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Simple and Usable UX, and why you should ignore your expert customers...
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Most of those involved in the customer experience of their web site or product will understand this stuff as basics, but rarely has this been presented so well, and articulated so clearly.
Giles Colborne explains his views on three types of users; Experts, Willing Adopters, and 'mainstreamers', and why you should ignore your expert customers for the most part.
I loved the way this is presented and spelled out in such an accessible way for all, and this just found it's way straight in to my amazon.com basket 8D
Buy 'Simple and Usable Web, Mobile, and Interaction Design (Voices That Matter)' now.
What Would Google Do By Jeff Jarvis. Fab book!
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I've listened to his podcast with Leo Laporte every week for a year, but finally got round to listening to this book by Jeff Jarvis. Really enjoyed it.
As much as about the change in the Internet and our thinking as it is about Google, Jeff makes excellent points about they way work, and how it isn't working for some companies. (The title of another good book!)
And from that stand point shows they way Google have been handling these aspects of work or life. Say what you will about Google, they have transformed our world, and have done it generally on the whole more transparently than any other organisation.
Millions of dollars are paid to blogs and sites for ads, YouTube Partnerships and more. All being shared where fat cats like Microsoft in the past would, and did keep the lot.
It's no love affair, as Jeff points out the flaws and issues where Google have stumbled, but who doesn't?
Insightful, interesting and the book read by the author which is really enjoyable with Jeff's sense of humour chiming in. Great fun, and one I put off for too long.
Books vs. E-books... Finish him!
via techcrunch.com
It really is now war for this media market (and shortly TV programs) especially with the launch of the Android http://cruzreader.com/
Questions is are we going to have an ebook reader/table mountain like we do today for old unwanted mobiles? Apple, Android and more don't really seem to be paying too much attention to recycling all this. I guess it's hard to compete when a book is made of paper : )
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War…
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Zombie love has been a part of staple geek diet for many years, but with the ever growing advent of geek love main-streaming, zombies are (literally) on the increase.
I've only recently began to up my 'meatspace' book reading quota and this was one on top of the pile as recommended by several friends (Thnx Neil H & Alex M!).
The book tells several stories of the world having battled against a zombie plague, but taken from the angle of first-person accounts told to the author by characters around the world of how the 'war' affected them.
A really gripping book and adds some realism if you will, to what could be...some cold meat anyone?
Get your copy of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War now
The Way We're Working Isn't Working
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The web world has turned us in to wanting more and more, and faster than every before.The downside has been we work longer hours, leading us to attempt to juggle more in our lives. We end up doing this at a cost to our health, happiness, and productivity. Tony Schwartz, the author makes a compelling argument and offers tips for change.
Author Tony Schwartz
I was introduced to this book through the excellent Net @ Nite podcast. Hosts Leo Laporte and Amber Mac interview Tony some 30 mins in to the show, and a good listen it is.
I'm facing the same situation in my personal and work life that this book outlines, and I don't think I'm alone. I'm looking at a massive reduction in time spent in some areas of my life to allow more research and output in other ways.
Ultimately doing more of what you want to do, in the little time we all have. So this is straight on to my Amazon Wish list for an imminent purchase.
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