CHM Field Trip
The visit to the Computer History Museum was actually surprisingly fun to me. I thought it would be mainly about the previous generations of computer engines and early calculators, but I discovered a bunch of very interesting...
Author: Amanda Yu
The Lead of a Star
The Xerox Star, released in 1981, changed the direction of computing by introducing ideas that made computers more personal, visual, and easy to use. Before the Star, computers were mainly used by programmers, but the star...
“Mother of All Demos”
The 1968 "Mother of All Demos" by Douglas Engelbart and his team at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) was so important because it fundamentally transformed how people thought about computers and their purpose. Before this...
Blending Gestalt Principles and Fitts’s Law in Design
Reading and learning about Gestalt Principles and the Fitts's Law allow me to view, design and think about an interactive piece in different perspectives; I’ll be thinking more about both how users see and how they move....
When Art Becomes Interface: How 20th-Century Art Moves Through Modern UI/UX
The 20th century completely changed up the way people view and thought about art. As an illustrator, the shift from traditional, realistic classic painting to expressive work that focus on emotions and movements was dramatic. As...
Imagination shapes future: Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth
Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth both served as pioneers in shaping the fields of human- centred design and computer programming; although they lived in different centuries and worked on various focus, they both made remarkable...