Chapter 1
Summary:This chapter dealt with the author being obligated to conduct music experimentation using computer, which he did not like. The author showed no interest in computers and saw it pointless to deal with. After being convinced by his brother, by bargaining a motorcycle ride, the author goes to Canada to conduct the research in making digital music. The author explains the tools used and the interfaces in which he was introduced to, to interact with the computer. By the end of his project, he had fallen in love with the idea and the use of the computer. It is later revealed that the experimentation was to monitor human-computer interaction with people outside the field of computer science.
Discussion:
I was surprised how an individual so set on hating the computer and not seeing its purpose could dramatically change from the computer hating musician to the computer loving digital sound engineer. Through the UI and the passion of the project, the author seemed to have changed his mind. It is shocking how UI can have such a great impact on a person's way of thinking.
Chapter 4
Summary:
This chapter discusses SketchPad and all the HCI topics that stem from it. A question is asked at the beginning of the chapter relating to how HCI and computer science relate to one another. The author then discusses all the algorithms and methodologies that came from SketchPad and where it exists today. The author also answers the question of how computer science and HCI relate by giving examples of how far the computer science community has gotten because of these HCI questions. He then urges computer scientist to stick with HCI because we need it as much as it needs us.
Discussion:
I enjoyed seeing how so much can stem out of one project. SketchPad seems to be a real driving force for many concepts in the computer science community. It makes me want to focus more on HCI so that i can be part of the future of computer science instead of just watch it go by.
Chapter 5
Summary:
This chapter focused on the pursuit of HCI innovation and the troubles the community will have iunitially with idea. The author talks about the demo of the mouse and how it changed his way of thinking. The author speaks of the elegance of the demo and how the mouse is a computing phenomenon that just feels "natural". The author then goes on to explain that the idea of the mouse did not stand out much at first. It was just another hype for the time being but through more and more demonstrations and persistence, it has transformed into what we use today.
Discussion:
This chapter I feel gives hope to the inventor of the next big thing. I feel many times we just shrug off ideas and think they are nice at the time but really dont pay much attention to them. Next time I see a demo, I am going to pay much more attention to it and try to think of the implications it will
bring and how it can revolutionize computing rather than just shrug it off and say "that's cool".
Chapter 18
Summary:
This chapter discussed the research done for group work using a drawing tablet in which multiple users can draw and interact to get their ideas across. The authors explains how the research was done to get the best UI for the users and what it has evolved to.
Discussion:
I enjoyed the chapter because it shows how information about the way a user would interact with a product can be gathered in research and implemented into a product to get the best UI and make it simple to use. It shows how research is done.
Chapter 20
Summary:
This chapter discusses the importance of CSCW and the evolution it has had. It calls for computer support to be assimilated into our everyday lives.
Discussion:
This article argues the importance of CSCW and its need to incorporate user friendliness while reducing the need of knowledge by the average user. This will increase support in the field.
Chapter 23
Summary:
The chapter explains the importance of technology that aids in communication. The author argues for a form of communicative technology that does not act as a crutch but as an accessory to the conversation and interaction. She also discusses the importance a technology such as this and how it can even bring people closer even when interacting face-to-face.
Discussion:
I enjoyed this chapter because of the way technology brought a grandmother and her granddaughter together and the importance technology had in their lives. From the granddaughter's birth of digital picture, her upbringing via video conference, to the end with the granddaughter's digital doll.
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