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The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So Complex, and Information Appliances Are the Solution

Donald A. Norman

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Description:From "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms" (motto of the 1933 Chicago USA World's Fair)to "People Propose, Science Studies, Technology Conforms" (Donald Norman's person-centered motto for the twenty-first century). Technologies have a life cycle, says Donald Norman, and companies and their products must change as they pass from youth to maturity. Alas, the computer industry thinks it is still in its rebellious teenage years, exulting in technical complexity. Customers want change. They are ready for products that offer convenience, ease of use, and pleasure. The technology should be invisible, hidden from sight. In this book, Norman shows why the computer is so difficult to use and why this complexity is fundamental to its nature. The only answer, says Norman, is to start over again, to develop information appliances that fit people's needs and lives. To do this companies must change the way they develop products. They need to start with an understanding of user needs first, technology lastthe opposite of how things are done now.ContentsPreface1 Drop Everything You're Doing2 Growing Up: Moving from Technology-Centered to Human-Centered Products3 The Move to Information Appliances4 What's Wrong with the PC? 5 There Is No Magical Cure6 The Power of Infrastructure 7 Being Analog8 Why Is Everything So Difficult to Use?9 Human-Centered Development10 Want Human-Centered Development? Reorganize the Company11 Disruptive Technologies12 A World of Information AppliancesAppendix: Examples of Information AppliancesNotesReferencesIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So Complex, and Information Appliances Are the Solution. To get started finding The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So Complex, and Information Appliances Are the Solution, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: From "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms" (motto of the 1933 Chicago USA World's Fair)to "People Propose, Science Studies, Technology Conforms" (Donald Norman's person-centered motto for the twenty-first century). Technologies have a life cycle, says Donald Norman, and companies and their products must change as they pass from youth to maturity. Alas, the computer industry thinks it is still in its rebellious teenage years, exulting in technical complexity. Customers want change. They are ready for products that offer convenience, ease of use, and pleasure. The technology should be invisible, hidden from sight. In this book, Norman shows why the computer is so difficult to use and why this complexity is fundamental to its nature. The only answer, says Norman, is to start over again, to develop information appliances that fit people's needs and lives. To do this companies must change the way they develop products. They need to start with an understanding of user needs first, technology lastthe opposite of how things are done now.ContentsPreface1 Drop Everything You're Doing2 Growing Up: Moving from Technology-Centered to Human-Centered Products3 The Move to Information Appliances4 What's Wrong with the PC? 5 There Is No Magical Cure6 The Power of Infrastructure 7 Being Analog8 Why Is Everything So Difficult to Use?9 Human-Centered Development10 Want Human-Centered Development? Reorganize the Company11 Disruptive Technologies12 A World of Information AppliancesAppendix: Examples of Information AppliancesNotesReferencesIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So Complex, and Information Appliances Are the Solution. To get started finding The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So Complex, and Information Appliances Are the Solution, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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