Last week I presented a study at NordiCHI’12 which I conducted in collaboration with my colleagues Mikkel R. Jakobsen and Kasper Hornbæk last winter. The study is based on 11 workshops in which we asked participants, which were groups of 2 to 3 analysts from diverse domains of data analysis, to imagine, and act as [...]
I find the ideas of bimanuality interesting. I especially enjoy the kinematic chain model as I have indicated previously, but was intrigued to stumble upon an everyday task where it didn’t apply. Instead of going into greater detail of why this special case makes sense, I wan’t to start of on a normal case: a [...]
Recently I’ve been thinking about the ideas of bimanuality. Its was spawn by discussing the ideas with a collegue. It made me reread some of the classic HCI bimanual papers which got me thinking. In which tasks do we really do what Yves Guiard[1] describes? And which tasks conflicts with the rules? Which rules you [...]
Just a quick note to let you all know that we are looking for at student coder/designer/builder in the WallViz team. More info here: diku.dk/…
As promised, here’s an overview of some of the presentations at CHI2011: Mario Romero et al presented a study on using video visualizations of human activity in buildings to analyze room use and thus help architects gain insights. Inspiring use of video material imo. [1] Another interesting paper was presented on augmenting search results with [...]
OK. So I am definitely back from CHI2011 now. Coming back, more than a few people have asked me what inspired me the most on CHI. I haven’t really been able to give any answer until now, but I think it’s about to get there. I definitely enjoyed both the opening and closing keynotes (Howard [...]
I participated in a SIG discussion about the definition of natural user interfaces earlier today. So what is a natural user interface (NUI), really and how can we define it? In brave NUI World (what a terrible con on the real thing) by x and x, it is suggested that a NUI must Create an [...]
So CHI2011 has officially begun. Arrived Saturday to the delight of the Vancouvian weather. Whenever flying, I cant help but get a little philosophical. Seeing the earth from above, the extent of human accomplishment is clear and vivid. Approching Vancouver in the air, viewing the mountain peaks mirrored in the wet sand in the coastline [...]