Windows and Mirrors

I really liked the perspective that the book talks about. Computers are a world wide used medium now!! The difference in perspectives in the book id that of windows and mirrors; windows being something that you look through and mirrors being a reflection of an image. Coincidently Windows is also the name chosen by a Microsoft designer for their product. Applying the meaning of windows, which is to see through, to computers implies that the computer is a medium, which enable the user to easily get information, i.e transparency. The mirror is the impact that computers have on the user as they continue to use the interface. I thought that this was a great analogy and had a lot of depth in the meaning rather than just the superficial meaning of the 2 words.

The read of the chapters can easily be associated with, just what the computer aims to do with the user. As I have used a computer before, I was able to associate with the 3 main points of the book “(1) the computer has become a new medium, a new set of media forms; (2) to design a digital artifact is to design an experience; and (3) digital design should not try to be invisible”. It also talks about connecting art and being able to create masterpieces via the computer