Natural User Interfaces Are Not Natural:
From this article, I know that the gestural interface will plays an essential part of interaction technology, not because it has already shown the success in some game design, but also enables us to control devices in a more natural way. I mean, unlike using a mouse to clicking and scrolling down the page, people can be more immersed in the interface by using hand gestures. But as Don Norman says, due to some technical issues, the gestural interface certainly need time to be better developed. This is what we need to be concerned about.
The Great Wall of Facebook/The Web Means the End of Forgetting:
For me, Google and Facebook are two different kind of websites, Facebook is the tool that I use to connect with my social life and friends, Google on the other hand,is just a search engine. But from this article I realize that they are not just that. Facebook in some cases can be used as a search engine, because there is so much information posted on the site, and people can search for almost anything on it. So here come the problems: “How to live our lives in a world where the Internet records everything and forgets nothing”. Does this mean that we have to be careful what has been posted on the website or be wise and always remember not to add our boss as “friends” on the Facebook? I don’t think so. Maybe people shouldn’t judge us on the words or photos we post on Facebook, after all, a social network is maybe the only place we can express our personal “childish”emotions.
The future doesn’t need us:
I find that sometimes it is easier to destroy something rather than create something. Technology is a good thing, but it also can be a monster when things are out of control. So scientists or designers should be very responsible for things they have produced.
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RE: Natural Interfaces Are Not Natural: I totally agree that a user can become more immersed in a product due to the use of a gesture interface. Personally, I find gestural interfaces to be quite fun and exciting to use, though I am not sure how much of this excitement can be attributed solely to its novelty.
RE: The Great Wall of Facebook/The Web Means the End of Forgetting: In addition to what you have stated above, there may also be a big disconnection between one’s online persona vs. their real-life self. If all a potential employer can see is a fantasized version of one’s self it may not be a true indication of what one might be like to work with.