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Friday, July 6, 2007
Citations
Thursday, July 5, 2007
The Future 7/5
From the readings, I found "Has The Internet Become Indispensable? Empirical Findings and Model Development" by Hoffman, Novak, & VenKatesh, and "New Methods, New Goals" by Shneiderman to be interesting.
The article by Hoffman basically talked about the Intenet being increasingly part of our daily lives or better yet an "irreverisble" innovation. Without the Internet, many people including me would not be able to send emails, chat, IM, shop, purchase tickets, do our banking, etc. A lot of people prefer to use the Internet because it's much convenient and accessible. The article discussed that college students are the heaviest users. Well, I can vouch for this because throughout my college life and still today I use it more than ever when researching or posting information for class like this one. I use it just as much outside of class just to take a load off from a days work. I think that the Internet is very educational because you can find further information from teachers or gain knowledge just by browsing. However, the Internet can be problems for many. For example, people don't have access to the Internet or don't have the skills in using the internet when searching. I think this can put a burden on people from gaining knowledge. Also, another problem is privacy, protection, and security. This problem rises because of the issue with identities being stolen and people. People do have the right to feel unease by the fact that their information is being tampered or being used by somebody else, but what can be done to solve this problem? Is there really a solution to this problem?
In the article by Shneiderman, it discussed re-designing the user-interface. The author discussed three methods for user-centereed designs such as user needs assessment, usability testing, and customer feedback. I think these are important because users want to have their input into the designs that would effect them the most since they are the ones who are going to use the computers. If they are not involved, then how can designes meet the needs of the users? I would prefer to use a computer that is user friendly because it makes it more easier and simple to just go to a website where I click on a link and sent directly to the information relating to the link without having to go through multiple links to get to it. However, designers have a hard time adjusting to expectations of the users because they are use to the old computing. Unfortunely, designers have to realize that the old computing is out the window and that it's what the user wants and expects of the designers, a more friendly, less frustrating user interface.
Two articles related to the topic:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/bal-bz.pl.himowitz14jun14,0,5745588.column?coll=bal-technology-headlines
http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/bal-te.ha.seniors02jul02,0,5143046.story?coll=bal-technology-headlines
The article by Hoffman basically talked about the Intenet being increasingly part of our daily lives or better yet an "irreverisble" innovation. Without the Internet, many people including me would not be able to send emails, chat, IM, shop, purchase tickets, do our banking, etc. A lot of people prefer to use the Internet because it's much convenient and accessible. The article discussed that college students are the heaviest users. Well, I can vouch for this because throughout my college life and still today I use it more than ever when researching or posting information for class like this one. I use it just as much outside of class just to take a load off from a days work. I think that the Internet is very educational because you can find further information from teachers or gain knowledge just by browsing. However, the Internet can be problems for many. For example, people don't have access to the Internet or don't have the skills in using the internet when searching. I think this can put a burden on people from gaining knowledge. Also, another problem is privacy, protection, and security. This problem rises because of the issue with identities being stolen and people. People do have the right to feel unease by the fact that their information is being tampered or being used by somebody else, but what can be done to solve this problem? Is there really a solution to this problem?
In the article by Shneiderman, it discussed re-designing the user-interface. The author discussed three methods for user-centereed designs such as user needs assessment, usability testing, and customer feedback. I think these are important because users want to have their input into the designs that would effect them the most since they are the ones who are going to use the computers. If they are not involved, then how can designes meet the needs of the users? I would prefer to use a computer that is user friendly because it makes it more easier and simple to just go to a website where I click on a link and sent directly to the information relating to the link without having to go through multiple links to get to it. However, designers have a hard time adjusting to expectations of the users because they are use to the old computing. Unfortunely, designers have to realize that the old computing is out the window and that it's what the user wants and expects of the designers, a more friendly, less frustrating user interface.
Two articles related to the topic:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/bal-bz.pl.himowitz14jun14,0,5745588.column?coll=bal-technology-headlines
http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/bal-te.ha.seniors02jul02,0,5143046.story?coll=bal-technology-headlines
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