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Our love affair with the digital interface is out of control. We’ve embraced it in the boardroom, the bedroom, and the bathroom.     Screens have taken over our lives. Most people spend over eight hours a day staring at a screen, and some “technological innovators” are hoping to grab even more of your eyeball time. You have screens in your pocket, in your car, on your appliances, and maybe even on your face. Average smartphone users check their phones 150 times a day, responding to the addictive buzz of Facebook or emails or Twitter.     Are you sick? There’s an app for that! Need to pray? There’s an app for that! Dead? Well, there’s an app for that, too! And most apps are intentionally addictive distractions that end up taking our attention away from things like family, friends, sleep, and oncoming traffic.     There’s a better way.     In this book, innovator Golden Krishna challenges our world of nagging, screen-based bondage, and shows how we can build a technologically advanced world without digital interfaces. In his insightful, raw, and often hilarious criticism, Golden reveals fascinating ways to think beyond screens using three principles that lead to more meaningful innovation. Whether you’re working in technology, or just wary of a gadget-filled future, you’ll be enlighted and entertained while discovering that the best interface is no interface.

Table of Contents:
FOREWORD Why do phones ring? WELCOME 01. Introduction - Why did you buy this book?  02. Screen-based thinking - Let’s make an app! THE PROBLEM 03. Slap an interface on it! - Slimmer TVs! Faster computers! And an overlooked epidemic of awful. 04. UX ≠ UI - I make interfaces because that's my job, bro 05. Addiction UX - Click here to cut down your belly fat by using this one weird tip 06. Distraction - Will you marry me? Sorry, I was sending Alice a text, what'd you say? 07. Screen Insomnia - I love staring into a light bulb! Me too! 08. The Screenless Office - The best interface is no interface PRINCIPLE 1: EMBRACE TYPICAL PROCESSES INSTEAD OF SCREENS 09. Backpocket apps - This app goes perfectly with my skinny jeans 10. Lazy rectangles - That’s a great wireframe. We nailed it. We’re going to make a billion dollars. PRINCIPLE 2: LEVERAGE COMPUTERS INSTEAD OF SERVING THEM 11. The World's First 3D Chapter - Your password must be at least 18,770 characters and cannot repeat any of your previous 30,689 passwords 12. Machine Input - I saved your life, and I didn't even need a password 13. Analog and Digital Chores - I know, I suck at life. PRINCIPLE 3: ADAPT TO INDIVIDUALS 14. Computing for One - You’re spécial 15. Proactive Computing - From "Hello, Robot" to "Thank you, Robot" THE CHALLENGES 16. Change - You hate this book? Thank you. 17. Privacy - The machine will “learn” about me? No thanks. 18. Automatic - Automatic solutions are terrible. Look at Clippy! 19. Failure - What happens when it all falls apart? 20. Exceptions - Less is sometimes more CONCLUSION 21. The Future - Wow, this is boring


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780133890389
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: New Riders Publishing
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Voices That Matter
  • Weight: 1 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0133890384
  • Publisher Date: 29 Jan 2015
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Sub Title: The simple path to brilliant technology


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