Lecture 2 - Notes

January 7, 2016

History of Interaction Design

In the early days there was a strong focus on operating the machine. People were trained to use computers in the workplace.

Bush's Memex

Conceived of Hypertext and the World Wide Web (didn't coin them though). Allows you to store all your documents with cross references and margin notes.

The First Mouse (1964)

The first mouse was created for your knee. It was probably terrible.