Blogs
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Robots, aesthetics, and heritage contexts
Maria Luce Lupetti Posted: Fri, April 21, 2017 - 12:11:41
Most people today have not yet had the opportunity to interact directly with a robot in their everyday lives, except maybe with children’s toys or those charming robotic vacuum cleaners.…
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Design research and social media
Fatema Qaed Posted: Thu, April 13, 2017 - 11:37:54
The timing of my fieldwork about learning spaces in Bahrain was during the Arab Spring of 2011. This initially created significant cultural and political difficulties, not just for me, but…
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Why HCI history matters!
Daniel Rosenberg Posted: Thu, April 06, 2017 - 3:04:33
I want to use this blog entry to publically thank Jonathan Grudin both personally and on behalf of the larger HCI community for authoring From Tool to Partner: The Evolution…
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A history of human-computer interaction
Jonathan Grudin Posted: Fri, March 24, 2017 - 10:46:31
A journey ended with the publication in January of my book, From Tool to Partner: The Evolution of Human-Computer Action.The beginningRon Baecker’s 1987 Readings in Human-Computer Interaction quoted from prescient…
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Toward affective social interaction in VR
Giulio Jacucci Posted: Mon, March 20, 2017 - 3:47:26
I first encountered VR in the late 90s, as a researcher looking at how it provided engineers and designers an environment for prototyping. After that I became more interested in…
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What kinds of users are there? Identity and identity descriptions
Aaron Marcus Posted: Mon, March 06, 2017 - 10:37:54
User-centered design of user-friendly products and services is based on the assumption that designers are aware of who the users are. Their understanding is embodied in typical user identities or…
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From stereoscopes to holograms: The latest interaction design platform
Joe Sokohl Posted: Tue, January 10, 2017 - 10:38:04
Shortly before the widespread availability of photographs in the first third of the 19th century, stereoscopes appeared. We’ve been flirting with portable, on-demand three-dimensionality in experience ever since. From Sir…
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Observations on finishing a book
Jonathan Grudin Posted: Tue, January 03, 2017 - 10:39:03
I’ve only posted twice to the Interactions blog in 8 months, but I’ve been writing, and frequently thought “this would be a good blog essay.” Minutes ago, I emailed in…
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Escape the room: A girl on a drip, a pizza slice, and a smartphone set to stun
David Fore Posted: Fri, December 23, 2016 - 9:56:39
One late autumn afternoon I found myself in an Ohio hospital room sitting with a teenage girl I'll call Orleans Jackson. She was spending her 15th birthday “getting poked full…
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A design by any other name would be so delightful
Monica Granfield Posted: Thu, November 10, 2016 - 11:46:08
Three or four years ago I attended the UXPA conference. The theme was "We’re not there yet." After 26 years as an Interaction, UI, and UX designer, my first reaction…
