Surprising study: College students want quiet space, can’t find it
A new Gensler study* [pdf], discussed in Fast Co.exist (or however one should write that– the whole project is so typographically challenging the brand become impossible to find
On the interactive nature of reading
A few days ago I was out having a beer with some HCI friends who had just sent their proposals off to CSCW. They were in a mood
Pang’s Zombie Apocalypse Memorization Test
One of the questions I've been working through in my book is this: how do you decide when it's okay to outsource a cognitive function? When is it
The criticism of One Laptop Per Child, in cartoon form
This from OLPC News is great:
“Technology… is only a magnifier of human intent and capacity. It is not a substitute.”
From Kentaro Toyama's article in the Boston Review: Technology—no matter how well designed—is only a magnifier of human intent and capacity. It is not a substitute. [via Morgan
OLPC and unsupported vs. supported learning
I recently read an interesting, critical article looking at the One Laptop Per Child program and its assumptions about computers and learning. Coauthors Mark Warschauer and Morgan Ames
How computers and humans enact memory and accuracy
I'll save my current thinking about this subject for the book-- I'm trying to explain how our interactions with computers, and the language we employ when talking about
A brief rant about babies and technology
Watch this delightful video of a baby being confused by a magazine. (You've probably already seen it, come to think of it.) It's been commented on, linked to,
Internet use and transactive memory
Julian Barnes once declared that Memory is identity. I have believed this since… oh, since I can remember. You are what you have done; what you have done
Quote of the day: Hieronimo Squarciafico
From Hieronimo Squarciafico, Memory and Books, 1477: Abundance of books makes men less studious; it destroys memory and enfeebles the mind by relieving it of too much work.