A8TeamCacti

A8TeamCacti

To-Do

Create a response as a group to the following questions:

1. how and to which extent does the EDC support individual and/or social creativity?
2. which features of the EDC (if any) did you find interesting / impressive?
3. which features are missing from the EDC?

how and to which extent does the EDC support individual and/or social creativity?

Luke

which features of the EDC (if any) did you find interesting / impressive?

The idea of "around the table" interaction is specifically quite intriguing. It seems natural, when presented with a physical structure to discuss, to interact and move elements around and among discussion members. Everyone can likely think back on a time in school where they may have worked on a poster or other large visual assignment with a group. The experience probably has many moments of passing supplies back and forth, collaboratively modifying different areas around the poster, and chatting the whole time about the concept as a whole.

The ability to simulate this in a computing environment seems extremely useful, as it can harness all those useful elements while adding in the computer-specific additions like saved state, dynamic interaction, extra information resources, etc. This fits in with a phrase we thought up: "locally sharable computing". With the advent and growth of the internet, we have been able to "share" computing with others across the network, even to the point of live-editing the same document with someone two continents away (Thanks Google!). But, the focus has never really been placed on having multiple users in the same space share a computer.

Working on a programming team often leads to moments where 5 people are all in the same room, staring at laptops and exchanging instant messages with each other because they can copy-paste, rather than talking. This has always seemed to be a very odd communication experience, and one that is often overlooked. By focusing on the "around the table" interaction, the computers are not put between people, as the conduit of interaction, but below them, as a tool to be used during communication. Foremost, users interact with each other, which seems like it would greatly change how they interact with the system.

which features are missing from the EDC?

Jacob