Category Archives: applied cognition

Applied Cognition is short for Applied Cognitive Science, which I practice. I studied Cognitive Science – a multi-disciplinary field including Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience, Linguistics, Philosophy, Computer Science. Labeling it “applied” implies that I use cognitive science principles in my work.

The heuristic nature of algorithms under development

By Jay Morgan | Published: July 17, 2010
In the unofficial top-ten list of a good user experience gone wrong is the variant of: “Yeah, but Amazon is stupid because I bought a children’s puzzle once two years ago, and they keep recommending children’s puzzles to me. I’m never gonna buy another one, but they keep asking me about them!” The second most [...]
Also posted in User Experience | Leave a comment

Augmented Reality: A Direction Room

By Jay Morgan | Published: March 19, 2010
A daydream about augmenting the reality inside our home. How and where we place art and photos on the walls augments the reality our children grow up in by communicating more objective - and, hopefully, more meaningful - information.
Also posted in meditations | Leave a comment

Generating generations and Generations

By Jay Morgan | Published: March 17, 2010
Discussing the difference between how we label things formally or informally "generations".
Also posted in meditations | 1 Comment

Mind Games: Drawing spandrels into the conversation

By Jay Morgan | Published: February 6, 2010
A mind game played by recognizing and understanding unique personas in the people around you.
Also posted in cognitive science, meditations | Leave a comment