I've always felt that the title and content of this book was demeaning to both engineers and people with mental illness; it is probably a good example of the Fundamental Attribution Error which I think has been an issue in the UX/Usability realm for some time and made communication with engineering groups more difficult because of a focus on personality rather than on goals.
I would probably nominate: Designing from Both Sides of the Screen: How Designers and Engineers Can Collaborate to Build Cooperative Technology (Paperback) by Ellen Isaacs (Author), Alan Walendowski (Author) though it is out of print now. Chauncey On Feb 5, 2008 9:31 AM, subimage interactive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 for Inmates. > > > On Feb 5, 2008 5:51 AM, Jeff White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I had one of the engineering teams I work with read parts of The > > Inmates are Running the Asylum. I risked being physically assaulted, > > but it worked really well. :-) > > > > Jeff > > > > On Feb 5, 2008 1:48 AM, Pankaj Chawla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > Which is that one book on Design/UX/IxD/Usability/etc etc that you > > > will like to gift to your engineering folks in management as a new > > > year gift that will make them understand its need and value. On > > > similar lines which is that one book that you will like to gift the > > > hands-on engineering folks to make them understand that thinking about > > > user needs is equally important as thinking about the algorithms. > > > > > > Mind you only one book for each that will create the maximum impact on > > > their thought process :-) > > > > > > Cheers > > > Pankaj > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > > > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > > > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > > > > -- > -------------------- > seth at subimage interactive > ----- > http://sublog.subimage.com > ----- > Cashboard - Estimates, invoices, and time tracking software - for free! > http://www.getcashboard.com > ----- > Substruct - Open source RoR e-commerce software. > http://dev.subimage.com/projects/substruct > > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
