The world of interaction design is simply fascinating! Too bad many people don't know what it is or what interaction designers do :( Even just telling people my major is Human Computer Interaction (HCI) results in very perplexed faces and many questions....
This is my first blog EVER. Hopefully I will provide you with interesting thoughts or reflections about interaction design. I am probably going to do a lot of learning along the way and if you don't mind, I would like to share what I learn with you :)
While browsing around, I found an EXTREMELY awesome post on ui.design.net. The book for my HCI 454 class this quarter is About Face 2.0 written by Alan Cooper. A lot of times during the course of a quarter, I don't really read too much from the books.....especially if chapters aren't assigned! However, after reading this post- I am determined to read this book from beginning to end!!
The post is an interview with Alan Cooper. Let me give you a little excerpt:
"AC. I don't consider that Interaction Design. Look and Feel stuff is Interface Design. It's all very stylistic. It's the color that you paint your walls. Interaction Design is about the Architecture. It's what kind of building are we building. What functions does it support. What are the shapes of the rooms and the walls and ceilings. What is the infrastructure. What kind of elevators. What kind of cooling and heating. That's Interaction Design."
Alan Cooper gives great insight as to what role programmers have in interaction design and how interaction designers should communicate with them. In fact he provides insight into the many roles/factors that go into the interaction design process. FASCINATING!!! Check it out:
http://www.uidesign.net/Articles/Interviews/AnaudiencewithAlanCooper.html
2 comments:
Janie,
I just had to check our your blog. Suprized there isn't anything about "Lost" on there. hehe
Yeah, I agree we have a great text for this class. I actually read About face (1.0 i guess)probably back when you were still a baby.
That version had very little if any information about web appliactions but the concepts were so universal, I was able to apply them to my works.
"It's focusing on the technology alone that has gotten us into this mess and focusing on technology just isn't going to get us out of it."
I wish everyone in IT had to memorize that statement.
As for telling people about the subject you're studying, I tell them that it's "some weird computer shit". And if they press for details, I just tell them that it's a field that requires both sides of your brain.
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