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'''Wednesday 5 August 2015, 10:00-17:00'''
'''Wednesday 5 August 2015, 10:00-17:00'''


Workshop by [[Dani%C3%ABl_van_der_Velden|Daniël van der Velden]], [[Metahaven|Metahaven]].
Workshop by [[Daniël van der Velden]], [[Metahaven]].
 
Example Firefox error message: 'Well, this is embarrassing.'
Emotional? Technology has a way to talk to us when it's not working.
 
Kinds of error messages:
* Pop-ups
* Small Mac messages
* Error-message
* Access denied > tangible messages
 
Design error messages in a conceptual way.
What is the psychology of an error message?
How does the interface falls in love with us? (Film ‘Her' 2013 falling in love with an AI)
 
Error message: technology saying something about itself not working
"There is an increasing friendliness in error messages"
"Crafted message"
 
Programmer leaving a 'trace' of himself with error messages.
Use of emoji to compensate defaults > twitter replies NS
Emoji as friendly agent that brings the bad message
 
==Groups Error messages==
 
'''Selby, Anja, James'''
Card to James’ mother
Facebook awkward situation. ‘Hot dish’
Postcard notification
“Oops - You are receiving this card because of an issue that occurred on Facebook : ( “
 
'''Flaminia, Vincent, Vicky'''
Designing an error message for an Artificial Intelligence
Error messages are only temporary events for an AI. It just needs time to heal
 
'''Maaike, Mark-Jan, Eurico'''
The ErrorLeaks manifest
 
'''Basil, Lucian, Michaela'''
Disappearing error face.
 
'''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, apologising, positive, negative, polite





Revision as of 14:53, 8 September 2015

Wednesday 5 August 2015, 10:00-17:00

Workshop by Daniël van der Velden, Metahaven.

Example Firefox error message: 'Well, this is embarrassing.' Emotional? Technology has a way to talk to us when it's not working.

Kinds of error messages:

  • Pop-ups
  • Small Mac messages
  • Error-message
  • Access denied > tangible messages

Design error messages in a conceptual way. What is the psychology of an error message? How does the interface falls in love with us? (Film ‘Her' 2013 falling in love with an AI)

Error message: technology saying something about itself not working "There is an increasing friendliness in error messages" "Crafted message"

Programmer leaving a 'trace' of himself with error messages. Use of emoji to compensate defaults > twitter replies NS Emoji as friendly agent that brings the bad message

Groups Error messages

Selby, Anja, James Card to James’ mother Facebook awkward situation. ‘Hot dish’ Postcard notification “Oops - You are receiving this card because of an issue that occurred on Facebook : ( “

Flaminia, Vincent, Vicky Designing an error message for an Artificial Intelligence Error messages are only temporary events for an AI. It just needs time to heal

Maaike, Mark-Jan, Eurico The ErrorLeaks manifest

Basil, Lucian, Michaela Disappearing error face.

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, apologising, positive, negative, polite