Interaction'09 | Day 2: How Should We Show Awareness?
February 08, 2009
This second day of the IxDA's annual conference was stellar. And I have few words to share, as I'm still processing the massive number of sessions that were crammed into the day. However, through the day, I copied down the following quotes from the presenters. If you've got your own favorites based on the sessions that you saw, add them!
Robert Fabricant, Frog Design
"Interaction design is not about computing technology. Technology is not our medium. Behavior is our medium.... Sustainability is a problem of behavior. Sustainability = our problem."
Nathan Moody, Stimulant
"Virtual keyboards suck."
Jon Kolko, Frog Design
"I saw this + I know this = Insight + design pattern = Design idea."
Michael Salamon
Instead of a quote, download his simple presentation about Gestalt at http://www.michaelsalamon.com/ixd09.
Camille Moussette
Speaking about how to put together haptic and multimodal interactions: "Use the world to control the world." Don't think you have to go digital to sketch out an interaction idea.
Dan Saffer, Kicker Studios
The real shining star of today's presentations, just because it was such a needed kick in the ass for our profession. Dan had a long, long list of the things that we can do to show more awareness as interaction designers. I hope that video of this keynote is made available. Some of my favorite quotes:
Stop looking for the magic bullet.
Instead of "design thinking," let's think and make.
Stop fetishizing simplicity.
Don't forget that for most, the interface is the system.
Stop waiting for permission.
You already know everything you need to know to design the future.
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