[IxDA Discuss] New Book: Thoughts on Interaction Design

[Brad Bonham]

Jon,
A colleague of mine and a former student of yours (Daniel Nadeau) just
received his book in the mail, and I plan to order one shortly. The book
is beautiful, and if the presentation of its content is any indication,
I'm sure the content will be beautiful as well. 
Thanks for contributing what I think will be an important work in the
emergence of this discipline.

Brad
http://www.bradbonham.com

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Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] New Book: Thoughts on Interaction Design

Mark,

Thanks for the note - and the book purchase :)

I think of _rational_ behavior as a combination of Goals + Tasks +
Operators
+ Inputs + Knowledge. If this is the frame of reference, I feel pretty
confident that we can use design methods and processes to affect
positive
change in all of these elements with, perhaps, the exception of goals.
A'la
Cooper, goals rarely change as technology advances. I think, when you
look
at interaction design problems from a business perspective, you are
right:
the desire is to provide a value-producing product that fits the users'
goal. A behavioral change would have to occur, though, in terms of
tasks,
operators, inputs and knowledge. I teach my design students to embrace
that
change and to approach it from a user-centered standpoint rather than a
technology or aesthetics-centered point of view. 

_Irrational_ behavior is a completely different ball of wax, and there's
a
section in the book on poetic interaction design. I look forward to
hearing
your thoughts on that once you've read it. 

Thanks,

Jon Kolko
Professor, Industrial & Interaction Design
Savannah College of Art and Design  

http://facultypages.scad.edu/~jkolko
AOL IM// jkolkoSCAD  


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