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Interaction Design History Spring 2025

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    • Early Writing & Pictography
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    • Lovelace & Gilbreth
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    • Lucy Suchman
    • Xerox Star
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    • AI and UX Ethics
    • IXD Futures Diagram
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Author: Elaine Jin

Ethics in Interaction Design: More Than Just Good UX

May 7, 2025May 7, 2025

Lately, I’ve been thinking about how much power we actually have as interaction designers, especially now with AI in […]

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Web 2.0: I Used to Make Videos. Now I Just Watch Them.

May 5, 2025May 5, 2025

When I first downloaded Douyin(Chinese Version TikTok), I used it differently than I do now. I remember recording a […]

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Small Device, Big Shift

April 30, 2025

The iPod didn’t just change the way we listened to music, it changed the way we related to technology. […]

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From Clicks to Swipes: The Journey of GUI and Its Future

March 31, 2025May 5, 2025

The GUI has come a long way since the early days of Macintosh and Windows. Back then, the biggest breakthrough […]

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Lucy Suchman: Making Technology Work for Real People

March 16, 2025May 25, 2025

Lucy Suchman’s work fundamentally shifted how we think about technology and human interaction. Before her research, many believed that […]

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The Xerox Star: The Forgotten Pioneer of Modern UI

March 7, 2025May 25, 2025

The Xerox Star was a groundbreaking computer system introduced in 1981. While it didn’t achieve major commercial success at […]

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The Demo That Shaped the Digital World

February 27, 2025May 25, 2025

Douglas Engelbart’s 1968 demo was known as “The Mother of All Demos”, was a game-changer for computing. Before this, […]

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Rethinking Interaction Design: Applying Gestalt Principles and Fitts’ Law

February 5, 2025May 25, 2025

After learning about Gestalt Principles and Fitts’ Law, it changed some of the ways I think about interaction design. […]

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Ada Lovelace & Lillian Gilbreth: Shaping the Foundations of Interaction Design

February 5, 2025May 25, 2025

Through reading Lovelace and Babbage: A Graphic Novel, I gained a deep understanding of Ada Lovelace and Lillian Gilbreth […]

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WeChat”Discover” icon VS Egyptian Hieroglyphics

January 31, 2025May 25, 2025

WeChat is a popular social app from China, features a “Discover” section symbolized by a compass—a perfect choice, as […]

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