Fatih Kursat Ozenc

so what motivates us, according to this nicely elegantly expressively made video, there are three things that motivate people: 1- autonomy, 2-mastery, 3- purpose. I love the video, great work.

On my way to Vancouver, I read Henry Cloud’s book on character and integrity. The book is written well, simple and flowing language. It inspires me in certain ways, especially how to talk about character in interactive products and services. here is an extract from the book: “in the same way that we metabolize food, [...]

This insight is from the second systems thinking class. Once we begin thinking of systems and their relationships, we also begin to realize the boundaries of the human-made deliberations, or judgments. Harold makes a witty word play with the G.O.D in the previous class. Designer faces two challenges in his systemic thinking, first one is [...]

I attended Harold Nelson’s systems thinking and design action class today. Nelson talked about the basics of systems design and how systemics is all about relationships, interrelationships, and emergence. Emergence can be explained by the wisdom that whole is bigger than its sum. In design, we name emergence and emergent qualities as the composition and [...]

Tingfang shared the below dance performance video from a dance company called Cloudgate from Taiwan. I fell in love with this 30 seconds trailer. Calligraphy embodied in dance does not sound original,  but it really is, we relate Western typography with certain emotions and feelings, but this relating is usually a verbal or visual one, this [...]

My framework or/and topic reminds one of my friends an NPR radio show talking about puppies, which are part of a multi-purpose transition program called Puppies Behind Bars. There are two phases of the program. First part is the education of these smart dogs either for service dogs for veterans or as bomb-sniffing dogs. For [...]

Stress eraser as its name suggests aims to decrease stress, facilitating people’s (growing a) meditation habit. It uses a simple biofeedback therapy method by leveraging  haptic input and providing visual feedback. here is a definition of biofeedback from their booklet: Biofeedback is any technology that non-invasively monitors your body’s functions – such asblood pressure, heart [...]

I attended an event the other night, featuring current projects going on in Pittsburgh, or concepts aiming for better Pittsburgh futures. The projects are diverse, from arts to education, health to infrastructure. Presenters include Susan Everingham, director of the RAND office in Pittsburgh; Scott Faber, a developmental pediatrician at the Children’s Institute; Raymar Hampshire of [...]

recently, our workshop paper on getting hold on to immaterial materiality of interactive behaviors got in to CHI 2010. I will be presenting the findings from the two workshops in Atlanta this April. I want to share some of the insights we have developed later on.

God bestowed seeds pregnant with all possibilities, the germs of every form of life. Whichever of these a man shall cultivate, the same will mature and bear fruit in him. If vegetative, he will become a plant; if sensual, he will become brutish; if rational, he will reveal himself a heavenly being; if intellectual, he [...]