In my explorations of historical aspects of technology, computers, and interfaces, I’ve ran into a number of puzzling aspects. The most recent one is writings without headings. Yes – without headings – page after page. An example is a paper … Continue reading
Day two: Hi Inc’ers. It’s probably not very nice but I am writing this during a presentation on “online networks and privacy 2.0” – unfortunately I need to do something else than listening to stay awake because the paper is … Continue reading
At the CHI conference in Firenze in April I learned about a website containing a lot of historical material on UIs and interaction techniques www.uist.org/archive. UIST stands for “User Interface Software and Technology” and is home of the people interested … Continue reading
In my explorations of the enhanced Nim-game development project that took place at Regnecentralen in 1962-63 involving Piet Hein and Søren Lauesen, I’ve come across a paper written by someone named Jan Madey. It addresses Regnecentralen’s activities in Eastern Europe … Continue reading
Plan for autumn 2008 – 1st Thursdays every month, 13-15, room 2A08 Three different seminar types are proposed. • PhD seminars in which one or more PhD students outline their research agenda, current challenges or problems. It could also be … Continue reading
The interest in the history of user interfaces and HCI is growing. So far a number of HCI scholars have presented their view – among these Richard Pew, Ronald Baecker, and Brian Shackel. Recently another paper emerged: “A Moving Target: … Continue reading
