ABSTRACT
I was one of the outsiders invited to participate. However, three blocks prevented me from analyzing the videotapes. e rst was the remnants of my rigid rigorous training in experimental psychology: in order to draw generalizable conclusions, research must have reasonably large samples and preferably manipulations and several dierent examples. e second block was technical. Trying to download and view the tapes delivered a severe concussion to my early model MacBook Air, resulting in permanent brain damage. e third block was resources. Even if the sacred principles of experimental psychology were foregone, coding the data would have required countless hours as well as reliability checks, and I had no one to help. I apologized, saying that I could not meet the terms of the workshop. To my good fortune, I was asked to attend anyway, and was delighted by the enormous enthusiasm of those who had undergone a shared arduous experience and had not only come out alive, but also with fresh insights that they were eager to share. Adding to the atmosphere was the surprise appearance of the designers, their own curiosity outweighing their apprehension at being examined under so many microscopes. Instead of analyzing the videotapes, I was asked to reect on the analyses of others, specically, those of Jackson, Lewis, Shaw, and Kan and Gero, as well as on the workshop in general. e latter rst.
