Design – Page 6 – Ruth Stalker-Firth

A heat map of the multidisciplinary field of HCI @ Alan Dix

February 12, 2018 Musings

Human-computer interaction, cyberpsychology and core disciplines

[HCI heat map: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-837.pdf] I first taught human-computer interaction (HCI) in 2001. I taught it from a viewpoint of software

March 29, 2017 Musings

Is this progress? Humans, computers and stories

As a computer scientist, I have to say my job has changed very little in the last last twenty-odd years. The

March 19, 2017 Musings

Designing story (4): Women

When they write about you do they talk about your thighs? Or your girlfriend? They validate me through having a

March 5, 2017 Musings

Designing story (3): Archetypes and aesthetics

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget

March 1, 2017 Musings

Designing story (2) : Structure

Some plots are moved forward by external events and crises. Others are moved forward by the characters themselves. If I