Selker, Ted
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TED SELKER spoke in place of Joy Mountford at Terry Winograd's HCI seminar
on May 14... I met him and he gave me his card.
 
Ted invented the <b>pointing stick used on IBM Thinkpads.  56 patents</b>.
 
 
Ten yrs as assoc prof at MIT MEDIA LAB  head of  Context Aware Computing Group.
 
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His Lecture ...  CONSIDERATE SYSTEMS  (system must aware of you and your tasks and
situation)
 
Program to deal with Urgent Emails...  classifies them  and only interrupts u with mpt ones.
 
Sensors and virtual sensors.
 
SENSE then  CONSIDER then  EFFECTOR.
 
must be considerate of user.
 
Most interrupts come in as BOING!!!!  (telephone rings,  email arrives...
interruption without consideration)
 
AWARENESS OF SOCIAL CONTEXT.
 
Need statistical and dynamic models of  user and his task.
 
REspect for human goals, attention and flow.
TASK is central.
 
Solicitors beware!!!!
 
Only act on the user's intention when it supports his flow.
 
He studied cog psych as Under grad and grad student .
 
Pop ups can be igonoted.
 
He did a TV show on forgetting with Alzheimers...
 
pbs.org/theforgetting   all  a bunch of games  picture puzzles and juke box.
 
EYE tracking....   IR transponders ...
 
if eyes move > 10 degr than u move ur head;
if  eyes move > 30 degr u move ur torso.
 
Had a system projected on the ceiling of ur bedroom
 
STARE at something  implies interest.
 
gazing ... implies shifting attention... wandering..
 
moving a mouse takes > 800  to 900 msec (with hand on the mouse)
can do it with eyes (saccade) in 300 to 400 msec
 
u can tell the diff btwn  reading something and staring at it.
 
EYES are guard dogs... looking at the whole world!!!  (watchng for
interesting stuff,  threats, etc).
 
EMOTIONAL RESPONSE  is impt cue to level of interest in something...
great way to index  experience  (forget GSR)..
Andrea Lockerd...  eg by listening to her giggle.
 
Surprise, happiness, anger, excitment...
paint a face on the screen as u type an email to show  likely reactions of
recipient.
 
His PhD was COACH...  also  CAR COACH
press red button on dash for affirmations  u're doing great
blue button for  criticism...  u're driving too fast.
 
Variable schedule of feedback works best!  (constant nagging is bad)
also, better to wait a bit befoer giving feedback.
 
best for  recipient to know that someone is watching them, but not give constant feedback...
just occas compliments and some critiques.
 
Vedning machine for soda ... like a coke machine...
with games on it...  machine is aware of #  of people gatheredc around it and
can change games ....
 
When to disrupt someone in their office....  if there not doing anything,
it they're we4lcoming disruption  ,  if u're really impt.
 
Pointing stick feels god awful but actually is better  cuz no overshoot...
more accurate.  better to go slow.
 
Coffee mug that says  HOT in resp to temper.
 
Talking trivet ... pot holder  that talks...  roast will be brown in 15 mins and burnt in 30 mins
warn user.
 
Smart dice to teach probability and counting.
 
Kaiser MD walks into  exam room and door only shuts when he washes his hands.
 
Philip Morris digital cigarette!!  suck on it  and it sends msg to the ladies.
cool device.
 
something to hand out;  define me as being cool.
 
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Big diff btwn an  INSISTIVE AGENT  vs  an  ADVISIVE  AGENT!!!
 
CAR with peddles instead of a gas pedal... peddle it to make it go faster.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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