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 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
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
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
