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Paper Prototyping, by Carolyn Snyder. Morgan Kaufmann, 2003. The “Scandinavian design” tradition in human-computer interaction says that people should be involved in creating the systems they will have to use. Electronic tools for rapid screen design may provide a high-fidelity Continue reading Review – Paper Prototyping
Domain-Driven Design, by Eric Evans. Addison Wesley, 2004. Evans has developed a pattern language that focuses on how thinking about our domain needs to be of primary importance in developing software. This understanding should show up consistently in how customers Continue reading Review – Domain-Driven Design
Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions: A Catalogue of Modern Software Engineering Paradigms, Peter DeGrace and Leslie Hulet Stahl, Prentice-Hall, 1990. This book is a critique of the waterfall model, and a description of a number of alternative models. It has an Continue reading Review – Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions
Reinventing the Wheel, Jessica Helfand. Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. This is a picture book of volvelles, wheel calculators. You typically set a pointer to a particular value, and windows or the edge of the wheel reveal an answer. If you Continue reading Review – Reinventing the Wheel
Origami, Hideaki Sakata. GRAPH-SHA LTD., 1984. This is a beginner’s origami book, but it’s the best beginner’s book I’ve seen. It shows six or seven bases, from which about 40 objects are created. Because the book uses color pictures instead Continue reading Review – Origami
Digital Game-Based Learning, Marc Prensky, McGraw-Hill, 2001. Prensky argues that the new generation of learners has a new way of learning from exposure to MTV and video games, but teaching hasn’t kept up. He describes aspects of games and how Continue reading Review – Digital Game-Based Learning
Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit. Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck. Addison-Wesley, 2003. This book considers software development from the perspective of lean manufacturing, as popularized by Toyota. In lean approaches, there is a sense in which there is a Continue reading Review – Lean Software Development (Poppendieck and Poppendieck)
That’s Not What I Meant! How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships. Deborah Tannen, Balantine Books, 1986. This is a mass-market book on sociolinguistics. When we talk, there is a message (our words) and a metamessage (our actions). The metamessage Continue reading Review – That’s Not What I Meant!
Quality Software Management, Volume 4: Anticipating Change, Gerald M. Weinberg, Dorset House, 1997. This book contains advice for people who are trying to be change artists, those who change their world. One technique they use is to provide a number Continue reading Review – Quality Software Management, vol. 4: Anticipating Change
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