In the book, we describe this as the locus of understanding. Is it the ap? Is it in the brain, or is it more connected to all these things? And what is it that connectst things? In the way that i've come to see it, i have come to see interaction as a, really, like, the fundamental thing that connects all of these together. This is, i don't think, great terminology, but my current working term for this is inter actionism, which i wouldn't mind getting into. If you don't mind, let's do it. I would also say that this is important for people who are who are making things,
Karl Fast is an independent scholar, information architect, and futurist. He's the co-author of Figure It Out: Getting From Information to Understanding alongside Stephen Anderson, who was featured in episode 39 of the show. In this conversation, Karl tells us about what interaction designers can learn from cognitive science. We had a lot to discuss, so this episode is the first of two on the subject.
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Disclosure: I received Karl’s book for free as a previous Rosenfeld Media/Two Waves author.
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