Thought as a Technology

Re:Thought as a Technology by bcheung on Monday November 28, 2016 @07:05PM (#13059537)

One things that I think would enable the kind of thinking necessary to come up with new interfaces for exposing concepts is to have a library of existing patterns.

I have seen various books and resources that come close (Edward Tufte books for example) but I think there could be much more work done.

There seem to be quite a few books on mechanical motion that are basically an encyclopedia of patterns that can be used to create new devices but I haven't really seen much type of this work done for computer interfaces.

If anyone has any good references please share.

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Re:Thought as a Technology by moxious on Monday November 28, 2016 @07:20PM (#13059624)

You should have a look at books about the TRIZ system, such as this one

And Suddenly the Inventor Appeared: TRIZ, the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving https://www.amazon.com/dp/0964074028/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_

It is rather hard to describe quite simply, but I would try like this: TRIZ is about all of the patterns and heuristics found in the invention of mechanical engineering elements. It purports to provide an algorithm for innovation, but you don't have to accept that grand of a claim in order to find the content fascinating.

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Re:Thought as a Technology by bcheung on Monday November 28, 2016 @07:31PM (#13059687)

I'll check it out. Thanks.

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