“The landscape as well as the city are both highly structured, and our existence is furnished with many different kinds of devices and technological systems. These are what instruct people in contemporary societies ‘how to live.’”-De Vries
There is a wealth of design and social science literature that suggests that the artifacts we use shape […]
Entries Tagged as 'Ethics'
Balancing Values & Usability
November 7th, 2007 · 3 Comments
All Games Are Serious!
October 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Today a classmate of mine, Aaron Houssian, presented his research plan for a serious game framework. His well-done presentation and this interesting discussion prompted me to think about serious games of all varieties.
According to Wikipedia, a serious game is a software application developed with game technology and game design principles for a […]
Interesting Commentary On Smart Homes / Design / Technology / Humanity
October 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
Here is a presentation I found last year when I was Marty’s RA, looking for new material for his course. - http://web.archive.org/web/20040407205056/www.richgold.org/SMART/HTML/slide2.html
This guy, Rich Gold, was a researcher at PARC before he passed away. Pretty cool stuff, my favorites are: