(Part 2) Best human-computer interaction books according to redditors
We found 346 Reddit comments discussing the best human-computer interaction books. We ranked the 99 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
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>The book cited: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/wired-speech
I looked at this book via Amazon's Search Inside feature. I can find no source cited for the BMW story in the book.
https://www.amazon.com/Wired-Speech-Activates-Human-Computer-Relationship/dp/0262140926
>"Look Guize, I called Apple a cult. Do I get my 'Real Reddittor' badge yet, or do I have to call them fanboiz too?"
Ok, Mr. Ironic Shitposter :^ )
...yep, no cult here. This is not the cult you are looking for.
Adding to this:
Future Ethics by Cennydd Bowles
Technically Wrong by Sara Wachter-Boettcher
/r/Thameus is spot on. Way too many people confuse the Internet with the Web.
The Internet essentially consists of mid-level (layer 3 and layer 4) network stack protocols. Those protocols are often referred to as TCP/IP, but there are several more layer 4 protocols than TCP (UDP, SCTP, NORM, etc.).
The web is an application level (layer 7 in the OSI model) protocol. It's main application layer colleague is e-mail, but there are several others.
The Internet is a specific instantiation of what's called packet switching. This is contrasted to the old telephone networks' circuit switching.
The Internet was not always a done deal; the Internet is not the only instantiation of packet switching. This is grossly over simplifying what happened, but there was a huge, huge battle in the '80s/'90s between the Telcoms (who wanted to use another packet switching scheme based on something called X.25), and the DARPAnet guys who wanted to use the TCP/IP open standards.
So the question you probably want to ask is: when was packet switching thought up?
In terms of the Web, there's a computer scientist named David Gelernter who wrote a book in 1993 called, "Mirror Worlds: or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox...How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean ", that actually pre-saged the Web (although I haven't seen any indication that Tim Berners-Lee was thinking of this when he created hypertext).
It's all very interesting stuff, but the key is to distinguish between the various layers and components.
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> What other skills do I need apart from basics- html, css, basic js, design?
A good place to start is "The Design of Everyday Things" by D. Norman. HCI is a huge topic that goes far beyond making things like nice. You have to get into usability testing too, and consider cultural differences (Hofstede etc). We used the 'Interaction Design' textbook on our course, it was boring as fuck but covers all the basics.
While I have very little empirical evidence to back this up, hells yes.
My company, for example, has become very active recently with using DOMO, Voice of Customer, Question Based Selling, and other data collection to help paint a picture of our customers personas, buying stages, and pain points
What I’d like to see more of is how to understand the classic psychology of customers where this data is identifying, and how the Creative Ops, Digital Teams, and campaign managers can use this knowledge to create better content that resonates.
It’s all here in this book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1484225791/ref=sxts_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510422699&sr=1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65
So I would say you might need to design a position for yourself, but this angle could be very compelling.
Tog once observed that, while MBTI intuitives only make up 25% of the general population, they made up 75% of engineers at Apple, and other obscenely high percentages of non-engineering roles there.
Of course, mid-1980's Apple was not exactly your typical computer company.
Phd in anthropology is a fantastic basis for this work, but you are definitely going to have to demonstrate that you can adapt to a VERY different research context and build a bunch of skills that you might not have developed in grad school. It can be a very great move, but very humbling (especially initially).
I made a similar transition from a Phd in ethnography to ux research a few years ago, feel free to message me if you have questions (if you do let me know what city you are in as that will change any advice I would give you).
Good luck!
Hi there, thanks for keeping it friendly in light of my rather harsh comments.
I think my main problem was that the article appears to present your UI as something new or innovative, even though it's clearly not (as the other commenter pointed out). Games have used tables and infographics to represent things and processes for decades.
There are whole genres of games that play like this - from turn-based strategy browser games, management simulations like Football Manager, Economy Simulations, War Games, etc. Some of these games focus around a central map, but many do not.
Picking on terminology was a crappy thing to do, sorry about that. I don't want to dump a list of books on you, but maybe as an introductory reading it would be good to familiarize yourself with the difference between Implementation Model (how the tool or simulation works under the hood), the Mental Model (what a User believes to be true about something, their personal understanding of a subject matter) and the Representation Model (how a digital tool presents the model/simulation to their Users via its interface). Maybe this guy here.
This is pretty much the domain of Human-Computer Interaction, or HCI. That's the Cognitive Psychology focused academic underpinning of the analysis and design (design as in crafting and shaping, not decorating ;) ) of digital tools. Any introductory HCI book would give a good foundation, I like the works of Alan Dix & co, and Jenny Preece & co.
1 book by far is Andy Kirk’s. Data Visualisation: A Handbook for Data Driven Design https://www.amazon.com/dp/1526468921/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_rjx3DbDVRPFDN
It’s very broad and accessible yet substantial. That’s the book I recommend to anyone who need to read just one book.
2 is RJ Andrews book Info We Trust: How to Inspire the World with Data https://www.amazon.com/dp/1119483891/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_gmx3Db0FDG9DC.
This is a wonderful book that I read as an ode to visualization as a medium. It’s more artistic than Andy’s book both in its topic and its execution.
3 book depends on your specific interest. Dashboards/tableau? https://www.amazon.com/big-book-dashboard/s?k=big+book+of+dashboard.
Data art? https://www.amazon.com/dear-data-book/s?k=dear+data+book
Data journalism/ storytelling? Data-Driven Storytelling (AK Peters Visualization Series) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CCZPKV3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Msx3DbF1GZMG8
Science of visualization? https://www.amazon.com/Information-Visualization-Perception-Interactive-Technologies/dp/0123814642
Visualization from an academic point of view? https://www.amazon.com/Visualization-Analysis-Design-AK-Peters/dp/1466508914
D3js? https://www.amazon.com/Interactive-Data-Visualization-Web-Introduction/dp/1449339735
I have a feeling that your response is from the "this feels right" camp. I used to live there too. Then I read some research because of a book called "A Deadly Wandering" by Matt Richtel after my elderly father suggested it. It's a great read and delves into the study of attention and concentration.
To answer /u/DungeonHills 's question, in the US at least, some states are experimenting with harsh penalties for distracted driving. The problem is that enforcement is difficult because, barring and accident, it's something that is hard for an officer to spot because it is intermittent. Likely something is going to have to change with the phone manufacturers first, although they're not really motivated to do much about the problem at this point, so I'm guessing that it will have to be legislated into existence.
Bottlenecks: Aligning UX Design with User Psychology by David C Evans
https://www.amazon.com/Bottlenecks-Aligning-Design-User-Psychology/dp/1484225791
Can recommend two books if you’re after more practices examples.
https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Interaction+Design%3A+Beyond+Human+Computer+Interaction%2C+4th+Edition-p-9781119020752 (or earlier edition - I know the 3rd edition and would recommend it).
Also
Human-Computer Interaction https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0130461091/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Om3TAbHWPTF4V
Both form a large chunk of my research and were what my university courses were based off of.
My two cents:
Big thing is designing with the user not for them. Reflecting and co-creating (working with all the stakeholders at a cooperative level). Practical experience with design experts > reading the books.
Mirror Worlds is a book from 1992 by David Galernter. The dude had quite a lot figured out then, and some of his ideas inspired movies like The Matrix.
Long story short, mirror worlds are virtual copies of reality where we can run infinite experiments. Something companies like SpatialOS are trying to market with their technology's ability to simulate a bagillion(or is it bajillion?) entities all interacting in a complex system. Innovation accelerant.
Shame.
I hope someone purchases the publishing rights for all the old titles. Just for the pure nostalgia valve.
I first tried VR at a London trade show, back in 1995. The SU2000, and another unit, which I can't recall, I think demoing Sense8 Corp's WorldToolKit software.
Although, my first interest was kindled (shared with many here, I think), by Howard Rheingold's 1991 book Virtual Reality:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Virtual-Reality-Howard-Rheingold/dp/0671693638
Which had a massive impact on public and media awareness. Leading to TV docs like the one I posted earlier:
Horizon: Colonizing Cyberspace:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEDE3819D975EAACD
The book is still a bit pricey for me yet.
This video where she explains the optimisation/pavlovian aspects of video machines is fascinating
I quit facebook in 2014 and I have not missed it at all.
It is a lens that distorts reality in very sinister ways.
Since I quit it's like a fog was lifted.
/cool story
edit: also, this: Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250239087
I am self taught and design applications for human and system workflows at a Internet security company. I am biased but I don't think a degree will necessarily give you more hands on skills than just finding projects and building a portfolio to show your skills. There are many many different niche categories, every UX professional I have met have different skill sets. For example I tend in a version of lean UX which includes need finding, requirements validation, user testing, workflow analysis, system design, prototyping, analytics, and accessibility design (not in that order). I am interlocked with the engineering team so my job is FAR different than many UX professionals I know who work with marketing teams. They tend to specialize very deeply in research, prototyping, user testing, and analytics. Some UX types code and some use prototyping tools like Balsamiq, UXpin, Adobe etc. There is heavy debate on which path is more useful/safe/ relevant. Where I work I do not get time to code because my team and I feel I provide the best value to our engineering team and internal/external customers by doing the items listed above. The other UX person I will work with me on similar activities but then may be given projects to look at the best options for reusable components and code them up for testing.
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Here are some of my resources I found helpful.
(confessions: I've posted these before in other comments but I hope you find it helpful)
Sub-reddits:
Sites:
Books:
Tools (other than typical Adobe design tools):
MISC:
Packt amazingly has some good books on Tkinter such as "Tkinter GUI Application Development Blueprints" and "Python GUI Programming with Tkinter: Develop responsive and powerful GUI applications with Tkinter"
Could it be this? It fits the timeframe, and Leary is discussed multiple times according to the index.
Hey there!
UX Designer/Researcher here. I came from a background in Psychology and Neuroscience research before UX Design. Personally I used the UCSD Extension for a certificate in UX Design. I really appreciated the course work and in conjunction with the Coursera Interaction Design felt like I was given plenty of exposure while also having flexibility to work.
From my experience in the industry, I would look into what area you are interested in. UX careers can involve programming and development, but I use absolutely no coding at my current position (at others I have though). The biggest selling point to an employer is showing an understanding of the process: wireframes, flow charts, user studies, iteration (agile/scrum/waterfall), and design understanding. I have worked on multiple billion dollar webpages and can say the process is nearly identical when scaled down.
If you are interested in some resources to start on your own I would recommend Simon Sinek's Start with Why for understanding how to look at design solutions.
Don Norman has many great books, including The Design of Everyday Things.
Some actual books to look at and learn on your own are A Project Guide to UX Design, Lean UX, and The UX Book. I highly recommend the last one I find it very thorough and digestible and for ~60 bucks is a reasonable textbook.
Lastly, once you have a grasp of UX as a concept I would get familiar with the Adobe Suite, Axure or InVision, and any others from career sites that you might not know about (I really like [Sketch]() as a cheap option ~$99).
Best of luck, feel free to ping me with questions
Heh, I had to buy this back at uni (only the 2nd edition)
For how much I used it that sure was £30 that would have been better spent on food!
I'm just about to start learning ROS, I've ordered this book https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782175199/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Not sure if it is any good.
If anyone knows of any useful resources or tips that would be great.
On writing for the web: http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0123694868?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=15P8V7Z7A4834P42N9QT&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=288448501&pf_rd_i=507846 (Letting Go of the Words by Ginny Redish)
(Sorry, I can't seem to post URLs properly today.)
First, check out Don't Make Me Think! by Steve Krug. It's an easy read and invaluable.
If you really like that approach then you should think about going into Interaction Design (aka usability, user-centered design, UX design, information architecture, etc.). I've been doing it for about 11 years and have only recently gotten into coding. Usually I produce wireframes and specs for the coders, do user research, and conduct usability tests. There nothing quite like watching someone trying to use your design and doing something completely different from what you expected.
I haven't kept up with some of the latest books out there, but some of my formative ones are:
I'm fascinated by the topic of videogames and learning - James Paul's book is really good:
What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy
Why don't you take some of that money and buy a nice book?
http://www.amazon.com/Addiction-Design-Machine-Gambling-Vegas/dp/0691127557
I never contested the point that he's beyond redemption. I would love for Aldon to shape up, his jersey hangs in my closet and he was my favorite when he played for us.
I agree with your point on impaired driving, but I fail to see how I'm being ignorant (if that is what you were implying, you might have a typo in your response.) For instance, talking on your phone is as dangerous as drunk driving. And texting while driving actually makes you three times as likely to crash as sober driving.
Don't be an impaired driver, read this book.
https://www.amazon.com/ROS-Robotics-Example-Carol-Fairchild/dp/1782175199
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ROS Robotics by example as a variety of projects you can do and covers basic concepts of ROS.
You might be right, here's the book anyhow, so you can check out the quote in context (the Look Inside feature is awesome)
https://www.amazon.com/Wired-Speech-Activates-Human-Computer-Relationship/dp/0262140926
The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor
by John McPHee
Assassination Vacation
by Sarah Vowell
Public Therapy Buses, Information Specialty Bums, Solar Cook-A-Mats and Other Visions of the 21st Century
by Steven M. Johnson
Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date
by Robert X. Cringley
Tog on Interface
by Bruce Tognazzini
http://www.amazon.com/Video-Games-Teach-Learning-Literacy/dp/1403965382
No, you gave links to OPINION websites, written in English, from people who do not hold office within the Catholic Church, but are outside it.
Catholic Answers is a "media ministry" based in El Cajon, California that prints OPINIONS. They are lay people, not clergy, and certainly not based at the Vatican. They have not been appointed to clerical office within the Catholic Church, and have no ability to enforce their OPINIONS. They are a private business incorporated in 1979 by the lawyer Karl Keating, who has expanded it into a cross-product promoting magazine, website, radio show, and book publishing enterprise. Catholic Answers made $5.2 million in revenue for the fiscal year ending in June 2012.
Cathy Cardi runs another OPINION website which both receives banner ad revenue, donations, and promotes a Roman tour group service. She has a Juris Canonici Licentiata, a six semester degree that allows her to teach at pontifical universities and seminaries. It also allows her to act as a canon lawyer, a profession that generally processes annulment requests. She is not a tenured professor, but appears to have taught a few classes as an adjunct professor while writing magazine articles on the side. She has no office within the Catholic Church, and no ability to enforce her OPINIONS.
While they may be fine people, they are writing OPINIONS. These are not "the positions of the Catholic Church." These are OPINION pieces.
The "Position of the Catholic Church" is only contained in Canon Law, and Canon Law 2335 was reviewed by the Plenary Congregation of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law when they met in the Vatican on October 20 – 29, 1981. Valid issues were raised by Bishop Andres Esteban y Gomez. “It is more grave to be a communist, and so if we have a canon excommunicating freemasons we would also have to have a canon excommunicating Communists." Bishop José Vicente Andueza Henriquez agreed, affirming that “in countries like Venezuela Freemasonry coexists peacefully with the Church,” and that “there are Freemasons ‘of good faith’ who do not work against the Church but who cooperate with her…” Bishop Henriquez further maintained that “in Latin America the true danger is Communism, not Freemasonry.” The actual record of the Plenary Congregation is in Latin, and was translated into Italian in 2008 for those that want to spend the €80,00. So far I have only seen excerpts in English in an article by Fr. Paolo M. Siano.
This 1981 change to remove Canon Law 2335 by the Plenary Congregation for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law was reviewed, granted nihil obstat status, and then imprimatur status. Something these OPINION websites are apparently unaware of.
Possibly because the 1981 commission's proceedings are difficult to obtain and written in Latin.
Since 1981, when Canon Law 2335 was not renewed, no lay person can be excommunicated for being a freemason. Even before then, it was reserved only to the "Apostolic See", effectively burying any potential excommunication of freemasons within the Vatican bureaucracy. As the record shows, no lay person within living memory has been excommunicated for being a freemason.
Only a Bishop may write a letter of excommunication, which must be countersigned by the Chancellor. Most Bishops have never written a single letter of excommunication in their life, and most Chancellors would not countersign one if it was given to them. The case then has to be reviewed by Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Apostolic See, which is a strange department of the Vatican that frequently says loudly one thing while doing another. Despite loud noises and purported letters against Freemasonry, again the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has not upheld the excommunication of laity for being Freemasons within living memory. We must judge them by their actions rather than their bombastic words.
Many of the bombastic statements against Freemasonry issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith after the canon law change seem to originate because of the Italian media war against P2 (or Propoganda Due) lodge that erupted that year. Newspapers claimed P2 had triggered the collapse of the Italian government, the banking collapse of the Vatican-affiliated Banco Ambrosiano, covered up the terrorist bombing of a train station, and was at the heart of a web of multiple crimes and murders. All of these fantastic claims, but one, have not held up, but at the time, Italian newspaper headlines were screaming everything wrong in Italy could be traced back to P2, if you just squinted hard enough, and it sold papers by the thousands. And since Freemason lodges are not good at defending themselves in the media, P2 was an ideal scapegoat that wouldn't fight back.
The newspapers even published alleged "secret" membership lists of P2 members showing a vast network of 1600 members across world, including members in the Vatican, that has since been debunked and shown to mostly consist of people that have never heard of P2 or freemasonry, much less were members. Further adding to the confusion, competing newspapers and magazines published multiple contradictory membership lists, all of which have also been debunked as news room fantasies designed to sell to the gullible and conspiracy prone.
Gelli, the P2 master, was eventually convicted of banking fraud, which was later reduced to house arrest. Needless to say, no regular Freemasons were in communication with such a disreputable lodge, and many USA lodges now require criminal background checks of applicants to avoid similar claims being made against them. So it sucks that in the process of the newspapers vilifying the clandestine lodge P2, all Freemasonry was tarred by the same brush. And no, none of the members of P2 were ever excommunicated. But the Italian newspapers, who never let facts get in the way of a good story, often repeat the story of the little used Vatican jail cells being occupied by P2 members without trial for years afterwards as punishment for the Banco Ambrosiano collapse.
Stop repeating OPINION websites as if they have the weight of canon law. They do not. Media sites get clicks by making people feel anger and fear. Amplifying and magnifying media sites only allows them to control more people through their emotional manipulation.
Wow, reality distortion field much? Is this your bible?
As much as I love Apple and I honestly can't stand to use any other platform, I don't see them as infallible gods. Yeah some of the shit they do is noble but they're a company just like any other and they do make a huge shit ton of mistakes and asshole marketing choices just like anybody else.
I mean shit, I know Steve's dead but easy on the Kool-Aid there junior.