Author Archive
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Posted by
Alberto on Nov. 22nd, 2:59 am
Last Thursday’s class was motivating. Thinking about the analogies between HCI/d and other artistic disciplines such as music helped me understand design from a different angle. I don’t know whether... More
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Posted by
Alberto on Nov. 3rd, 4:24 pm
I found this paper online: Home video communication: Mediating “closeness”, and I think I might be useful for some of the groups working on Project 4.
The paper first establishes... More
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Posted by
Alberto on Oct. 25th, 3:58 am
Today we presented our design for project 3. I was a little nervous before and during the presentation, but as a team we were pretty confident about our design. We... More
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Posted by
Alberto on Oct. 10th, 8:10 pm
Last week I talked with Marty to get some orientation on Project #3 (and IDP in general). I think I got some insights on how to narrow the scope of... More
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Posted by
Alberto on Oct. 5th, 9:32 pm
JW,
We believe that Google already has a wide audience that use a variety of Google applications in their daily lives, and by integrating social networking into the mix, we... More
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Posted by
Alberto on Oct. 3rd, 2:23 pm
The most relevant time of this week for me was Design Therapy on Thursday. Marty was totally right. We have so many resources and help at our disposal, but we... More
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Posted by
Alberto on Sep. 26th, 4:02 pm
This week has brought me more learning and understanding about team work and interaction design. Even though I feel like I’m still far from doing a perfect work, I felt... More
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Posted by
Alberto on Sep. 19th, 2:25 pm
Working in groups has been the most relevant experience of the third week for me. I’ve worked in groups before, of course, at school and at work. But somehow this... More
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Posted by
Alberto on Sep. 12th, 3:02 am
Although this week has gone fast, it has still been a week of a lot of learning. The task of designing a thermostat seemed a simple task at the beginning... More
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Posted by
Alberto on Sep. 8th, 12:01 pm
I asked a question in class today about when to say that something is really a need. Marty was giving the example of his mother and the microwave.
What I... More