Communion
When human beings connect with each other or with other natural and intelligent life forms like animals or trees for example, there is the possibility of a shared meaning. When being in a relation in which a shared meaning is emerging, this fundamentally qualifies the relation. Being in communion with another being affects the performance of presence and the negotiation of trust fundamentally.
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Formatting presence
Quillinan agrees that one can describe computers and systems as formatting tools of human presence.
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People you know and do not know
In relations the witnessing and the recognizing of the other is very important. Computers…
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Place in no place
One of the major advantages computers give us is the lack of having to be in one place. And…
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Scales of time
Asked to comment on the rhythms, frames, loops and organisation of time in machines and between…
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Not wanting to know
Even though it is not his ambition, Warnier agrees if you want to design a good system that people…
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The platonic heaven of mathematics
Warniers work is basically thinking and publishing these thoughts, which is why he only needs pen…
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Specifications
One of the reasons for the muddy software world we live in is, according to Warnier, that we don’t…
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The ideal situation
Computer words are very different from the words human beings use, because computer words have very…
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Proposing a feeling by technical means
Standing in the container will create the effect of being on open water. Within the container it…
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note 176
In the documentation folder I find the booklet "Where does Apple stand on AIDS?", published by…
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note 173
'Package time' had been developed further by this stage: "to divide the 69 hours into 23 equal…
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Orchestrating negotiation
Every YUTPA possesses possibilities for action and distinct possibilities for feedback that…
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Formulating requirements
In design trajectories the formulation of design requirements is a crucial phase. In the design…
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Example 2: Pro-Ana websites
Another example of a need to think different about the use of technology was posed to me by Heleen…
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Example 3: The Grameen Bank
The last example I want to elaborate upon concerns the Grameen Bank, the first bank that introduced…
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To communicate with You
My research focused mostly on the four communication spaces that are defined by You. The four…