Complementary to Lecture 4 & 5

Affordance & UAF

Human Computer Interaction / COG3103, 2014 Fall Class hours : Tue 1-3 pm/Thurs 12-1 pm 18 September

TALES OF THINGS IoT Case Study 01

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Tales of Things : Web

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Tales of Things : Mobile

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Related Links

• App Site

– http://talesofthings.com/

• Book

– http://themobilestory.com/ch-19-tales-of-things/

• Conference

– http://dh2011abstracts.stanford.edu/xtf/view?docId=tei%2Fab-

158.xml%3Bquery%3D%3Bbrand%3Ddefault

• News

– http://bookleteer.com/blog/2010/08/tales-of-things/

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How to use Tales of Things

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http://youtu.be/pBa_o-LcSLM

Lecture #5

TALES OF THINGS Reviews

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Question 1

• Draw the interaction cycle of “Tales of Things”

– Note to what your goal of “Tales of Things” was.

– Describe the example world of “Tale of Things” use context

– Describe your gulf of execution to use “Tales of Things”

– Describe your gulf of evaluation to use “Tale of Things”

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THE INTERACTION CYCLE

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Figure 21-1 Norman’s (1990) stages-of action model, adapted with permission.

Question 2

• Translate the cycle into the UAF

– Tell your stories of experiencing ToT

– What did you plan?

– What were the steps of the translation?

– Explain your physical action to the app.

– What was the outcomes of ToT following to your physical action?

– Were the system feedbacks proper?

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THE INTERACTION CYCLE

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Figure 21-1 Norman’s (1990) stages-of action model, adapted with permission.

Question 3

• Analysis/Design your own ToT use case.

– Who are the users?

– What do they use ToT for?

– What use context will they be in to access the ToT process(or Interaction

Cycle)?

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THE INTERACTION CYCLE

• Example: Creating a Business Report as a Task within the Interaction

Cycle

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Calculate monthly profits for last quarter

Write summary, including graphs, to show company

performance

Create table of contents

Print the report

Open spreadsheet program

Call accounting department and ask for numbers for each month

Create column headers in spreadsheet for expenses and revenues in each product category

Compute profits

Homework

• Compile 3 items below in a new post on your blog.

– The link of your own ToT post.

– Your app assessment brief : 1 page

– Answers to the 3 questions

• Due until

– 22nd September 11:59 pm

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ToT QR Code

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