lovelace & gilbreth

The world we live in today is the result of the accumulation of the imagination of many inventors and thinkers. Among them, two women, Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreath, lived in different times, but were pioneers in common who drew… Read more: Dreamers Ahead of Their Time

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 contributions that still matter in… Read more: Imagination shapes future: Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth

When we talk about the history of Interaction Design, it’s easy to think only about computers and screens. But Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth show us that IxD has always been bigger than that. Lovelace worked with Charles Babbage in… Read more: Why are Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth important to know about for IXD History?

Ada Lovelace was essentially the first ever computer programmer. She, in her poetic, scientific playfulness, wrote the earliest form of programming, envisioning a concept that reached beyond the Difference Engine’s original use case. Charles Babbage designed it for solving numerical… Read more: Some Lessons From Two Women Visionaries in IxD

In 1843, Ada Lovelace wrote the first paper on computer science, including the earliest complete computer program. Reading about Ada Lovelace’s life, it really made me believe that she gained that craziness, poetic, creative power in her blood. As someone… Read more: What women can do when they are given a chance: Don’t forget about Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth.

When I first learned about Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth, I was struck by how much of what they did resonated with some core values of today’s interaction design and technology industry. Many of the “mainstream” principles in UX design,… Read more: Ahead of Their Time: Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth in IXD History

Why are Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth important to know about for IXD History? Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth both played important roles as pioneers in the history of computers and industrial design. Their research has a huge direct connection… Read more: IXD Pioneers: Lovelace & Gilbreth

Ada Lovelace mentioned that the future possibilities for human-machine interaction. She seems to have the ability to see the future and predict that computers will be able to do many interesting things in the future, such as editing music and… Read more: Blog – Topic 1 Predicting the future and practical exploration

Interaction design is heavily associated with screens, apps and websites. At its very core, it is the relationship between the user and the system. Interaction design started with the idea that technology should serve human potential. Ada Lovelace imagined machines… Read more: IXD’s Founding Mothers

So I’ve been reading about the history of Interaction Design and these two women kept coming up – Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth. They’re from completely different time periods but both did stuff that was way ahead of their time.… Read more: Two Foundations of Interaction: Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth

The stories of many women throughout history trigger a melody in my head when I read them, “Big Eyes” by Lana Del Rey. Written for the movie Big Eyes in 2014, the song details the story of Margaret Keane, whose… Read more: Visionaries and Engineers – The importance of Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth

Why are Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth important to know about for IXD History? In both the technology and design worlds, women have been largely overlooked and unacknowledged. Today, we know that Ada Lovelace is actually the first computer programmer,… Read more: Studying Innovative Women (Lovelace & Gilbreth) matters!