Re: A few starter questions

hi Sean,

Design of Everyday Things and D. Norman's Psychology of Everyday
Things which preceded that are Classics and great intros into the
field.

Another Classic is Jef Raskin's "The Humane Interface" as well. It
offers a different persepective than the "standard" tools (GUI's with
WIMP interfaces) that we are use to and tries to seed an Engineering
approach to usability and points the way to the future. As a matter of
disclosure, I worked closely with Jef as his business partner until he
passed away so I am definitely biased!

For web usability issues, Jakob Nielsen's www.useit.com is a great
place to start and his books are very well written as well.

To move to a broader view towards innovation and process some of the
work by IDEO in Palo Alto are good. There is a book called "The Art of
Innovation" which is a favorite of mine.

Another author I like is Tufte. He wrote a beautifully illustrated
book about visual design and has some interesting ideas about how
visual presentation can be misused.

I hope you feel welcome in our community!

Han


On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Sean O' Shea <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> As a new member to the list, I apologize in advance if this question has
> been asked before.
>
> I'm primarily a back-end Java web developer and as such do not have much
> experience with developing client-side code. Recently though, I've been
> working more and more on the client side with JavaScript ,CSS and DHTML. I'm
> enjoying the challenges of developing in the browser (IE 6 cough cough), but
> I find myself from time to time struggling with best practices when it comes
> to human computer interaction and interaction design. I guess I have a few
> questions for the list:
>
> 1. Where do you recommend I start when it comes to learning best practices
> for HCI on the web. A quick web search for books recommends these two:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/review/product/156205810X/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
> http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0465067107/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
>
> Have members of the list read these books and if so, what did you think of
> them? Would you recommend any other books apart from these two?
>
> 2. Helpful HCI online resources - could you recommend some that you find
> useful?
>
> 3. I took some HCI modules while I was in college and enjoyed them. In terms
> of formal education for HCI topics in the bay area, what courses would you
> recommend me take a look at (if any)?
>
> Cheers
>
> Sean
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