[IxDA Discuss] Interaction design is design of time

[Jeff Howard]

> Oleh Kovalchuke said:
> perception in general and that of space in particular is temporal.

Bergson's Time and Free Will seems like another particularly apt reading.

> dave atixdg.org said:
> While I think that Time is really important to our work as IxD types, I would call 
> it primary, and would call it one of the components that truly differentiates us.

It's certainly important for us to recognize time as a component of interaction design. In my 
opinion, that's one of the main distinctions between IxD and interface design.

I also agree with that time is primary to what we do. Language, behavior, emotion, 
perception... they don't exist outside of the context of time. But saying that interaction 
design is the design of time is like saying that industrial design is the design of gravity. It's 
necessary but not sufficient.

// jeff