Posts filed under “Reading Responses”
“Visual Intelligence” – Donald D. Hoffman
http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/readings/Visual_intelligence.pdf Hoffman argues that we create everything we see, hear, feel, smell, taste, etc. He says the we easily believe this in the case of seeing, because of the extensive research done on varying visual perception, but that we consider touch to have a more concrete connection to a common reality. He talks about […]
Interactive Device.
In the sense of “listening, thinking, responding”, the subway ticket machine processes a range of input and responds with options, followed by a final response of the card or the card refill. It says welcome, thank you, and good bye. Shortly after reading the Norman article I had to buy a new card, and despite […]
Norman – The Design of Everyday Things and Emotional Design
I really appreciate Norman’s passion for good design, and his anger toward bad design. I too sometimes have a hard time opening doors and working simple devices, and it makes me irrationally angry at that device, or person who made it, for making me feel so incompetent, but mostly for unnecessarily causing the stress and frustration. […]
Design meets Disability, Graham Pullin
Sorry to my many dedicated readers for my blogging hiatus. I need to catch up because I’m learning a lot that I am about to forget. This reading was really helpful. I have always been passionate about good design, or very angry about the lack of it, in every object. Pullin’s focus on the ipod […]
Fantasy Device
This device is something I desperately need or want really. It is a bag that follows you around like a child (its only like a child in this sense – that it follows you around, its otherwise inferior, obviously) or a trained mule. One would be able to put into it anything they wanted without […]
Sensor Walk
Going on a walk around my neighborhood with an awareness for sensors, I noticed more obvious sensors where there were less people. For example, on Bedford Avenue, where there were lots of people during my walk, I mostly noticed card swipe sensors, buttons, light sensitive street lights, and those loud door beep sensors in stores. […]