> design textbook authoring - developing new authors (which is also important - new voices are reaaallllly needed). Extremely needed Derek, one of the hardest things to do is establishing scope and historical context when introducing concepts during textbook writing - ThreadSky

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impactology.bsky.social • 77 days ago

> design textbook authoring - developing new authors (which is also important - new voices are reaaallllly needed).

Extremely needed Derek, one of the hardest things to do is establishing scope and historical context when introducing concepts during textbook writing

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impactology.bsky.social•77 days ago

For example I want to talk about interface design from the perspective of introduction of novel affordances as opposed to simply rendering existing workflows on screen (recover the notions Alan Kay, Douglas Engelbart had on augmenting intellect)

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impactology.bsky.social•77 days ago

But then the challenge is to figure out how much design history should be covered to introduce that argument

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plug103.bsky.social•77 days ago

Or the easy path is taken - that design didn’t start until the early 19C in Europe and can be applied universally ….

Histories in their contexts reapplied in contemporary contexts are harder to find.

impactology.bsky.social•77 days ago

>Histories in their contexts reapplied in contemporary contexts are harder to find.

That benefit applies to graphic design authors, they are lucky in that way. No need to talk much hot metal typesetting if the function of the book is to provide a 101.

Its harder for interaction design, ui

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