ComputersAsTheatre

Interesting book by BrendaLaurel which likens computer interactions to theatre ... you're pursuing the catharsis of a succesful completion of your interaction.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0201550601/102-9346008-5890534?v=glance

Compare :

• Software as a "secondary world" : http://web.archive.org/web/20030417154345/www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4217

• ProgrammersAndWriters

See also :

• UserInterfaceStuff,

• ZbigniewLukasiak talking about Interactivity?(http://zby.aster.net.pl/kwiki/index.cgi?InterActivity))