After watching the videos on Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth, read the articles going into more depth about each of these women. What men are they associated with? Do a search of the men on google or other search engine. How much information is written about the contributions of these men compared to the women?
Write a short blog post about why these women’s contributions to Interaction Design history matter? They come from the lineage that emerges as IXD—why are they important to know about? Make sure to select the category Ada Lovelace & Lillian Gilbreth.
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Hermione Bonus Writing 2
by Hermione Hu
Ada Lovelace was called the first author of a computer program. When 1833, Charles Babbage, as known as the father of the computer, invited Ada…
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Lilian Gilbreth – the Shine of Humanity
by Amanda Liu
Lilian Gilbreth, often known as the “Mother of Modern Management”, is an industrial engineer, a psychologist, an educator, and a mother of 12. Throughout her…
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Women In Interaction Design – BONUS WRITING
by Ted Huang
Women always had a traditional gender role in our society since the beginning of time. From artists, writers to engineers and scientists, women’s work and…
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On “Having it All”
by Elaine Choi
As with much of our understanding of the current day, Interaction Design as a discipline emerged at the convergence of various disciplines, as the result…
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BONUS WRITING 2 – Ada Lovelace & Lillian Gilbreth
by Lylyna Heng
Ada Lovelace & Lillian Gilbreth paved the path for human interaction with computer, where the computer power later became part of human life. Ada Lovelace,…
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Lovelace and Gilbreth’s Contributions to IXD
by Ruth Bhavsar
Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth were ahead of their time and definitely not as recognized as they should be today. Both of these women delivered…
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Ada Lovelace & Lillian Gilbreth
by Zijie Zhou
Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer. She is often regarded as the first to recognize the full potential of computers and one of…
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Ada Lovelace & Lillian Gilbreth: Women in science
by Anh Truong
After watching videos and reading the articles on Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth, I think there are many similarities between both women especially the influences…
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Ada Lovelace’s contributions to Interaction Design
by Peter Peng
Ada Lovelace knew lots of famous scientists such as Andrew Crosse, Charles Babbage, Sir David Brewster, Charles Wheatstone, Michael Faraday and the author Charles Dickens because of her family and education environment….
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Why pioneer contributions to Interaction Design history matter?
by Betty Li
When I checked her contribution to society and other men’s contributions to society online. I think everyone contributes to society, and these contributions are very…
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Their contribution to the IxD history
by Tai Hao
Because of Ada Lovelace’s family and education environment, she knew lots of scientists such as Charles Babbage, who was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor, and mechanical…
