Smart projections (day 153)

no real bacterial update today.  I think the new kombucha start will need to happen on Sunday when I have a bit more time.  It will give me some time to experiment with Pu-erh steeping times and amounts.

I'll be speaking at and on Smart Graphics in June.  I'm starting to think about what might be interesting to share with the likely audience that will be there.  No doubt there will be computer scientists working in computer graphics and interactivity.  There will also be digital media artists.  On the periphery, perhaps designers, ethnographers.  I suspect many of the delegates will be scientists, if not the majority.  Here is what the conference says about smart graphics:

Graphics become "Smart Graphics" when:

• Their design incorporates (and sometimes informs) a deeper understanding of human perception, cognition, and action in the form of design praxis and/or cognitive science.
• Artificial intelligence drives the creation and interaction with graphics, often incorporating principles from graphic design and the cognitive science of visual representations.
• Graphics are designed to effectively support human cognition, communication, and collaboration, for example in the new field of visual analytics.

What I get from that description is that we are getting more methodical at producing graphics with a particular intent.  By knowing more about ourselves we fashion images that respond to us the way we expect and perhaps need.  I think the dialogue aspects are important somehow.  At one end, manipulation and influence, and at the other end adaptation and convergence.  Maybe I'll make arbitrary categories and start thinking about the smart graphics that surround me.  Making piles is always an interesting way to start.

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