Designing for social interaction - value and experience beyond the interface
Man-machine interfaces vs. online human-human interaction Traditional interaction design thinking is under pressure in the case of social network services because we no longer are facing situations where a user fulfills a task on a computer (the roots of HCI […]
Social littering: When “social media” turns friends into spambots
The primary motivation to encourage users to “share more” rarely translates into true user value, i.e. something valuable for those sharing or receiving the information. Undeniably - apart from sales coupons or rebate codes - even automated bulk […]
What a Dutch street intersection can teach us about social interaction design
Yet, this simple technology allowed for a stunningly rich variety of interactions, serving a wide array of human communication needs - all based on mutual, verbal negotiation of the interacting parties (often you first had to have yourself handed on to the […]