Kiwi exploring the world, as well as marketing, UX, interface design and interactivity. Love having fun with bicycles, b&w, sporting adventures & HCI.
How do we experience the riding of a bicycle? I shall explore how we interact with the bicycle as a starting point for exploring how we can interact with the bicycle in a different way.
In my earlier blog post on embodiment and consciousness, I discussed the philosopher Heidegger’s theories of an object, or “equipment” as having two states, that of ‘present-at-hand’ or ‘ready-to-hand’. Equipment such as a hammer is apparent, or ‘present-at-hand’, when it is not in…
In my first audio diary entry I discussed embodiment in relation to the environment around me. The bicycle I was riding was familiar, and running smoothly, and I barely mentioned it as part of my experience — in Heidegger’s terms, it was “ready-to-hand” and had disappeared…
I cycled to Open Streets, a specifically traffic-free event dedicated to people-centred activities such as walking, cycling, socialising in the streets. During my bike diary entries on both journeys to and from the event, I discussed context…