CSE 440 Readings and References Assigned Readings Date Reading Due Optional Readings Thur 1/10 As We May Think by Vannevar Bush Tools For Thought Ch 9 (Engelbart Demo)   Tue 1/15 Chapter 3 of The Design of Sites Tips for Working Successfully in a Group by Randy Pausch The Discipline of Teams   Thur 1/17 Gestalt Principles from Universal Principles of Design   Tue 1/22 Chapter 3 of Contextual Design Lewis & Reiman Chapter 2 Thur 1/24  Pg. 35-51 from Buxton's Sketching User Experiences   Video Prototyping Examples     Tue 1/29 Ch. 2: The Human Information Processor, from The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction By Stuart K. Card, Thomas P. Moran, & Allen Newell, 1983, pp. 23-83   Thur 1/31 Beaudouin-Lafon & MacKay, pp. 1-22 Watch Video Prototyping Examples   Tue 2/5 No Reading   Thur 2/7 Norman Chapter 1 (subset)   Tue 2/12 Mullet & Sano, Designing Visual Interfaces, Ch. 2 and Ch. 5   Thur 2/14 Chapter 4 of The Design of Sites Snyder, Paper Prototyping, Ch. 4 Discussion of guidelines for user observation By Kathleen Gomoll and Anne Nichol   Tue 2/19 Lewis & Rieman 4.3-4.4 Nielsen HE chapter (read 5 links under "Heuristic Evaluation") Thur 2/21  What do Prototypes Prototye? by Houde and Hill  The Perils of Prototyping by Alan Cooper Tue 2/26 No Reading   Thur 2/28 No Reading   Tue 3/5 Appendix A from The Design of Sites Gomoll paper Statistica Ch1, and parts of Ch3 Lewis & Rieman Ch. 5   Recommended Readings Mark Weiser SciAm Article Ch. 2: The Human Information Processor, from The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction By Stuart K. Card, Thomas P. Moran, & Allen Newell, 1983, pp. 23-83 (handout). The Design of Sites: A Pattern Language for the Web by Doug Van Duyne, James Landay, and Jason Hong Chapter 2 of The Design of Sites Chapter 4 of The Design of Sites Mulle & Sanot, Designing Visual Interfaces, Ch. 2 and Ch. 5 Task-Centered User Interface Design: A Practical Introduction (Shareware copy online) The Design of Sites: A Pattern Language for the Web Good Web Site Design Can Lead to Healthy Sales By Bob Tedeschi Is software too hard to use? By David Orenstein The Discipline of Teams By Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith The Difference Between Web Design & GUI Design By Jakob Nielsen Nielsen's top 10 list (plus update) By Jakob Nielsen How Users Read on the Web By Jakob Nielsen Search and You May Find By Jakob Nielsen Heuristic Evaluation By Jakob Nielsen The Perils of Prototyping By Alan Cooper PCs could waste three working weeks a year - survey Harris Research survey reported by Reuters Discussion of guidelines for user observation By Kathleen Gomoll and Anne Nichol Using Color Effectively By Lawrence J. Najjar Designing Visual Interfaces By Kevin Mullet and Darrell Sano More Recommended Readings Human-Computer Interaction by Alan Dix, et. al., 2nd Edition, 1998 Developing User Interfaces by Dan Olsen, 1998 Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity by Jakob Nielsen, 1999 Prototyping For Tiny Fingers By Marc Rettig Taking Computers to Task (Online) by W. Wayt Gibbs, appeared in Scientific American, July 1997. The Digital Economic Revolution (Online) by David R. Henderson, appeared in Red Herring, no. 46, September 1997. The Difference Between Web Design and GUI Design How Users Read on the Web, and Search and You May Find The Limits of Speech Recognition by Ben Schneiderman Other Books and Articles We Like Designing The User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction By Ben Shneiderman, 3rd edition (1997), Addison-Wesley; ISBN: 0201694972. book site with chapter intros, summaries, & links to related information Human-Computer Interaction By Alan J. Dix, et. al., 2nd edition (February 1998) Prentice Hall; ISBN: 0132398648. Full text search of the book. Errors in the book should be emailed to hcibook@hiraeth.com Developing User Interfaces By Dan R. Olsen, (January 1998) Morgan Kaufman Publishers; ISBN: 1558604189. Ch. 2: The Human Information Processor, from The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction By Stuart K. Card, Thomas P. Moran, & Allen Newell, 1983, pp. 23-83. Applications in Computer Graphics By Victoria Interrante, et. al, from SIGGRAPH '97 Course #33 Notes, 1997. Java in a Nutshell, 2nd edition By David Flanagan The Design of Everyday Things By Don Norman Programming As If People Mattered: Friendly Programs, Software Engineering, and Other Noble Delusions By Nathaniel Borenstein Usability Engineering By Jakob Nielsen The Cartoon Guide to Statistics By Larry Gonick and Woollcott Smith How to Lie with Statistics By Darrell Huff Designing Visual Interfaces By Kevin Mullet and Darrell Sano Visual Explanations By Edward Tufte Design, Form, and Chaos By Paul Rand The New Typography By Jan Tschchold The Non-Designer's Design Book By Robin Williams

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