On Navigating

Wether navigating the woods or the unknown terrain of a new business venture, distinctive landmarks help to qualify paths, rec

Signal to Noise ratio

Lopes (1986) suggests that signal detection theory is a better model than classical logic or inference for most everyday decis

Welcome to Texas

The cold logic and objectification of the world inspired by Plato and Aristotle set the stage for modern science. However, a s

The science has changed

Science is a tour bus for delving into the mysteries of our changing world. The vehicle doesn’t change but the view out

“Directness” of perception

In designing displays it is important to look past the screen to consider the mapping of the representation to the affordances

Going nowhere

Those of us who have spent a long time in a specific discipline often become engrossed in the subtle theoretical nuances and t

Noise

Observations of high reliability organizations by Rochlin and others suggest that the chatter (noise or non-task related commu

Reflection

The GIG-Industry

Endless flow of time

James Gibson described how we use structure in optic flow fields as information to skillfully navigate through a cluttered env

Things to do in Ticino – Sottoceneri

Meride – The Fossili museum in Meride. Beautiful little museum, with interactive attractions, showing the fossils found

on Affordances

Many designers talk about “affordances” as properties of the technologies that they design – but there is le