Comments on: Lessons from an Etch-a-Sketch—Implications for HCI http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2008/10/09/archives/50/ Clay talks about HCI, the user experience, and whatever he's in the mood for. Tue, 04 May 2010 06:31:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Carolin Dipirro http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2008/10/09/archives/50/comment-page-1/#comment-3970 Carolin Dipirro Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:55:23 +0000 http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/?p=50#comment-3970 Hope you had a great time this winter holidays! Hope you had a great time this winter holidays!

]]> By: David Hamilton http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2008/10/09/archives/50/comment-page-1/#comment-2022 David Hamilton Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:54:49 +0000 http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/?p=50#comment-2022 I'm probably a fairly atypical case; I'm the kind that gets paralyzed by perfectionism: The inability to make art that actually looks good is frustrating to me, whether the fault is my own or the tool's, and the fun of the Etch-A-Sketch suffers in my perception as a result. More interestingly, I was entertained by the anecdote regarding the Miis: I have had precisely that experience myself, going over to friends' houses and spending a great deal of time playing with the Mii creator and laughing it up and having a grand old time making all sorts of bizarre-looking creatures. It might be at least as interesting a study to consider what it is about the Mii creator that makes it so much fun, as the Etch-A-Sketch, though for the opposite reasons. I’m probably a fairly atypical case; I’m the kind that gets paralyzed by perfectionism: The inability to make art that actually looks good is frustrating to me, whether the fault is my own or the tool’s, and the fun of the Etch-A-Sketch suffers in my perception as a result.

More interestingly, I was entertained by the anecdote regarding the Miis: I have had precisely that experience myself, going over to friends’ houses and spending a great deal of time playing with the Mii creator and laughing it up and having a grand old time making all sorts of bizarre-looking creatures. It might be at least as interesting a study to consider what it is about the Mii creator that makes it so much fun, as the Etch-A-Sketch, though for the opposite reasons.

]]> By: Derrick http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2008/10/09/archives/50/comment-page-1/#comment-2003 Derrick Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:29:20 +0000 http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/?p=50#comment-2003 Personally I've never liked the Etch-a-Sketch, and I think the reason has to do with #4--even though my work would be immune to judgment, being on the same infantile level as everyone else has never been something I've aspired to :-P. Also, the damn thing is just too hard to work. On a side note, I wonder if piano players are good Etch-a-Sketch artists (because they're used to independently controlling the left and right hands to perform discrete yet related tasks). Personally I’ve never liked the Etch-a-Sketch, and I think the reason has to do with #4–even though my work would be immune to judgment, being on the same infantile level as everyone else has never been something I’ve aspired to :-P.
Also, the damn thing is just too hard to work.
On a side note, I wonder if piano players are good Etch-a-Sketch artists (because they’re used to independently controlling the left and right hands to perform discrete yet related tasks).

]]> By: saltracer http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2008/10/09/archives/50/comment-page-1/#comment-2002 saltracer Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:17:33 +0000 http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/?p=50#comment-2002 Or perhaps the Etch A Sketch is a puzzle, not entirely unlike a Rubicks Cube. I personally know of several people who approach it in that fashion. I also know that I avoid (the Etch A Sketch) because of that very reason (I don't like puzzles). Or perhaps the Etch A Sketch is a puzzle, not entirely unlike a Rubicks Cube. I personally know of several people who approach it in that fashion. I also know that I avoid (the Etch A Sketch) because of that very reason (I don’t like puzzles).

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