Attended a lecture by my professor Kyle Steinfeld last Friday. And was impressed by his notion of Counter-Tools. I loved the idea that today's tools are not neutral, not unbiased (I'd argue even the tools of the yore aren't that, something as simple as a can-opener can be exclusionary to left-handers); So if they aren't going to be neutral, then they must embody certain qualities so as to augment human creativity and intellect. That premise is ripe for research. What are the principles I want my tools to embody? I want them to be invisible. i.e. not occupy my attention. And that begins with moving away from the notion that only the visual sense must be engaged when using a computer tool.
I am waiting for the video of the lecture to drop. But hopefully I can share sketch notes for it soon.
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