https://ripper-pedro.github.io/RipperBlog/en/blog/Recent content in Blog on RipperBlogHugoenSun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ripper-pedro.github.io/RipperBlog/en/blog/affordances-gestalt-laws-and-dark-patterns/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ripper-pedro.github.io/RipperBlog/en/blog/affordances-gestalt-laws-and-dark-patterns/<p>With a name as elaborate as &quot;Human-Computer Interaction,&quot; someone hearing it for the first time might well think it's about sci-fi or futurology. The concept, however, is quite straightforward: HCI is the study of how humans interact with computers. Yeah, I said it was straightforward… But that doesn't change the fact that the field still encompasses systems like Iron Man's J.A.R.V.I.S. After all, Tony Stark is a human, and his armor is a computer, right? Although we're moving toward a reality in which everyone will also have their own personal AI (think of Meta's new Muse) in the not-too-distant future—well, I'm doing a master's just in Virtual and Augmented Reality—the important thing, when it comes to HCI, is to keep our feet on the ground, because what we're going for is intuitiveness.</p>