5th blog

A few weeks ago in class we had talked about interaction. Within that there are three types; 1)human - computer 2)computer - computer 3)human - human. The one that is most interesting to me is human - computer, for many reasons. I found a really cool website that is for a college you can attend for a major of human-computer information. For my second bachelors degree I might take a route like this. http://www.hcii.cmu.edu/

The human-computer interaction is the study of interaction between people, or users, and the computer. It's often referred to as the intersection of computer science or behavioral sciences. The location of the interaction between the user and the computer takes place at the interface, which is both software and hardware. Software shows up on the monitor from your input using the hardware. The hardware is the peripherals such as the keyboard or the mouse.

The most important thing you can get from human-computer interaction is making a user satisfied to the max. Attention to human-computer interaction is important, because poorly designed human-computer interfaces can lead to many unexpected problems. An example would be something else we covered briefly in class; the Three Mile Island accident.