Before we dive deep into the HCI ethos, you must dive into your interests in the interactions between humans and computers, which starts with some self-reflection. HCI requires a lot of personal interest and fortitude to keep learning. I recommend you dig deep as we grow our HCI skills.
Challenge 5 – Questions refresher
Setup:
Get out a sheet of paper or create a Google doc/Word doc.
Part 1: Write down these questions:
Add each question to your page:
- Why do you love computers?
- Where have you already started digging into your HCI sandbox?
- Where do you want to start digging?
- Why do you want to grow your HCI skills?
- What do you want to get out of joining the HCI community?
- Where are you in your HCI journey (beginning growth, middle expansion growth, or end maintaining growth)?
Part 2: Answer each question:
Write a short answer to each question.
Try asking these questions to your friends and colleagues to see whether their answers are similar to yours...