Biography2 At first, I searched for Xia Peisu in Google Chrome, and it showed Mr. Xia, which made me feel confused. After investigation, I found out that Xia Peisu was very powerful as a rare woman in a social environment where there were almost no female scientists and almost all men. Computer science became an…
Computing process
Doug Englebart’s team proposes a demo of how the data are related to another, and how it’s classified, using the prototype of an early computer and the three tools: mouse, keyboard, and a keypad. Doug Englebart types the text on the blank screen. There’s a beep sound for every aspect of the action. There are…
Abby Covert
“I’m an information architect who loves to make sense of messes.”1 – Abby Covert defines herself with a single sentence. Abby Covert has started off with a graphic design career, working in layout design, printing, concept research, and branding design. Then she switched to Information architecture. Since 2004, Abby devoted to the information architecture community…
Mid-century Designers are “Design for People”
In the world of interaction design, there are a lot of ideas discover by some successful designers. Like Eames couple, Ladislav Sutnar, and Karl Gerstner. Even though they are successful in different areas of design, but their ideas do help interaction designers to improve and create a better experience for their users. Ray and Charles…
Man-Computer Symbiosis Evaluation
The computer pioneer J. C. R. Licklider wrote a famous essay titled “Man-Computer Symbiosis” in 1960, where he predicted a close coupling between humans and electronics in the future. He anticipated that we would be able to interact with computers in the same way we communicate with our co-workers whose skills supplement our own. It…
Amazing Female Graphic Designer– Susan Kare
Many women in tech have helped shape the modern world, such as Ada Lovelace , Hedy Lamarr or Annie Easley. Today, I wanted to honour a particular woman in tech who’s had such an immense impact on our lives. She is Susan Kare. Susan Kare is a graphic designer who designed many of the interface elements…
