interaction design history

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 husband took...

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...