Title: The Inmates are Running the Asylum
Author: Alan Cooper
Summary:
In the first chapter, the author discusses how computers are taking over other products and it is not always a convenient thing. He describes several situations such as cameras and alarm clocks merging with computers and as a result the item becomes less functional.The second chapter begins by describing cognitive friction. Cognitive friction is the resistance encountered by a human intellect when it engages with a complex system of rules that change as the problem changes. The rest of the chapter is spend discussing design.
This read was very interesting, but after all the readings in CHI and capstone the information is beginning to repeat itself. I think the books similar to this were read after this book I would like this one better instead of the other way around. His examples in chapter one were very interesting though.
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