- one of Ink&Switch Research Themes (though not explored much yet)
- main prompt - what if software had its own ideas and working with it was more like "collaborating", and less like "using"
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in Casual Creators Kate Compton proposes different ways in which user and a given system work together:
- control: traditional artist practice
- steer: the user and the system are both working together
- surf: the user lets the system take charge
- "steer" and "surf" is what this note is about - there's probably a gradient between them on which the user could fluidly move, but the idea is that decisions are made somewhat "together" with the tool
- "responding" to inputs instead of "processing" them (Tools as Collaborators)
- Hainbach in one of his videos describes how working with Bastl Thyme is like working with a collaborator with his own ideas