Galleries, Games and HCI – Dan Howard
In this blog post I will be looking at how my readings in HCI have affected my overarching research interests and goals. …
What is the experience of a run down a mountain on a snowboard? It depends on the weight and material qualities of the board, the bindings and your boots, the snow conditions the weather, the terrain, the temperature of air in your hair, your skill level, your current state of mind, the mood and expressions of your companions (Buchenau and Suri, 2000, p.1).
Experience-centred design in HCI is a design philosophy that focuses on the experiential relationships that people have with technology. It is a …
Quantifying the body: monitoring and measuring health in the age of mHealth technologies – Deborah Lupton
The age of mHealth and the quantified-self is upon us. Web connected mobile devices are widely adopted, and with them a whole …
Stranger than Fiction…
Mark Blythe takes the award for writing the first paper that made me laugh out loud (in a good way) with Research …
Delvin – dishing the dirt…
Prior to starting at Open Lab, Delvin had a very different idea of HCI than the one he has now. The various …
“Come in! Take a seat! We’re about to begin…”
The 20th annual Tangible Computing: Past, Present and Future Conference. – Session on Histories and Futures. “Hello, and welcome to the Histories …
Tweeting is Believing? Understanding Microblog Credibility Perceptions – Dan Howard Blog Post
Twitter’s importance as a source for breaking news is undeniably growing, both for content creators, curators and consumers. The inclusion of twitter …
Yesterday’s tomorrows: notes on ubiquitous computing’s dominant vision (2006)
Yesterday’s tomorrows: notes on ubiquitous computing’s dominant vision (2006) The dominant vision at the heart of this paper is, unsurprisingly, Weiser’s hugely …
Participatory design and “democratizing innovation” – Dan Howard Blog Post
Participatory design and “democratizing innovation” – Erling Björgvinsson, Pelle Ehn, Per-Anders Hillgren Sketching out a brief history of participatory design, the authors …
Human Computer Interaction as Science – Stuart Reeves
How have scientific ideas influenced HCI methodologies? Where does the desire for a ‘more scientific’ formulation of HCI come from? Do we …