Monday 25 October 2010

TechTalk - NUI - whats in a name?

Natural user interface or NUI, is one of the most popular flavours du jour in certain interaction design and user experience circles. On the one hand, the term signals a change from the graphical user interace or GUI, which is widely used since the early 1980s. This is good in many ways. Not that the GUI going to go away (no more than the QWERTY keyboard, I predict). But progress is as you say, progress. And just because it keep a great idea that took was, does not mean that everything is there.

But in addition the name, what's this new thing? As far as I can see the answer depends on whom you questions. Ask enough people, and you will see that it - what means nothing, it could mean nothing, by the way, can mean. I view it this way. Yes, there is a lot different views. But this also means that there is accompanying a lot of varied conversations, you and I that see as healthy.Complacency is a worthy aspiration for Design.Aber from the collective conversations rarely one would hope that there might be some convergence - a another term for insight or growth.

The purpose of this speech is my own thoughts into the fray – for better or worse to werfen.Unter I will start my cue from the term itself, like a good naturalist and strip the term bare and build from there. Starting with diving into the essence of the concept of course.

Biography: Bill Buxton is the author of "sketch user experiences: getting the design right and the right design", published by Morgan Kaufmann and focal press, and a columnist on design and innovation for BusinessWeek.com.He is head of research at Microsoft research and has a 30-year involvement in research, design and comment to human aspects of technology, and digital tools for creative work including music, film and industrial design.Prior to joining Microsoft he was researcher at Xerox PARC, Professor at the University of Toronto and Chief Scientist of alias research and SGI Inc. - where 2003 he an Academy Award for scientific and technical services together war.In 2007 doctor of design, honoris causa, of becoming Ontario College of art and design in 2008 was the 10th Reci-pient of ACM/SIGCHI lifetime achievement award for fundamental contributions to the field of human-computer Interaktion.Im January 2009 was a member of the ACM, in June was awarded a doctor of laws, honoris causa, by his alma mater, Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and in November received a doctorate in industrial design from the Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands Volunteer. Finally, in 2010, BusinessWeek named Bill under the world's most influential Designer.


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