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(These are my notes from Andrew’s talk at the Intel HCPI 2 conference.)

Andrew Davidson – Art Center College of Design
Designing Media Experiences at Art Center

The Mok Institute (immersive studio) – featured in the AIGA Journal of Interaction Design Education

Andrew discussed the Art Center’s Media Design Program, through which they offer an MFA degree in “Transmedia experience design.” I just love the words that film makers come up with…the two film makers at the conference came up with some real classics in what I would call, experimental vocabulary. I wonder if it’s because they find they can’t communicate in words as expressively as they can with their films?

As part of the presentation, Andrew showed a video of Brenda Laurel, who’s on staff at the Art Center. The video was just some off-the-cuff footage shot by someone sitting in the room. I noticed that the camera swayed back and forth as Brenda swayed while she spoke. I wonder if I follow people that way while I’m listening to them?

(These are my notes from John’s talk at the Intel HCPI 2 conference.)

John Grimes – IIT
Buried Assumptions and Borrowed Problems

Hands down, the best talk of the conference.

Here are my notes:
Q: If everything can do everything, then what should do what (meaning that the computer chips in every product today make it difficult to decide what functionality to include)?
A: Learn how people live their lives.

For designers to hold their own against finance, marketing and engineering, we must have our own, independent base of knowledge about the user.

“We only observe to change”

Design:
1. Surveillance
2. Behavior modification

We don’t have to be right, only useful.

John is developing a DTD for developing a compelling story.

Tangible Knowledge – an industry consortium for user research (Can anyone find a URL for this? I can’t.)

(These are my notes from Red’s talk at the Intel HCPI 2 conference.)

Red Burns – NYU ITP
Gave an overview of the work that was going on at NYU.

Mentioned that there was an article about the work called Electronic Realism in IEEE Spectrum.

(These are my notes from Genevieve’s talk at the Intel HCPI 2 conference.)

Genevieve Bell – Intel Corp
Making Sense of India and China

Franz Boas – cultural taxonomy (collecting all cultural material, such as recipes and curios, as part of anthropological research)

You may want to see Genevieve speak at the May 2001 BayCHI meeting. It sounds like she’ll be giving a different talk than the one she gave at the conference. I’ll be there…join me!

(These are my notes from Roger’s talk at the Intel HCPI 2 conference.)

Roger Coleman – Helen Hamlyn Research Centre
Designing for our Future Selves

I didn’t take any notes, but his presentation was very interesting. It was about the emerging market of elderly people and taking into consideration the elderly’s needs when designing products.

You may want to check out the winners of the Design for Our Future Selves Competition .

(These are my notes from Uri’s talk at the Intel HCPI 2 conference.)

Uri Cohen – University of Wisconsin
Designing for Older Persons with Cognitive Impairments

Considerations that should be made when designing for the elderly:
1. Security & Safety
2. Functional Competence
3. Awareness & Orientation
4. Privacy
5. Meaningful Activities
6. Stimulation
7. Autonomy
8. Social Contact & Affiliation
9. Individuality & Continuity of Self

(These are my notes from Jane’s talk at the Intel HCPI 2 conference.)

Jane Fulton Suri – IDEO

“Designing for the other”

This was a theme that came up in several of the talks. Several people identified that, all too often, designers design for themselves, rather than for the people who will be using their products.

One note I took was: Empathy Tools.
Anyone remember what that could have been in reference to?

“Understanding the universal through uniqueness.

(These are my notes from Frank’s talk at the Intel HCPI 2 conference.)

Frank Nuovo – Nokia

Interaction is a relationship.

History of communication:
Essential -> Celebrated -> Styled

(These are my notes from Rachel’s talk at the Intel HCPI 2 conference.)

Rachel Strickland
Gave an exceptionally boring talk, but showed off her Portable Effects project, which was pretty interesting.

Portable Effects is a series of videos – nomadic portraits, as she called them – of what people put in the bags they carry (purses, back packs, etc.) The videos were indexed and connected through a software program that gave an interesting visual representation of the shape of the bags and their contents.

You may want to read the paper she wrote about Portable Effects.

Like I said, the talk she gave was so boring that I hard time paying attention, but this is what I wrote down about the point she was trying to make:
Invitation of interpretation presented by cinema vérité is easier to create with emerging digital video technology.That doesn’t make any sense, does it? :^)

(These are my notes from Bill’s talk at the Intel HCPI 2 conference.)

Bill Gaver – Royal College of Art

Ludic values – curiosities, hobbies, etc.