The toughest thing about Pankaj's question is that he forces me to choose just one per group - managers and line engineers. As many of you know - my UX/IxD/IA library darn near competely fills my home office - and it's kinda of sad in a geeky way. For engineers - a fun, funny book that at least argues for UCD to the engineer who doesn't know what it is - David Platt's "Why Software Sucks."
Because I am re-reading it right now - I think the most eloquent - to the point of poetic - articulation of interaction design (IxD) is Jon Kolko's book "Thoughts on Interaction Design," -- just the first chapter is worth the price of admission. I was almost brought to tears reading it - I kid you not - this is the Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet," manifesto for interaction designers. If you haven't bought and read this gem - go now, young lads and order it. - Will On Feb 5, 2008 10:07 AM, subimage interactive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks like an interesting book...Wishlisted (did I just invent a new > verb?) > on my Amazon page... > > On Feb 5, 2008 6:45 AM, Peter Merholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > <self-promotion> > > Why, _SUBJECT TO CHANGE: Creating Great Products & Services for an > > Uncertain World_, by me and a few colleagues at Adaptive Path. It's > > written for executives and technologists to help them understand the > > contribution that user research, design, and systems thinking offers. > > http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0596516835/adaptivepat07-20/ref=nosim/ > > </self-promotion> > > > > If not our book, my One Book is probably still THE DESIGN OF EVERYDAY > > THINGS. > > --peter > > > > On Feb 4, 2008, at 10:48 PM, Pankaj Chawla 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 > -- ~ will "No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it." Alan Cooper - "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" ------------------------------------------------------- will evans user experience architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ *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
