Leonardos Laptop

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Leonardos Laptop

• Milla Chappell
• 2nd Year MA
• ENGL 7010
• October 18, 2005

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Overview

• A uthor
• R ead
• T ogether

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Ben Schneiderman

• Professor Computer Science University of
  Maryland, College Park
• Founding director of the Human-Computer
  Interaction Laboratory at University of Maryland,
  College Park
• Co-author of two textbooks
• Editor of three technical books
• Author of more than 200 technical papers and
  book chapters

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Purpose

• This book is designed to raise your
  expectations of what you get from information and
  communication technologies (12).
• We can accelerate the movement toward the new
  computing by adopting Leonardo da Vinci as an
  inspirational muse (x).

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Leonardo da Vinci

• work must commence with the conception of man

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Leonardo da Vinci

• His integrative spirit was not unusual in
  Renaissance Italy, where a conscious blend of
  scientific invention with aesthetics was common.
  Logic and art were partners mathematics and
  music were collaborators (5).
• Keeping in the spirit of Leonardo, each new
  computing model will be delightfully entertaining
  and compellingly useful (9).

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Leonardo da Vinci

• Leonardo was an endless doodler, sketcher,
  and dreamer who tucked several notebooks of
  various sizes into his waste belt to record his
  thoughts (8).
• New computing will
• emerse you in dramatic projected experiences.
• become invisible, as the technology is
  embeddded in common devides or inserted under
  your skin.
• enable you to gather names and e-mail addresses
  of everyone in a room who gives their permission.

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New Computing

• The old computing was about what computers
  could do the new computing is about what users
  can do. Successful technologies are those that
  are in harmony with users needs. They must
  support relationship and activities that enrich
  the users experiences (2).

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New Computing Design

• The first transformation from the old to the
  new computing is the shift in what users value
  (13). We must demand high quality technology!

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New Computing Design

• We need to complain when our technology doesnt
  perform correctly!

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New Computing Universality

• New computing isnt valuable unless a wide range
  of people can benefit

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New Computing Universality

• How is it possible to make technology
  universal?
• by coping with technology variety
• by accomodating diverse users
• by bridging the gap between what users know
  and what they need to know

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New Computing Development

• How do we actually develop these products?
• User needs assessments
• Usability testing
• Customer feedback

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E-Learning

• Old Education
• acquiring facts
• competition
• New Education
• Collaborative Education
• Online Courses
• LEON
• All As possible

Da Vincis Anatomical Drawing of Skull in Profile
to the Left
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E-Business

• Old Business
• making a profit
• New Business
• New opportunities for merchants and customers
• Online Catalogs
• Improved Customer Service

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E-Healthcare

• Old Medicine
• time consuming
• un-empathetic
• New Medicine
• Empowers patients
• World Wide Med
• Two-way telemedicine and healthcare
  information resources will grow dramatically as
  patients, nurses, doctors, and health management
  organizations all go electronic (16).

Da Vincis Drawing of a Womans Torso
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E-Government

• Old Government
• New Government
• Free Internet
• Political processes
• Open deliberation

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Other Ideas?

• E-Entertainment
• E-Travel
• E-Justice
• What else?

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Mega-Creativity

• Art is Life Life is Art
• software could enable more people to be
  creative more of the time (208).
• They expand the possibilities for artists,
  musicians, poets, playwrights, and journalists to
  sketch bold ideas, compose fresh symphonies, and
  write compelling poems (17).

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The Skeptics Corner

• Advanced technologies have the potential to
  promote positive contributions, but they also can
  support the dark side of human nature (18).
• disseminate hateful and racial messages
• enable users to spread lies
• violates privacy
• spreads pornography

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The Skeptics Corner

• Humans need personal contact walking in the
  woods, holding a baby, and talking to your
  friends should always be respected (19).
• Artificial Intelligence

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Overview

• A uthor
• R ead
• T ogether

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Questions?

• Milla Chappell
• Thompmv_at_auburn.edu
• October 18, 2005