Tag / #interactivity
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Innovation According to Star Wars
In my last post on the Star Wars universe, I advised disgruntled fans that creating an original piece of work would help them sympathize with authors better. I want to elaborate with…
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What is a Game?
A game is a framework for play and interaction. It’s an effective set of rules to direct our many forms of individual and group exercise. Sports games focus on our physical muscles.…
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The Imagination According to Star Wars
In my twenties, I worked with a guy who loved Star Wars as much as I did, but with one big difference between us. He loved dogma and I did not. Back…
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It’s Time for Author-Centered Design
When I started teaching media creation to Web designers, the first text everyone handed me was Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug. It’s a fun, quick read. Krug explains that a…
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The Lie That Resonates
Chemistry is a curious metaphor for human connection because matchmaking is certainly not a science—not yet anyway. Thanks to the Tinders and eHarmonys, we have more data on the subject than ever…
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Take the Critique, Not to Heart
The final assignment for my writing class is a comprehensive article built from everything we practice over the semester—plus a publishing plan. I tell students not to post their final blog assignment,…
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An Open Letter to Jack
Dear Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Twitter, On March 1st, you outlined the challenges and anger facing your platform. We’re committing Twitter to help increase the collective health, openness, and civility…
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Small Voices Rule the Web
It’s the Fourth of July again. It’s almost a quarter-millennium since the founders built our nation on word and argument. The Internet, our latest test of their experiments, has me thinking about…
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Smartphones Don’t Create Our Anxiety
Some sentences just stick with you. I never forgot the following quote from an assigned reading in college. Years later, I would discover the author of the quote, Columbia University Professor Jacques…
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A Stranger is Worth More Than a Friend
The campaign to delete Facebook is trending again. I say again, because this isn’t the first time. Facebook lost 6 million users in mid-2011 after one particularly uproar-inducing redesign. People predicted the…
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