On Dec 18, 2009, at 7:38 PM, Ruey wrote:
science and art could coexist comfortably and today so many artists seem scared to death of learning any science
I had a long and frustrating session this morning with my partner, an artist, who was trying to make flight reservations online.
In her case, as with others I know, the problem seems to be that she thinks the "computer" is smart, and she's not, so she tries to "out-thinik" it, with predictably disastrous results. It doesn't do any good to explain that it is basically as dumb as a rock.
Also, she doesn't "see" what's on the screen....she "sees" color and shape, not text.
Ken, who usually lurks and learns, and who is trying mightily to get Mac OS X Snow Leopard to behave with his printers...speaking of art and science.
peace to all,
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The Rev. Ken Frazier
First Congregational Church
Waterbury, CT 06702
203-757-0331
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Whenever I get in a checkout line and the checker has trouble with the
computerized cash register I take pains to explain that it is not their
fault and that I used to design computers. I feel like there are things
that computers should never be used for - voting machines for example.
Ballot scanners are OK if the process is designed right but now with
only one company making the voting machines I think it is crazy to use
them. But usually I think it is not people's fault when computers seem
obstinate. Before digital there were film cameras with incredibly
intuitive user interfaces and there were cameras that were always a
pain to use. Good computers and software ought to be designed to be
easy to use and when they are not it is seldom the users fault in my
opinion.