Category: Research tidbits

T: "what keeps coming back to me, is your job, and the way that analyzed/dissected small movements, reactions, and expressions of people to understand how they respond with each other and with in their environment. In some ways your reminded me of a surgeon, cutting through the psyche with words. I guess that is what… Continue reading A conversation with T →

I would say the origins of my work are in ergonomics or human factors – evaluating, observing and designing with a sensitivity to human characteristics and capabilities. While early ergonomics was rooted in consideration of biometrics and physiology, it soon moved to consider motivation (The Hawthorne Effect) and other less “tangible” things. When working in… Continue reading Thoughts for T: Work and inspiration →

A general conversation that suggested an interest in field work, what I call directed nosiness – T thought this was a kind of forensics. So I went to look up forensics to see what I could see, and found this which I sent to T: fo·ren·sics n. (used with a sing. verb) 1. The art… Continue reading Response to T on Forensics →