The first book to read to get into interaction design.

What I disapprove is the author's disrespect towards software engineers. The title says it all. ( )

This book explains in detail how to effectively use personas for user centred design. It also gives pointers for managing engineers, and talks about why engineer control of technology hass lead to technology the average person finds frustrating. The book is well written, but it can be a bit preachy. ( )

http://cjkarr.vox.com/library/post/al... ( )

A must read for anyone involved in hi-tech/software business. At first I hesitated whether to buy the book having already read Norman's The Design of Everyday Things. But the primary subjects are different: interface in the traditional sense versus what Cooper calls interaction - a higher level concept, but I'd say the books are complementary (for those who are interested in both, partially overlapping, subjects).

This book will also give you insight into why Apple is so successful with their iPod (and will be with the iPhone) and why opensource software is inherently so unsuccessful in creating end-user products. (This is NOT mentioned in the book, just my conclusions.) ( )

helicopter with a pilot and a single passenger was flying around above Seattle when a malfunction disabled all of the aircraft’s navigation and communications equipment. Due to the darkness and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter’s position and course to get back to the airport.

The pilot saw a tall building with lights on and flew toward it, the pilot had the passenger draw a handwritten sign reading “WHERE AM I?” and hold it up for the building’s occupants to see.

People in the building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building window. Their sign said “YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER.”

The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely.

After they were on the ground, the passenger asked the pilot how the “YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER” sign helped determine their position.

The pilot responded “I knew that had to be the Microsoft support building, they gave me a technically correct but entirely useless answer.”

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In some foreign country a priest, a lawyer and an engineer are about to be guillotined.

The priest puts his head on the block, they pull the rope and nothing happens. He declares that he's been saved by divine intervention so he's let go.

The lawyer is put on the block and again the rope doesn't release the blade. He claims he can't be executed twice for the same crime so he is set free too.

They grab the engineer and shove his head into the guillotine, he looks up at the release mechanism and says "Hey, wait a minute, I think I see your problem..."

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PROGRAMMERS FOCUS ON WHAT IS POSSIBLE TO THE EXCLUSION OF WHAT IS PROBABLE

Amazon 1-Click - NO, stupid, don't add another click/question
Personas and Scenarios ( )