Error Messages

Template:Events In small groups the Summer Academy participants designed error messages in a conceptual way.

Topics of interest:

• What is the psychology of an error message?
• How does the interface falls in love with us?
• How does technology admits it fails.

Workshop results - error messages

Selby, Anja, James

'Awkward' Error

Awkward situation on Facebook: James’ grandmother was using the word ‘Hot dish' in relation to new girlfriend.

Error to James’ grandmother: a postcard notification.

Oops - You are receiving this card because of an issue that occurred on Facebook :(

Flaminia, Vincent, Vicky

'Artificial intelligence' Error

Designing an error message for an Artificial Intelligence

Error messages are only temporary events for an AI. It just takes some time to heal.

Maaike, Mark-Jan, Eurico

ErrorLeaks manifest: a manifesto based on the following ideas:

• The error message is a decision.
• A decision to hide or display information from the public, to protect commercial business and reputation.
• As technology becomes more powerful, people become increasingly vulnerable.
• We believe errors are crucial to understanding ourselves and our (technological) surroundings.

Basil, Lucian, Michaela

'Sad Face' Error: The more an error occurs, the sadder the error message becomes.

Scott, Jona, Jurriaan

Storyboard ‘soap series’ from error messages. Future: speculative error messages: Error messages become more and more infantile and have a certain character to it. Brainstorm: Personalities: Mood, gender, insult, apologizing, positive, negative, polite