Tools as Collaborators

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"
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

Szymon Kaliski