ETEC 540 Linking Assignment 1. https://blogs.ubc.ca/zhu540/2025/03/02/task-10-attention-economy/ While we shared the same frustration like time pressure and counterintuitive buttons when playing with User Inyerface, I particularly like the point Jaime pointed out as it is because web designer know too well how audience mind works that they managed to create such a not-so-user-friendly website. Jaime made her way far more than where I landed and can tell how frustrated even when she was compiling this task. A good reflection point is how easy phone could hack human psychology. This explains why and how TikTok becomes such a success to capture human’s attention by predicting what people in front of the screen would be interested in by analyzing screen time, search history, chat history, or just everything that leaves trail. The two TED talks quoted are relevant. Further reflection, what can be the implication to pedagogy based on the terrible exper...
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ETEC 540 Task 9 Network Assignment Using Golden Record Curation Quiz Data After file loaded, the quiz data result looks a bit random to me at first sight. Then I load by community and target, while some of the dimensions are confusing (see graph on left hand), I roughly fumbled my way and try to find pattern of selection by communities. My selection critieria when doing the survey is simple - try to include as much diversity as possible to represent different races, countries, culture, across history era, in order to represent whole human concept. The interactive graphs show some correlation between the selector community background and the songs they choose but not significant. Given the missing data regarding the selectors background (education background, nationality, age, gender etc.) the facet dimensions are blurred. The selections made by participants often reflect their cultural backgrounds, personal values, and interests. For example, someone from a W...