About this blog
Ready-to-hand covers varied territory. Any focus this blog has is a changing one, and you may find that some posts are interesting and relevant to you, while others are not.
Much of what I write is about human-computer interaction, especially social psychological aspects of mobile and ubiquitous interactions, persuasive technology, mobile media sharing and annotation, and augmented reality. I also have interests in philosophy of language, social and cognitive psychology, and sociology.
I use many different methods in my work — from lab and field experiments to diary methods, so I expect questions of method and process to show up here frequently. This multidisciplinary set of interests is one motivation for also thinking and writing about the philosophy, sociology, and history of science.
The name of this blog is the translation of Heidegger’s term zuhanden, though Heidegger’s philosophy specifically is not a major interest of mine or a focus here. I’ve written more about ready-to-hand here.
Dean Eckles is a scientist and designer currently working at Nokia Research Center in Palo Alto. For more information, see: