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The Best Interface Is No Interface The Simple Path to Brilliant Technology
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- ISBN
- 9780133890334
- Publication Name
- Best Interface Is No Interface : the Simple Path to Brilliant Technology
- Item Length
- 9.1in
- Publisher
- Pearson Education
- Series
- Voices That Matter Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 12.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Our love affair with the digital interface is out of control. We've embraced it in the boardroom, the bedroom, and the bathroom. Screens have taken over our lives. Most people spend over eight hours a day staring at a screen, and some "technological innovators" are hoping to grab even more of your eyeball time. You have screens in your pocket, in your car, on your appliances, and maybe even on your face. Average smartphone users check their phones 150 times a day, responding to the addictive buzz of Facebook or emails or Twitter. Are you sick? There's an app for that Need to pray? There's an app for that Dead? Well, there's an app for that, too And most apps are intentionally addictive distractions that end up taking our attention away from things like family, friends, sleep, and oncoming traffic. There's a better way. In this book, innovator Golden Krishna challenges our world of nagging, screen-based bondage, and shows how we can build a technologically advanced world without digital interfaces. In his insightful, raw, and often hilarious criticism, Golden reveals fascinating ways to think beyond screens using three principles that lead to more meaningful innovation. Whether you're working in technology, or just wary of a gadget-filled future, you'll be enlighted and entertained while discovering that the best interface is no interface.
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Pearson Education
ISBN-10
0133890333
ISBN-13
9780133890334
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202470760
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Best Interface Is No Interface : the Simple Path to Brilliant Technology
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Series
Voices That Matter Ser.
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
12.2 Oz
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Tk7887.5
Reviews
"If Silicon Valley doesn't read this book, we're all ****ed." - Doug LeMoine, Managing Director, Cooper "An irreverent, crazy tirade. So why should you read this book? Because irreverence is precisely what is needed today to get us out of the rut of bad, unintelligible, frustrating design. Because the book is funny, caustic, and insightful. So next time you are feeling low, just open the book to some random page and read for a few minutes. You will start smiling, laughing, and learning. A great cure for all that ails you. Why read this book? Well, because I told you to." -Don Norman, Design Lab, University of California, San Diego Author of The Design of Everyday Things, Revised and Expanded "In this amusing, smart, and brave case against our screen-based world, Golden Krishna reinforces his position as one of the world's foremost thinkers of user experience design." - Martin Thörnkvist, Conference Director, The Conference by Media Evolution "This essential book will hopefully mark the moment in history when we say 'ENOUGH!' to screen saturation and usher in a more meaningful co-habitation with technology." - Kevin Farnham, Founder of Method and Co-Author of Experience Design: A Framework for Integrating Brand, Experience, and Value "A mind-bending, thoughtful, life-affirming and sure-to-be-controversial manifesto about how we might significantly change our relationship to the technology that surrounds us." - Dave Gray, Author of The Connected Company and Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers "Krishna's book is written in a very colloquial and accessible sty≤ at times it reads more like a great argument in a Silicon Valley coffee shop, long after closing time, at a table covered in diagrams scribbled on paper napkins. But that's exactly what makes it worth reading. It's not bland theory, but a lively tale well told by someone with deep experience in the field of user experience design." - PC Magazine, "If Silicon Valley doesn't read this book, we're all ****ed." - Doug LeMoine, Managing Director, Cooper "An irreverent, crazy tirade. So why should you read this book? Because irreverence is precisely what is needed today to get us out of the rut of bad, unintelligible, frustrating design. Because the book is funny, caustic, and insightful. So next time you are feeling low, just open the book to some random page and read for a few minutes. You will start smiling, laughing, and learning. A great cure for all that ails you. Why read this book? Well, because I told you to." -Don Norman, Design Lab, University of California, San DiegoAuthor of The Design of Everyday Things, Revised and Expanded "In this amusing, smart, and brave case against our screen-based world, Golden Krishna reinforces his position as one of the world's foremost thinkers of user experience design." - Martin Thörnkvist, Conference Director, The Conference by Media Evolution "This essential book will hopefully mark the moment in history when we say 'ENOUGH!' to screen saturation and usher in a more meaningful co-habitation with technology." - Kevin Farnham, Founder of Method and Co-Author of Experience Design: A Framework for Integrating Brand, Experience, and Value "A mind-bending, thoughtful, life-affirming and sure-to-be-controversial manifesto about how we might significantly change our relationship to the technology that surrounds us." - Dave Gray, Author of The Connected Company and Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers "Krishna's book is written in a very colloquial and accessible style; at times it reads more like a great argument in a Silicon Valley coffee shop, long after closing time, at a table covered in diagrams scribbled on paper napkins. But that's exactly what makes it worth reading. It's not bland theory, but a lively tale well told by someone with deep experience in the field of user experience design." - PC Magazine, "An irreverent, crazy tirade. So why should you read this book? Because irreverence is precisely what is needed today to get us out of the rut of bad, unintelligible, frustrating design. Because the book is funny, caustic, and insightful. So next time you are feeling low, just open the book to some random page and read for a few minutes. You will start smiling, laughing, and learning. A great cure for all that ails you. Why read this book? Well, because I told you to." -Don Norman, Design Lab, University of California, San Diego Author of The Design of Everyday Things, Revised and Expanded "If Silicon Valley doesn't read this book, we're all ****ed." - Doug LeMoine, Managing Director, Cooper "In this amusing, smart, and brave case against our screen-based world, Golden Krishna reinforces his position as one of the world's foremost thinkers of user experience design." - Martin Thörnkvist, Conference Director, The Conference by Media Evolution "This essential book will hopefully mark the moment in history when we say 'ENOUGH!' to screen saturation and usher in a more meaningful co-habitation with technology." - Kevin Farnham, Founder of Method and Co-Author of Experience Design: A Framework for Integrating Brand, Experience, and Value "A mind-bending, thoughtful, life-affirming and sure-to-be-controversial manifesto about how we might significantly change our relationship to the technology that surrounds us." - Dave Gray, Author of The Connected Company and Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers, "If Silicon Valley doesn't read this book, we're all ****ed." - Doug LeMoine, Managing Director, Cooper "An irreverent, crazy tirade. So why should you read this book? Because irreverence is precisely what is needed today to get us out of the rut of bad, unintelligible, frustrating design. Because the book is funny, caustic, and insightful. So next time you are feeling low, just open the book to some random page and read for a few minutes. You will start smiling, laughing, and learning. A great cure for all that ails you. Why read this book? Well, because I told you to." -Don Norman, Design Lab, University of California, San Diego Author of The Design of Everyday Things, Revised and Expanded "In this amusing, smart, and brave case against our screen-based world, Golden Krishna reinforces his position as one of the world's foremost thinkers of user experience design." - Martin Thörnkvist, Conference Director, The Conference by Media Evolution "This essential book will hopefully mark the moment in history when we say 'ENOUGH!' to screen saturation and usher in a more meaningful co-habitation with technology." - Kevin Farnham, Founder of Method and Co-Author of Experience Design: A Framework for Integrating Brand, Experience, and Value "A mind-bending, thoughtful, life-affirming and sure-to-be-controversial manifesto about how we might significantly change our relationship to the technology that surrounds us." - Dave Gray, Author of The Connected Company and Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers
Table of Content
FOREWORD Why do phones ring? WELCOME 01. Introduction - Why did you buy this book? 02. Screen-based thinking - Let's make an app! THE PROBLEM 03. Slap an interface on it! - Slimmer TVs! Faster computers! And an overlooked epidemic of awful. 04. UX ≠UI - I make interfaces because that's my job, bro 05. Addiction UX - Click here to cut down your belly fat by using this one weird tip 06. Distraction - Will you marry me? Sorry, I was sending Alice a text, what'd you say? 07. Screen Insomnia - I love staring into a light bulb! Me too! 08. The Screenless Office - The best interface is no interface PRINCIPLE 1: EMBRACE TYPICAL PROCESSES INSTEAD OF SCREENS 09. Backpocket apps - This app goes perfectly with my skinny jeans 10. Lazy rectangles - That's a great wireframe. We nailed it. We're going to make a billion dollars. PRINCIPLE 2: LEVERAGE COMPUTERS INSTEAD OF SERVING THEM 11. The World's First 3D Chapter - Your password must be at least 18,770 characters and cannot repeat any of your previous 30,689 passwords 12. Machine Input - I saved your life, and I didn't even need a password 13. Analog and Digital Chores - I know, I suck at life. PRINCIPLE 3: ADAPT TO INDIVIDUALS 14. Computing for One - You're spécial 15. Proactive Computing - From "Hello, Robot" to "Thank you, Robot" THE CHALLENGES 16. Change - You hate this book? Thank you. 17. Privacy - The machine will "learn" about me? No thanks. 18. Automatic - Automatic solutions are terrible. Look at Clippy! 19. Failure - What happens when it all falls apart? 20. Exceptions - Less is sometimes more CONCLUSION 21. The Future - Wow, this is boring
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Trade
Topic
Software Development & Engineering / General, Hardware / General, General, Software Development & Engineering / Systems Analysis & Design
Lccn
2015-410428
Dewey Decimal
303.48/3
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Computers, Technology & Engineering
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