Sorry, if you don’t find all content you wanted to… this page is being updated right now. I am trying to update all posts I think are worth keeping – there will be stuff about perception again, soon. Please be patient. These words were written in March 2013…
Author: Jantiff
Account book from Heidenheim
This year’s (2013) first time we went to Wörnitz flea market was in March. It was rather cold but no snow. As the snow had melted in the last few days, water and sludge came down the knoll. Nevertheless many people were there to sell and to buy used things. One of the discoveries we… Continue reading Account book from Heidenheim
First lace with raw silk
After my wife started felting felt hats, we determined that tablet weaved laces are quite expensive to buy. As there are many tutorials on the net, and you do not need too much material, I decided to try this on my own. My first lace isn’t perfect, not only because I had no practice yet.… Continue reading First lace with raw silk
Doctoral thesis published
Finally it is done – my doctoral thesis has been published: The dissertation called “Der Interaktionsprozess bei Tangible Interaction – Entwicklung und Analyse eines Interaktionsmodells – Richtlinien zur Verwendung beim Design” is avaliable in Verlag Dr. Hut, ISBN 978-3-8439-0836-8. It is only available in german by now. Abstract Being a subarea of Human Computer Interaction,… Continue reading Doctoral thesis published
Hick’s Law
In the 50s William Hick (a British psychologist) examined the speed of perception and information processing. In his experiments he created tasks where the subjects had to select a specific information from a list of information. He measured the change of the time needed for a selection, when the list of information was reduced in size. [1]. The evaluations… Continue reading Hick’s Law
Sis
I’d like to see my sister Johanna (or Joy, which is more likely what she wants to be called) more often. But we both are very busy. 🙁 She’ll become a real artist as she went to an artist’s school. Here are some interesting links: Article in Mittelbayerische from 2007 Her student’s profile – also… Continue reading Sis
Old Artist-Homepage
After several years I updated my homepage and decided to remove the design of my old artist homepage. As I liked the design, I loaded up an image where you can see how it looked like. Well, it looked nice but was not very easy to maintain if I wanted to add new images… Here’s… Continue reading Old Artist-Homepage
Djembe
A djembe is a west-african drum made of hardwood and covered with goatskin. The instrument nowadays is very popular even in germany, as it has a wide variety of sound repertoir. The djembe got my attention from my wife’s bellydance music, from my hobby in the medievals and from my participation at the Musisches Zentrum… Continue reading Djembe
My Wife’s Felting Page
In 2007 my wife Inés and I made a dream come true: participate to a medieval fair. Inés had gained much experience in felting, so she wantet to felt with children at the market. At castle Katzenstein (engl: cat stone) the spectaculum took place. We were overwhelmed by the mass of children that wanted to… Continue reading My Wife’s Felting Page
Fairies
For my mother-in-law I made a fairybook in 2001 with their grandchildren, our nieces. They were so cute it was fun to build some aquarel-painted pictures with little stories around them.