[The many faces and moods of modern computer interaction.] I'm not fond of buzzwords. You know, instead of a "product" you're buying a "solution" even if you don't have a true problem. Similarly, a user interface is how you interact with or get input and output to and from a computer. A "user experience" is what you get while on the Harry Potter ride at Universal Studios. There is no experience associated with doing something that is rote and not memorable. Nor should it be. I don't wash my hands for the experience. Most memorable "experiences" with computers are bad ones...the specific thing I experience typically is frustration, anger, disappointment, and a general increase in a pessimistic outlook on things.

I was testing out a UI recently, and I had a UX. I decided to doodle a little bit to see if I could visually describe the experience with some facial expressions.

Also, I got a touch pen for my laptop recently, which doesn't quite work with Photoshop in a Win10 VM. I'm still battling with that (having experienced these experiences before). But it does work under Linux. So I was testing two Photoshop alternatives, the Gimp and Krita. This one was drawn with Krita. Doing the very basic stuff, pressure-sensitive pencils, a layer that's partially translucent, and some simple colors using a brush that was some sort of water-color/bristle something. The program is much more usable than when I tried it a few years ago. But I haven't heard about anything being as good as Illustrator, including Inkscape. Also, since my laptop is not a tablet, the screen doesn't fold flat. It's hard to draw on the screen and anchore my hand somewhere. Anyway, just some tinkering around since it's been a while since I've added any doodles or sketches here. images/Drawings/Sketches/experience.png