5 Dec 2007
We work on refining our ideas for the exhibit, and agree on an overarching theme.
Readings for Discussion
Saffer, Dan. “Ch. 7: Smart Applications and Clever Devices,” in Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices. Peachpit Press, 2006.
Demonstration
Introduction to ![[WWW]](http://wikispot.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small}
Phidgets.
Further Reading
Saul Greenberg and Chester Fitchett. “Phidgets: Easy Development of Physical Interfaces through Physical Widgets,” Proceedings of the ACM UIST 2001 Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Orlando, FL, 11-14 Nov 2001.
Dan O’Sullivan and Tom Igoe. “Chapter 6: The ‘Big Four’ Schematics, Programs, and Transducers,” in Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers. Thomson Course Technology, 2004.
Phidgets, Inc. “Analog Sensors.”
Individual Exercise
Easy. Analyze tools for digital history. In the paper “Your Program’s Posture,” Alan Cooper argues that programs may be classified as sovereign, transient, daemonic or parasitic, depending on how they interact with the user. Make a list of all of the software that you interact with during a typical historical research process and classify it according to Cooper’s scheme. How do software usability issues enter into the historians craft? What could be improved?
