23 Aug
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. I very much invite your comments on the ideas presented here.
Much of what I write is about human-computer interaction, especially social psychological aspects of interacting with mobile and ubiquitous computing, persuasive technology, social media, and augmented reality. I also have interests in philosophy, psychology, sociology, and applied statistics and visualization.
I use multiple methods in my work — including lab and field experiments, interviews, diary methods, rapid prototyping, and design space analysis — so questions of method, process, and philosophy of science show up here also.
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 the term ‘ready-to-hand’ here.
Dean Eckles is a social–cognitive scientist and PhD student in the Stanford CHIMe Lab. For more information, see:
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