Turn Signals Are The Facial Expressions Of Automobiles

Author : Don Norman
Publisher : Diversion Books
ISBN 13 : 1626815364
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turn Signals are the Facial Expressions of Automobiles written by Don Norman and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the author of THE DESIGN OF EVERYDAY THINGS. For decades, Don Norman has spoken the language of gadgets, explaining how the things we see every day are made and made better. In this smart, sharp, fun exploration of design, Norman pulls back the curtain on the things we make to make our lives easier. From water faucets and airplane cockpits to the concept of "real time" and the future of memory, this wide-ranging tour through technology provides a new understanding of how the gadgets that surround us affect our lives. Donald A. Norman explores the plight of humans living in a world ruled by a technology that seems to exist for its own sake, oblivious to the needs of the people who create it. TURN SIGNALS is an intelligent, whimsical, curmudgeonly look at our love/hate relationship with machines, as well as a persuasive call for the humanization of modern design.

Author : Donald A. Norman
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 9780201581249
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turn Signals are the Facial Expressions of Automobiles written by Donald A. Norman and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1992-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The Design of Everyday Things offers a hilarious look at the "perversity of inanimate objects" with anecdotes about the often cumbersome relationships between humans and machines.

Author : Donald A. Norman
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Author : Paola Antonelli
Publisher : The Museum of Modern Art
ISBN 13 : 9780870705809
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Safe written by Paola Antonelli and published by The Museum of Modern Art. This book was released on 2005 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Oct. 16, 2005-Jan. 2, 2006.

Author : Jeffrey Ventrella
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1257763555
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtual Body Language : the History and Future of Avatars : how Nonverbal Expression is Evolving on the Internet written by Jeffrey Ventrella and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does the tail wag the brain? What is virtual autism? Why can't our avatars walk hand-in-hand? Will a nonverbal Babel fish save the world? Jeffrey Ventrella, a seasoned virtual worlds programmer and visual language expert, reviews the history of avatars, smileys, and other expressive forms, and considers a future of spectacular creativity. This book combines thoughtful scholarship with amusing anecdotes from the trenches of Silicon Valley. Virtual Body Language presents a thorough analysis of the neurological, linguistic, aesthetic, and technical aspects of how nonverbal communication can be distributed over the internet. Based on nearly a decade of avatar development, Ventrella has the practical foundation on which to justify even the most outrageous claims, regarding what "avatar" might mean in the future.

Author : Naomi Karten
Publisher : Addison-Wesley
ISBN 13 : 0133488705
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Communication Gaps and How to Close Them written by Naomi Karten and published by Addison-Wesley. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the digital version of the printed book (Copyright © 2002). The success of systems or software development depends on effective communication. But have you ever had trouble articulating a complex concept? Have you ever doubted that someone truly understood you–or that you completely received someone’s message? Managers and technical professionals have to communicate effectively in order to understand client requirements, build work-related relationships, meet market demands, and survive time pressures. So often, though, communication breaks down, and nothing gets done (or done well, at least). Thankfully, Naomi Karten–author of Managing Expectations–is here to help. Readers learn how to improve the way they handle a wide variety of communication conflicts, from one-on-one squabbles to interdepartmental chaos to misinterpretations between providers and customers. Drawing on a variety of recognizable experiences and on useful models for understanding personalities, such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the teachings of family therapist Virginia Satir, Karten provides a series of powerful tools and concepts for resolving communication problems–as well as methods for preventing them in the first place. Inadequate communications include misunderstood or missed messages, contradictory or mixed messages, and messages that are intentionally sabotaged. As the author notes, these miscommunications “can have a damaging, puzzling, and counterproductive impact on projects and relationships.” Karten helps readers identify many of the common factors that can cause communication gaps. For example, mistaken assumptions of understanding lack of follow-up unfixed project terminology emotional baggage personality conflicts mismatched communication preferences Karten’s witty, conversational tone makes this book easy to read; her real-life stories and examples make it easy to understand; and her use of hilarious cartoons by Mark Tatro brings her lessons to life. Communication Gaps and How to Close Them is a must-read for anyone who recognizes that the way he or she communicates in professional encounters, as well as in personal ones, can be improved. With Karten’s useful insights and practical techniques, this book will change not only how you communicate but also how you think about communication.

Author : General Assembly
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455548596
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Practitioner's Guide to User Experience Design written by General Assembly and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Practitioner's Guide to User Experience Design breaks down the essence of what it takes to meet a customer's needs -- and shows you how to apply these principles while working in tech. Sell a hamburger. Run an airline. Build a website. No matter how simple or complicated your business is, there's one thing that determines if it's a success or not: the customer. From finding your inspiration to creating prototypes, this book pulls from case studies, research, and personal experience to give you the tools and tactics you need to survive in the fast-paced world of UX design.

Author : Carla Diana
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
ISBN 13 : 1633694437
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Robot Gets Me written by Carla Diana and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your relationships with your "smart" products are about to get a lot more personal. Think how commonplace it is now for people to ask Siri for the weather forecast, deploy Roomba to clean their homes, or summon Alexa to turn on the lights. The "smart home" market will reach well over $100 billion in the next five years on the promise of products that are truly integrated with our cooking, cleaning, entertainment, security, and hygiene habits. But the reality is, these first-generation "smart" products aren't very smart—yet. We're clearly seeing only the tip of the iceberg in terms of capability and how such products can enhance our lives. How do we take it to the next level? In a word, design—and more specifically, social design. In this fascinating and instructive book, leading product design expert Carla Diana describes how new technology is allowing designers to humanize consumer products in delightfully subtle ways. Showcasing vivid examples of social design principles such as "product presence," "object expression," and "interaction intelligence," we see how inventive uses of light, sound, and movement can evoke human responses to even the most mundane products. Diana offers clear guidelines and takeaways for conceptualizing, building, and optimizing products using such methods as bodystorming, scenario storyboarding, video prototyping, behavior charting, and more. My Robot Gets Me provides keen insights and practical advice to anyone interested or involved in the burgeoning smart marketplace, from product designers and developers to managers and venture capitalists.

Author : Andrea Omicini
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540259465
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engineering Societies in the Agents World IV written by Andrea Omicini and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-06-30 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth internationalworkshop,“EngineeringSocietiesin the Agents World” (ESAW 2003) was a three-dayevent that took place at the end of October 2003. After previous events in Germany, the Czech Republic, and Spain, the workshop crossed the Channel, to be held at the premises of Imperial College, London. The steady increase in the variety of backgrounds of contributing sci- tists, fascinating new perspectives on the topics, and number of participants, bespeaks the success of the ESAW workshop series. Its idea was born in 1999 among members of the working group on “Communication, Coordination, and Collaboration” of the ?rst lease of life of the European Network of Excellence on Agent-Based Computing, AgentLink, out of a critical discussion about the general mindset of the agent community. At that time, we felt that proper c- siderationsofsystemicaspectsofagenttechnologydeployment,suchasackno- edgement of the importance of the social and environmental perspectives, were sorely missing: a de?ciency that we resolved should be addressed directly by a new forum.

Author : William B. Rouse
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 047173943X
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Organizational Simulation written by William B. Rouse and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-07-22 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From modeling and simulation to games and entertainment With contributions from leaders in systems and organizational modeling, behavioral and social sciences, computing and visualization, and gaming and entertainment, Organizational Simulation both articulates the grand vision of immersive environments and shows, in detail, how to realize it. This book offers unparalleled insight into the cutting edge of the field, since it was written by those who actually researched, designed, developed, deployed, marketed, sold, and critiqued today's best organizational simulations. The coverage is divided into four sections: * Introduction outlines the need for organizational simulation to support strategic thinking, design of unprecedented systems, and organizational learning, including the functionality and technology required to enable this support * Behaviors covers the state of knowledge of individual, group, and team behaviors and performance, how performance can best be supported, how performance is affected by national differences, and how organizational performance can best be measured * Modeling describes the latest approaches to modeling and simulating people, groups, teams, and organizations, as well as narrative contexts and organizational environments within which these entities act, drawing from a rich set of modeling methods and tools * Simulations and Games illustrates a wide range of fielded simulations, games, and entertainment, including the methods and tools employed for designing, developing, deploying, and evaluating these systems, as well as the social implications for the associated communities that have emerged Addressing all levels of organizational simulation architecture with theories and applications, and enabling technologies for each, Organizational Simulation offers students and professionals the premier reference and practical toolbox for this dynamic field.