http://www.thoughtsoninteraction.com/wpress An extension of the popular text Thoughts on Interaction Design, written by Jon Kolko Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:26:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In Ellen Beldner's contributed article, she writes "When I was preparing to quit my last job, I made an outline of the reasons I wanted to quit, as a prelude to my exit interview. The list began like this... I am being explicitly told to plagiarize the UI for our ... http://www.thoughtsoninteraction.com/wpress/?p=50 Section 3 includes a discussion of poetic interactions, a topic that - at the time of publishing, in 2007, was received with little enthusiasm. I wrote "In addition to the elements of honesty, a poetic interaction should encourage a state of Mindfulness. Mindfulness (note the subtle distinction between mindfulness and mindlessness) ... http://www.thoughtsoninteraction.com/wpress/?p=48 Section 2 of the book includes a brief discussion of personas as a method of understanding people. I wrote, "It is important that the details of a Persona extend outside of the given “problem statement”. That is, when researching printers, a designer doesn’t simply analyze Jill’s printer. Instead, it becomes ... http://www.thoughtsoninteraction.com/wpress/?p=43 In Section 1, I wrote "... if the technology is going to India, and the form is going to China, what is left for the United States? The answer is Interaction Design, in a rich manifestation of mind, body and soul. One of the more strategic levels of design encompasses ... http://www.thoughtsoninteraction.com/wpress/?p=40 A major challenge designers have always encountered in professional work is the extent to which clients understand our language. An informed client may, paradoxically, be a "worse" client, as they know enough to get by, but not enough to actively participate in a design critique or provide critical input towards ... http://www.thoughtsoninteraction.com/wpress/?p=38 This section describes the potential future of Interaction Design within the enterprise. Chapter 7: The Political Dynamics of Product Development discusses the nature of working in integrated and interdisciplinary product teams, especially given the ambiguous nature of the word Design. Then, Ellen Beldner offers her thoughts on Getting Design Done. http://www.thoughtsoninteraction.com/wpress/?p=27 While the previous chapters have discussed a framework for considering interaction design as the design of behavior, Section Three analyzes the more rhetorical views of Interaction Design. In Chapter 6: Interaction Design and Communication,  the role of language is examined as it relates to the design of objects, services and systems. ... http://www.thoughtsoninteraction.com/wpress/?p=25 Section Two describes the three facets of Interaction Design as related to Usable, Useful and Desirable, and the Interaction Design Process that is used in creating designed artifacts. Chapter 3: A Process for Thinking About People discusses the procedural focus of Interaction Design as it pertains to designing what people want ... http://www.thoughtsoninteraction.com/wpress/?p=23 Section One explores the foundation of the rich field of Interaction Design. In Chapter 1: Multiple Roots, and an Uncertain Future,  the historic roots of this field are described, and the relationship between engineering and business is explored. Additionally, the future is painted as an unknown field of potential for this ... http://www.thoughtsoninteraction.com/wpress/?p=19 Interaction Design is slowly gaining recognition in industry, finding a strategic home between marketing and engineering. Interaction Designers are placed in teams at high-tech companies like Google and Yahoo, and also have become established as contributors in small consultancies like IDEO or ... http://www.thoughtsoninteraction.com/wpress/?p=17