Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Week 2 questionaire

–  What does the acronym SHE mean according to the book?
Whenever you take off something you have to put it back, hidden, if needed or in another form.

–  In your words define ‘humanist technologist’
The end design is slave to the user, not the other way around.

–  How can you apply the notion of reduce to your own design process? (give a
specific example)
Reduce options to broaden creativity, like restricting some technology options to make people think better without them. For example. I could restrict camera movement to make the cameraperson place the camera in more complex angles and give the footage some interesting effects.

–  From what you have read in Chapter 1, explain the relationship between
complexity and simplicity (give 3 specific examples from the book OR your own
experiences)