Comments on: Unintuitive Interfaces http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/04/20/unintuitive-interfaces/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:29:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Johnny Holland - It’s all about interaction » Blog Archive » In and beyond the browser http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/04/20/unintuitive-interfaces/comment-page-1/#comment-1630 Johnny Holland - It’s all about interaction » Blog Archive » In and beyond the browser Thu, 28 May 2009 15:00:34 +0000 http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/?p=2680#comment-1630 [...] metaphors are very different. In the book Metaphors We Live By, Lakoff and Johnson suggest that (for Western societies at least), “spatialisation metaphors are rooted in physical/cultural experience, they are not randomly [...] […] metaphors are very different. In the book Metaphors We Live By, Lakoff and Johnson suggest that (for Western societies at least), “spatialisation metaphors are rooted in physical/cultural experience, they are not randomly […]

]]> By: Lloyd Morgan http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/04/20/unintuitive-interfaces/comment-page-1/#comment-1481 Lloyd Morgan Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:24:47 +0000 http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/?p=2680#comment-1481 Hi Vicky, Thanks for the comment and the hint towards Nisbett's <em>Geography of Thought</em>; I've added it to my seemingly never-ending list of books to read. Gilbert's <em>Stumbling on Happiness</em> is a fantastic book, full of interesting anecdotes and research. However it doesn't really touch on culture-specific thinking much more than the excerpt above. Thanks again! Hi Vicky,

Thanks for the comment and the hint towards Nisbett’s Geography of Thought; I’ve added it to my seemingly never-ending list of books to read.

Gilbert’s Stumbling on Happiness is a fantastic book, full of interesting anecdotes and research. However it doesn’t really touch on culture-specific thinking much more than the excerpt above.

Thanks again!

]]> By: Vicky Teinaki http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/04/20/unintuitive-interfaces/comment-page-1/#comment-1479 Vicky Teinaki Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:11:48 +0000 http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/?p=2680#comment-1479 Hi Lloyd, Thanks for elaborating on Western-centric thinking in comparison to other cultures. My eyes were opened to our cultural assumptions by Richard E. Nisbett's 'Geography of Thought' (Western vs. Asian), but I wasn't aware of Gilbert. Hi Lloyd,
Thanks for elaborating on Western-centric thinking in comparison to other cultures. My eyes were opened to our cultural assumptions by Richard E. Nisbett’s ‘Geography of Thought’ (Western vs. Asian), but I wasn’t aware of Gilbert.

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