Kick-off
DJ Earworm : No one takes your freedom News Admin Test tomorrow Design Notebook tomorrow Reschedule imminent Assignment #1b is 50% graded Harmony is sick and we are working on hers now. Demo Water display Jeep Wave generator Sterling book Draw on white board Artifacts -> Hunters/Famers things are scarce Machines -> Customers choice is scarce Products -> Consumers service is scarce Gizmos -> End-Users (we are here) Wine example Spimes -> Wranglers resources are scarce Line of Empire competition prohibits the previous age from succeeding war competition or economic competition proponents of the previous way of life can't compete Line of No Return returning to a previous age entails wide-spread calamity e.g., container ships going back to sail "Tomorrow Composts Today" messy process evolutionary decentralized exhibits friction as technology spreads Old ages/technologies don't disappear they just become less relevant Cognitive Load and Opportunity Cost Resources in scarcity from gizmos on cognitive load something coming in pushes something else out cell-phone while driving -> some driving ability is lost opportunity cost the choice of giving something your attention means that something else won't get your attention you choose one cell-phone "Designers must design for the technosocial interactions that unite people and objects: designing for opportunity costs and cognitive load. These are the resources that are now in scarcity" "When metrics count more than the gizmos they represent they become a spime" Example of a spime? Amazon encourages competition with itself on it's website! What is that about? Information about interactions with the book is more important than the book itself. Technology for Care Networks of Elders Lots of old people relative to young people by 2030 Great example of requirements analysis / iterative design in the face of changing user bases What types of R.A. Interviews Prototyping Shadowing Wizard of Oz Develop a UI that has a person creating the content rather than a computer system Avoids the heavy systems building in case the U/I is bad. Prototype digital picture frame pervasive sensor net Drawbacks Pervasive sensor net is science fiction Asymmetric data flow "Contact" Effect Good things from this paper Technology ideas Understandings of the role of caregivers