Presentations

Watched the guys presentations.

Reminded me of Johnny Chung Lee and his Wiimote Project. found it months ago but have completely forgot. this is a great project as it is open source and also extremely cheap in comparison to other touch and interactive interfaces.

http://johnnylee.net/projects/wii/

kinda like minority report with the wall you control with the gloves.

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/images/minority-report-ui.jpg

Jef Raskin

Just found a piece of reading by Jef Raskin. He is most well known for his ideas on interface and also was one of the people who built the mac.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=D39vjmLfO3kC&dq=jef+raskin&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=COqAg34Z_7&sig=HcxkdeQJp_LXb5sRhvEofxjemMg&hl=en&ei=vkYWSo_jFI2RjAesoKzjDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2

found through google book search. The online book is limited.

Iphone vs Surface

Having trouble deciding between which touch interface to research,iPhone or the microsoft surface.

Im drawn towards the iPhone as i have hands on experience plus it also helps with one of the points Im trying to make about affordability

Haraway

Did some searching into interface. D Haraway keeps poping up but after reading:

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/Haraway/CyborgManifesto.html

She describes the interface as a membrane between the human and the computer.

Found by using google scholar

Reading

http://www.manovich.net/TEXT/cinema-cultural.html

like the idea and it was very easy to read.

very interesting when he talks about the "desktop" never realised about the terms. file, folder and such forth. just like a virtual desk.

Direct link from Lev Manovichs website:

http://www.manovich.net/

Touch screen

Was think about using touch screen as one of the projects.

http://www.perceptivepixel.com/media.html

Found using google search

its quite a cool concept if not a little limited as it seems to be pre programmed, but backs up my idea of new touch screen technology being expensive.

Interface?

I am considering using interface as my theme.

really enjoyed dontclick.it, really odd concept

Computing a device or program enabling a user to communicate with a computer.• a device or program for connecting two items of hardware or software so that they can be operated jointly or communicate with each other.