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.