Comments on: Book review: Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices

By: Tiffanie

Tiffanie — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:24:08 +0000

I completely agree! As a professional I would never read this book as it adds little to my knowledge; there are better books out there. What I have used this book for is educating my coworkers. I’ve been in the position where people I work with, even my boss, have not the first idea what interaction design is or what I do. I think this is an excellent book to give to those people to help them understand why the field exists.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:52:28 +0000

Hi Mary,

Thanks for your visit, feel free to use the information on this website, we only ask that you refer to our website with the full URL. It is just a hobby of mine after getting a Master in Interaction Design.

By: Mary Kay Johnsen

Mary Kay Johnsen — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:29:25 +0000

I would like to cite your site but would like to know
who is/are the responsible authors–what is your “authority”
please? Owner of firm? PhD student? interested layperson?

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:32:59 +0000

For me, when I was starting to learn Interaction Design, this was a very helpfull book!

It contains a lot of pratical examples of designing interaction.

By: Ron George

Ron George — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:09:27 +0000

Hello admin and Dan.

Dan, I enjoyed the book immensely. I loved the broad strokes that you covered on such a massive and relatively new field. I enjoy reading a chapter of it every few months as a nice refresher. It is definitely a must have bookshelf book.

The only criticism I have is that the Title is very lofty and almost instructive rather than introductory into the field of HCI.

By: Dan Saffer

Dan Saffer — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:14:15 +0000

The book was always meant as an introductory textbook to the field, so you’re correct that if you’ve been practicing interaction design for a while, you might not get a lot out of it.

Some of the criticisms you note, such as a lack of references, are being addressed in the second edition, which is coming out in August 2009. The new edition will be more practical, and has additions such as chapters on design strategy and brainstorming.