post-it, can the argument of Activity Centred Design be a way in that the usability of technology can edge closer to such integration in understanding.
MIT researchers argue that computers need to become as easy to use as those yellow sticky notes.Office workers are like electricity: When they want to get something done, they follow the path of least resistance.
Which is why, say researchers at MIT, the Post-it note continues to flourish on every surface of the contemporary office, despite all those expensive computers ready and willing to help.
David Karger helps lead a group at MIT exploring the way people work with computers. A recent paper from his team chronicled the attraction of “information scraps” like Post-Its, which, says Karger, are actually near-perfect data base tools. They’re accessible and easy to use, and they take advantage of the brain’s facility to remember an object’s location in the three-dimensional world."
A further great point from David Karger recent paper
"We started out asking what people do with Post-it notes, and it spiraled into something much bigger -- a study of how people intentionally misuse all of those systems that are supposed to help you," says Bernstein, who has worked closely with graduate student Max Van Kleek on the information scrap project.
In a similar manner I can think about how my own work own work evolved from the focus of paper use in the lab to the larger issues of how to design for such scientific software systems in the context of understanding the information workflow.
Follow up research to be presented at CHI 09 - to read
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