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Has anyone read the book he suggests?
by thehigherlife 16y ago
Has anyone read the book he suggests?
- raganwald 16y agoYes, and I give it a full five stars. The Design of Everyday Things (originally "The Psychology of Everyday Things") is incredibly accessible and strikes a very good balance between selling you on the importance of good design, explaining the concepts behind it, and entertaining you with examples both good and ludicrously bad.
- jonah 16y agoAnother vote for POET. I'm currently reading another of his books - Things That Make us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine. Recommended. (http://www.jnd.org/books.html#40 http://www.jnd.org/books.html#40)
- timcederman 16y agoDon Norman's Design of Everyday Things? Should be required reading for anyone interested in HCI. Quite eye-opening to things such as user centred design, affordances, design constraints, etc. Easy to read and thought-provoking.
- CitizenKane 16y agoShould be required reading for every programmer. Inevitably programmers end up making interfaces people use and it's important that those interface are usable. Also higly suggested "Magic Ink" which can be found here http://worrydream.com/MagicInk/ http://worrydream.com/MagicInk/