … [...]

]]> Comment on Cognitive Tools for Interaction Design by Special Preview: Philosophy if Interaction and User Experience | Interfaces.com http://www.interfaces.com/blog/classes/cognitive-tools-for-interaction-design/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Special Preview: Philosophy if Interaction and User Experience | Interfaces.com Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:21:16 +0000 http://www.interfaces.com/blog/#comment-138 [...] Cognitive Tools for Interaction Design [...] [...] Cognitive Tools for Interaction Design [...]

]]> Comment on Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes: Interview with David Bowie by Papuosalai http://www.interfaces.com/blog/2010/06/ch-ch-ch-ch-changes-interview-with-david-bowie/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Papuosalai Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:27:11 +0000 http://www.interfaces.com/blog/?p=104#comment-133 <strong>Check This Out...</strong> [...]Here are some of the sites we recommend for our visitors[...]... Check This Out…

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]]> Comment on Thinking about the Science of Communication and Interaction by Olga Werby http://www.interfaces.com/blog/2011/11/thinking-about-the-science-of-communication-and-interaction/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Olga Werby Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:39:09 +0000 http://www.interfaces.com/blog/?p=683#comment-132 Here's my response from Human Factors and Ergonomics Society group on LinkedIn (please follow our discussion there). My mother-in-law developed a machine: Sensorama. She collected the smells and sounds of New York City in addition to video. The machine allowed the user to sit on a motorcycle-like device and see in all directions, listen to street sounds, and smell traffic (this was before they figured out that smelling car exhaust was probably not good for you). It was an interesting and more sensory rich way of exploring the city than Google maps... That was several decades ago. We still have a fairly narrow sensory interaction with our devices--we record a very limited set of sensory information. And we clearly have to keep processing of sensory information from perceiving such information. While my son might be hard of hearing, he has amazing musical processing abilities and is a very good musician. What I was trying to do with the gedankan experiments on my blog was to explore the ways we can use this "external" data to improve interaction experience for users. We are finally starting to use gestures (a bit like tactile signing), but we are not using the full spectrum of what's available to us. Some is clearly impractical, but imagining the axis of time and space necessary in communicating information, perhaps we can develop better interaction and decrease user error. And thank you very much for your comment and forgive my tardy response--the Thanksgiving family togetherness brought a bit of pestilence into our household... Here’s my response from Human Factors and Ergonomics Society group on LinkedIn (please follow our discussion there).

My mother-in-law developed a machine: Sensorama. She collected the smells and sounds of New York City in addition to video. The machine allowed the user to sit on a motorcycle-like device and see in all directions, listen to street sounds, and smell traffic (this was before they figured out that smelling car exhaust was probably not good for you). It was an interesting and more sensory rich way of exploring the city than Google maps… That was several decades ago.

We still have a fairly narrow sensory interaction with our devices–we record a very limited set of sensory information.

And we clearly have to keep processing of sensory information from perceiving such information. While my son might be hard of hearing, he has amazing musical processing abilities and is a very good musician.

What I was trying to do with the gedankan experiments on my blog was to explore the ways we can use this “external” data to improve interaction experience for users. We are finally starting to use gestures (a bit like tactile signing), but we are not using the full spectrum of what’s available to us. Some is clearly impractical, but imagining the axis of time and space necessary in communicating information, perhaps we can develop better interaction and decrease user error.

And thank you very much for your comment and forgive my tardy response–the Thanksgiving family togetherness brought a bit of pestilence into our household…

]]> Comment on Thinking about the Science of Communication and Interaction by Olga Werby http://www.interfaces.com/blog/2011/11/thinking-about-the-science-of-communication-and-interaction/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Olga Werby Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:08:38 +0000 http://www.interfaces.com/blog/?p=683#comment-130 My son would call this "clumping" -- a phenomenon where ideas tend to clump in time. This week, "Wake Up World" -- an online science magazine -- published a story on the discovery of “sono-pictorial” language -- a way for dolphins to communicate with each other! This seems to be a real language, with nouns and verbs and ways to express ideas that were previously never spoken. And all of this by intelligence other than our own! Dr. Jack Kassewitz of SpeakDolphin.com described how dolphins were using echolocation to "scan" and image and then reproduce it at will to communicate information to other dolphins at other times. The researchers were able to record an son-pictogram of an object and have a dolphin who never saw that object before identify it with 80% accuracy! Amazing! Here's a complete article with links to research: http://wakeup-world.com/2011/11/28/the-discovery-of-dolphin-language/ And a day later, November 29th, Scientific American published an article on Raven's ability to use gestures to communicate -- a first among non-primates: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ravens-use-hand-gestures My son would call this “clumping” — a phenomenon where ideas tend to clump in time. This week, “Wake Up World” — an online science magazine — published a story on the discovery of “sono-pictorial” language — a way for dolphins to communicate with each other! This seems to be a real language, with nouns and verbs and ways to express ideas that were previously never spoken. And all of this by intelligence other than our own! Dr. Jack Kassewitz of SpeakDolphin.com described how dolphins were using echolocation to “scan” and image and then reproduce it at will to communicate information to other dolphins at other times. The researchers were able to record an son-pictogram of an object and have a dolphin who never saw that object before identify it with 80% accuracy! Amazing! Here’s a complete article with links to research: http://wakeup-world.com/2011/11/28/the-discovery-of-dolphin-language/

And a day later, November 29th, Scientific American published an article on Raven’s ability to use gestures to communicate — a first among non-primates: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ravens-use-hand-gestures

]]> Comment on Toilet Games by Olga Werby http://www.interfaces.com/blog/2011/01/toilet-games/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Olga Werby Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:51:05 +0000 http://www.interfaces.com/blog/?p=408#comment-129 And here is a video from BBC news on video games in the men's room in a British bar: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15923434 And here is a video from BBC news on video games in the men’s room in a British bar:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15923434

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]]> Comment on Creative Use of Media to Advance a Message by Media and Fun | Interfaces.com http://www.interfaces.com/blog/2011/08/creative-use-of-media-to-advance-a-message/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Media and Fun | Interfaces.com Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:39:49 +0000 http://www.interfaces.com/blog/?p=580#comment-117 [...] Olga Werbyp-Prims about Memory August 12, 2011 Olga WerbyMedia and Fun August 9, 2011 Olga WerbyCreative Use of Media to Advance a Message August 6, 2011 Olga WerbyICT & Human Rights Conference Notes and Thoughts August 5, 2011 Olga [...] [...] Olga Werbyp-Prims about Memory August 12, 2011 Olga WerbyMedia and Fun August 9, 2011 Olga WerbyCreative Use of Media to Advance a Message August 6, 2011 Olga WerbyICT & Human Rights Conference Notes and Thoughts August 5, 2011 Olga [...]

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