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The Design of Everyday Things
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Transcendental principles
This book isn't focused on recent trends or properties specific to a certain field, and thus applies to all design. It provides a broad view and allows focusing on the fundamental goals of the user experience, rather than being limited in scope.
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Quite dated
Examples are quite old, as are the illustrations.
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Focused on the user
Whatever that's being designed, for whatever purpose, it always has the same goal of being used by someone. This book is focused on that interaction and on why users make mistakes. These principles still apply directly to web design, when design leads users to make mistakes, it will ultimately drive users away.
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A lot to read
It's quite a long read, there is a lot of material to be covered, if you compare it to similar but more concise books, like The Non-Designer's Design Book.
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Not specifically for web design
This book challenges the reader to think about the design of all objects, and their user-friendliness/usability. It is not specifically targeted towards web designers, but will help web designers think in a way that benefits users.
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Managing Humans
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Manages to be hilarious while still teaching you valuable lessons
The author has a witty and snarky writing style, however this doesn't detract from the insights and lessons in each chapter.
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Lack of continuity
What is a pro for some is a con for others. This book is a collection of posts from the author's blog, meaning there is often very little flow between the chapters.
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Uses anecdotes to teach
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The best of Michael Lopp's essays
Much of the content in the book comes from the author's popular blog, Rands in Repose.
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Rapid Development
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Covers improving development schedules in detail
The author discusses how haste and unrealistic schedules will negatively impact a project. Causing the deadline to extend well past what it could have, had a realistic time frame been put in place initially.
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Outdated methodologies
This book was published in 1996 and discusses methodologies that were popular at the time (such as the waterfall model).
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Lists out "Best Practices" to summarize the lessons
This is a large book at 680 pages, so having the lessons summed up is quite beneficial. 27 "Best Practices" are discussed, including the pros and cons of them.
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Focused on implementable lessons
Rather than discuss only the theory behind leadership, and author focuses on providing real examples and lessons that can be applied.
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About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design
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Well known book and author
The first edition of About Face was published in 1995, and has been referenced in a variety of work since then. It's in-depth coverage of of interaction design make it a well known reference book in the industry. The author, Alan Cooper, is a pioneer of interaction design.
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Terrible binding
The fourth edition has had an issue with binding quality. There has been many reports of the book falling apart when opened or after a very short period of time.
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Comprehensive guide
About Face takes an in-depth look at a breadth of topics relevant to interaction design. It covers everything from personal development and psychology to methods and further resources. It's a large book at 720 pages for the fourth edition, and packed with information.
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Use of pseudo-terms
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The Senior Software Engineer - By David Bryant Copeland
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The point is sometimes drawn out and still unclear
Lessons are not always worded in a clear, concise way. The repetition in some points the author is making can make the book feel a bit dull.
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Realistic advice on how to focus on delivering results
The author emphasis the importance of delivering results, with lessons focused on responsibility and communication.
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Full of tips and tricks
There are plenty of tips and tricks throughout the book to help you improve your own work and your communication.
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The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker
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Catches most mistakes a new executive would make
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It's not specific to "technical leadership in software projects"
I.e. it does not answer the question specifically.
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Examples span most of the last century, across cultures
These examples are old enough for us to see whether a decision regarded as brilliant is still brilliant or has it started to strangle the company (Drucker himself points out some cases, like GM's reorganization being brilliant for its time, but something which needs to change for it to move ahead).
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By the master of management, Peter F Drucker.
The author, Peter Drucker is sometimes referred to as "the founder of modern management". He has 39 published books and was well known for his consulting work with management, working with large companies (such as IBM and General Motors).
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Entertaining writer
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Very thin
It's just 174 pages.
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Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules
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Covers improving development schedules in detail
The author discusses how haste and unrealistic schedules will negatively impact a project. Causing the deadline to extend well past what it could have, had a realistic time frame been put in place initially.
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Outdated methodologies
This book was published in 1996 and discusses methodologies that were popular at the time (such as the waterfall model).
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Focused on implementable lessons
Rather than discuss only the theory behind leadership, and author focuses on providing real examples and lessons that can be applied.
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Lists out "Best Practices" to summarize the lessons
This is a large book at 680 pages, so having the lessons summed up is quite beneficial. 27 "Best Practices" are discussed, including the pros and cons of them.
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