Norman, Donald A.,

The invisible computer : why good products can fail, the personal computer is so complex, and information appliances are the solution / Donald A. Norman. - xii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-289) and index.

Drop everything you're doing -- Growing up: moving from technology-centered to human-centered products -- The move to information appliances -- What's wrong with the PC? -- There is no magical cure -- The power of infrastructure -- Being analog -- Why is everything so difficult to use? -- Human-centered development -- Want human-centered development? Reorganize the company -- Disruptive technologies -- A world of information appliances -- Appendix, Examples of information appliances.

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High technology industries--Marketing
Human-computer interaction.
Industrial design
Human engineering

HC79.H53 / N67 1998

004.16