Discussion Archive: July 2007

Wired gets Leisa Reichelt's "Ambient Intimacy"

>>
>> What's my issue with Twitter, is the lack of etiquette on it. People
>> can post too much. Not in a "TMI" (too much information) way, but
>> just
>> sheer volume.
>>

that's kind of silly. you just drop those people! no one makes you
subscribe to their fluff.

-x-

(corrected spelling, I think, of Leisa's name)

Wired gets Leisa Riechtl's "Ambient Intimacy"

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-07/st_thompson

This wired article talks about how Twitter actual does have a real
effect on the lives of those that invest in its participation. it
discusses how you get a new closeness with people that you wouldn't
otherwise.

Almost made me want to try Twitter all over again.
Almost.

What's my issue with Twitter, is the lack of etiquette on it. People
can post too much.

Beta site issues

After looking for previous threads twice in a row on the IxDA beta
site, I feel compelled to point out a couple of things. Kudos to
everyone that has worked on it - it looks great - there are just a
couple things tripping me up as a user.

1) There's no search on the homepage, so you have to click a tag, wait
for that page to load, and then replace the search term with your own
and run the search.

2) Pages throughout the site load extremely slowly. It's intermittent,
but it happens.

IxD extended dance remix (and I do mean "dance")

Interesting article - anyone working on anything like this?

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/17/gesturewatch_tec.html?category=
technology

What I'm pondering: how does the discipline of interaction design change
when the inputs change so dramatically/when the "interaction" is more
gestural and freeform? How about the assumptions we make about what's
"intuitive" or easily discoverable, and what needs to or should be
taught to our users.