http://www.nzarchitecture.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/27/what-the-gui-cost-architecture/ Evolving architecture through computation Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.nzarchitecture.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/27/what-the-gui-cost-architecture/#comment-17 Daniel Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:56:18 +0000 http://www.nzarchitecture.com/blog/?p=204#comment-17 Hi Dan, Just went down to the business library and picked up 'Simulation and its discontents'. It looks really good, particularly looking forward to the chapters on 'The View From the 1980's' and 'Keepers of the Geometry'. I suppose any abstraction, be it GUI or scientific model, sacrifices nuances for efficiency and clarity. Hi Dan, Just went down to the business library and picked up ‘Simulation and its discontents’. It looks really good, particularly looking forward to the chapters on ‘The View From the 1980′s’ and ‘Keepers of the Geometry’. I suppose any abstraction, be it GUI or scientific model, sacrifices nuances for efficiency and clarity.

]]> http://www.nzarchitecture.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/27/what-the-gui-cost-architecture/#comment-16 Dan Whittet Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:40:43 +0000 http://www.nzarchitecture.com/blog/?p=204#comment-16 This is coming up lately, what do we give up when we become "prisoners" of the interface, or giving too much validity to the model? Check out " simulation and its discontents" by Sherry Turkle, MIT press. The essays look at the short history of computer simulations and what limits or constraints they create. There is an argument for "hand worked" calculations and understanding the science behind what we ask the computer to do. This is coming up lately, what do we give up when we become “prisoners” of the interface, or giving too much validity to the model? Check out ” simulation and its discontents” by Sherry Turkle, MIT press. The essays look at the short history of computer simulations and what limits or constraints they create. There is an argument for “hand worked” calculations and understanding the science behind what we ask the computer to do.

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