Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), is the study of how people interact with computer.
HCI improves the interactions between users and computers. Making computers more usable to the users which concerns designing and developing new interfaces, methods and processes of designing interfaces to name a few.
The goal of HCI is designing systems that minimize the barrier between the human's cognitive model of what they want to accomplish and the computer's understanding of the user's task. (Wikipedia)
Why do we like to reinvent things?
We keep reinventing things to add more features, functions, usability, to keep up with the current technology and simply making it even better than before.
Amirah Farhanah Binti Daud Ahmad
1102700149
Monday, October 31, 2011
Week 2- HCI
Human-Computer Interaction or known as HCI is the communication between a person and a computer. It may sound weird as one would make communication with a device or a tool.
Well, communication usually involves between two people. To me, it is important for the message we are trying to say or communicate is understandable by the second party.
Maybe it is another concept to be discuss.
However, in this case, it involves an object.
HCI is all about human.
The main purpose of it is to invent and reinvent. In particular, mostly are products.
Human use this purpose to obtain a better life.
Everything starts with a "Design" which involves the user, creativity and business.
The important thing is to make the idea into the real thing. For example products, like handphones. They keep on inventing and reinventing new ones and the design is for the users. Creativity is applied in the phone as an application like unique icons which is still familiar to users are implimented in the product. In business sake, this helps them gain profit at the same time benefits the users as they obtain what they wanted.
IDEA (design) ==> REAL
Products are design to target human behaviour are mostly nowadays products which are long-lasting and durable. They are design the way we wanted them to be. It is for our sake too.
Designing for Interaction: Designing for People
Positive user experience is another important criteria is designing for an interaction. We should at least gives the user an experience especially a new one or something they might remember and benefit them in an educational way of course. It is more to giving satisfastion to the user which is then given to them as a memory.
Experience is something you can obtain by doing it. Simple example is when you work for a company, you gain experience from it. In terms or learning process.
When the knowledge gain from your working time, happy times with co-workers or even the time you get scolded by your boss, it is all kept in your memory bank in your brain. These is where the memories are formed.
However, in a different sitution, when you experienced something like being bitten by a dog, it saves in your mind and becomes a memory.
Memories are something you would cherish no matter the good or the bad times.
Experience (something you do) => Memory
You may not know it but even you microwave oven or even yout toaster is a computer but not as powerful as the computer itself.
As a conclusion, HCI plays an important role for the sake of making a better life for human. Everything we do it leads back to the humans as humans started it all and wanting more from it.
Well, communication usually involves between two people. To me, it is important for the message we are trying to say or communicate is understandable by the second party.
Maybe it is another concept to be discuss.
However, in this case, it involves an object.
HCI is all about human.
The main purpose of it is to invent and reinvent. In particular, mostly are products.
Human use this purpose to obtain a better life.
Everything starts with a "Design" which involves the user, creativity and business.
The important thing is to make the idea into the real thing. For example products, like handphones. They keep on inventing and reinventing new ones and the design is for the users. Creativity is applied in the phone as an application like unique icons which is still familiar to users are implimented in the product. In business sake, this helps them gain profit at the same time benefits the users as they obtain what they wanted.
IDEA (design) ==> REAL
Products are design to target human behaviour are mostly nowadays products which are long-lasting and durable. They are design the way we wanted them to be. It is for our sake too.
Designing for Interaction: Designing for People
Positive user experience is another important criteria is designing for an interaction. We should at least gives the user an experience especially a new one or something they might remember and benefit them in an educational way of course. It is more to giving satisfastion to the user which is then given to them as a memory.
Experience is something you can obtain by doing it. Simple example is when you work for a company, you gain experience from it. In terms or learning process.
When the knowledge gain from your working time, happy times with co-workers or even the time you get scolded by your boss, it is all kept in your memory bank in your brain. These is where the memories are formed.
However, in a different sitution, when you experienced something like being bitten by a dog, it saves in your mind and becomes a memory.
Memories are something you would cherish no matter the good or the bad times.
Experience (something you do) => Memory
You may not know it but even you microwave oven or even yout toaster is a computer but not as powerful as the computer itself.
As a conclusion, HCI plays an important role for the sake of making a better life for human. Everything we do it leads back to the humans as humans started it all and wanting more from it.
Friday, October 28, 2011
What is HCI ? - week 2
Definition of HCI?
= Human Computer Interaction.
Formal definition?
= is the study,planning and design of the interaction between people and computers
When talking about interaction , the most important thing about it is How the information is delivered because in the end, its all about how humans received the information.
Still don't quite understand? okay~
To be simple, HCI basic goal is to improve the interaction between users and computers by making the computers more usable and receptive to the user's need.
Besides, HCI is quite important as poorly designed human-machine interfaces can lead to many unexpected problems.
So, to make a good human-machine interfaces, what we need is a good design. Good design is 'making things better for people'.
As human always find a way to defy the designs so the HCI is needed to help invent and reinvent the computer interfaces.
Azura Binti Abd.Mokmin
1102700146
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
interaction studies : week 2
This is the second week for the interaction studies class and this week miss Edina is the one who giving the lecture. This week topic is mainly about what is the interaction and how does it interact wth human itself. We are also learnt about HCL which stand for Human Computer Interaction.
There is various of definitions for HCL,
interaction between people and computer
a discipline with the design, evaluation and implementation.
its about human in the end
from the last point (above), why do you think people keep reinventing the product that were already invented by other people? . For me, people keep reinventing to keep the product up to date and follow the trends. besides, when people reinventing something, most of the times the product will come out with a better function,features, and make things more easier.the purpose to invent and reinventing
design and user: make people feel idiot when see your design when that wasnt from their ideas and they start thinking why can'tthey ever think about that.
design : making things better for people
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