[IxDA Discuss] Practical books for HCI practitioners

[Dan Brown]

I would debate the *practicality* of some of the books listed but there's no
doubt the majority represent the canon of literature in the HCI/UX field.
I'm a big fan of Jef Raskin's Humane Interface. Not immediately applicable
to design work per se, but helped me see people using technology as limited
by the cognitive abilities inherent to our species. An eye-opening read...

It may be tacky, but I'll pitch in my own opus, which I wrote specifically
to be a practical, hands-on, in-the-trenches kinda book. Communicating
Design (http://communicatingdesign.com) is about creating documentation for
user experience design work. It provides basic advice for creating 10
different kinds of documents (like wireframes, personas, and flow charts),
strategies for elaborating on the basics, and tips for using the documents
in the context of a real project. (If you've read it, I'd love to hear your
feedback!)

-- Dan


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