The Fascinating Past and Exciting Future of Human-Computer Interaction with Brad Myers
Description
Brad Myers is the Charles M. Geschke Director of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute and Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, with an affiliated faculty appointment in the Software and Societal Systems Department. He’s also the author of a new book, "Pick, Click, Flick! The Story of Interaction Techniques." In this episode, he discusses the importance of usability in design, notable failures in user interface design, and the future of Human-Computer Interaction.
Key Takeaways:
- Historic HCI failures
- What is HCI?
- How AI will affect HCI?
Episode Timeline:
1:45 What is the Human-Computer Interaction field?
3:30 The evolution of interaction techniques
6:30 Designing for usability and intuition
09:40 Historic failures in user interface design
10:30 Why Clippy didn't work
14:30 The history of copy and paste
18:00 Mac or PC?
21:30 The future of HCI and AI integration
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