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Co-experience: Understanding user experiences in social interaction

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EVENTS, INVENTIONS,<br />

ART, CULTURE<br />

DESIGN &<br />

BUSINESS<br />

COMPUTING &<br />

TECHNOLOGY<br />

RESEARCH ON PEOPLE<br />

AND USER EXPERIENCE<br />

1939 Gone with the W<strong>in</strong>d<br />

and Wizard of OZ (first<br />

colour movie) by Victor<br />

Flem<strong>in</strong>g. World War<br />

II beg<strong>in</strong>s. Nylon.<br />

Loewy also redesigns<br />

Lucky Strike packag<strong>in</strong>g<br />

The ABC computer at<br />

Iowa State University<br />

is perhaps the earliest<br />

calculator.<br />

1940 Human factors research<br />

moves on from<br />

anthropometrics towards<br />

studies of decision<br />

mak<strong>in</strong>g<br />

1941 Citizen Kane by Orson<br />

Wells<br />

1943 <strong>Co</strong>lossus, a giant decypher<strong>in</strong>g<br />

computer<br />

is built <strong>in</strong> Bletcheley<br />

Park, England and is a<br />

secret until 1970.<br />

1944 The <strong>in</strong>vasion of Normandy,<br />

the largest logistics<br />

operation to date.<br />

1945 The bomb<strong>in</strong>gs of Hiroshima<br />

and Nagasaki.<br />

WW II is over. United<br />

Nations is formed.<br />

The first time the term<br />

“bug” and “debugg<strong>in</strong>g”<br />

are used for computers.<br />

1946 microwave oven ENIAC is unveiled<br />

1947 Roswell <strong>in</strong>cident of<br />

UFO land<strong>in</strong>g<br />

The first beetles are<br />

produced<br />

The precursor to the<br />

transistor<br />

210 APPENDIX: HISTORICAL TIMELINE<br />

1948 frisbee, velcro and<br />

the Wurlitzer jukebox.<br />

The long play<strong>in</strong>g v<strong>in</strong>yl<br />

record.<br />

1950 The first credit card:<br />

D<strong>in</strong>ers<br />

1951 Super glue, power<br />

steer<strong>in</strong>g, video tape<br />

recorder<br />

Eames Fiberglass<br />

Chairs. Polaroid Model<br />

95 camera becomes<br />

a success. Kaj Frank<br />

reth<strong>in</strong>ks kitchenware<br />

with Kilta.<br />

Arne Jacobsen’s chair<br />

Myran.<br />

The transistor. The<br />

“Manchester Baby” – the<br />

first real computer is<br />

built.<br />

“Whirlw<strong>in</strong>d” – a computer<br />

for real time<br />

process<strong>in</strong>g. Rout<strong>in</strong>es<br />

and re-usable modules<br />

are <strong>in</strong>troduced to programm<strong>in</strong>g<br />

and the first<br />

text book is begun.<br />

Loewy: Industrial Design

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