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Interface

Author : Branden Hookway
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026252550X
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Interface written by Branden Hookway and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cultural theory of the interface as a relation that is both ubiquitous and elusive, drawing on disciplines from cultural theory to architecture. In this book, Branden Hookway considers the interface not as technology but as a form of relationship with technology. The interface, Hookway proposes, is at once ubiquitous and hidden from view. It is both the bottleneck through which our relationship to technology must pass and a productive encounter embedded within the use of technology. It is a site of contestation—between human and machine, between the material and the social, between the political and the technological—that both defines and elides differences. A virtuoso in multiple disciplines, Hookway offers a theory of the interface that draws on cultural theory, political theory, philosophy, art, architecture, new media, and the history of science and technology. He argues that the theoretical mechanism of the interface offers a powerful approach to questions of the human relationship to technology. Hookway finds the origin of the term interface in nineteenth-century fluid dynamics and traces its migration to thermodynamics, information theory, and cybernetics. He discusses issues of subject formation, agency, power, and control, within contexts that include technology, politics, and the social role of games. He considers the technological augmentation of humans and the human-machine system, discussing notions of embodied intelligence. Hookway views the figure of the subject as both receiver and active producer in processes of subjectification. The interface, he argues, stands in a relation both alien and intimate, vertiginous and orienting to those who cross its threshold.

Interface

Author : Neal Stephenson
Publisher : Spectra
ISBN 13 : 0553901613
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book Interface written by Neal Stephenson and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2005-05-31 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his triumphant debut with Snow Crash to the stunning success of his latest novel, Quicksilver, Neal Stephenson has quickly become the voice of a generation. In this now-classic thriller, he and fellow author J. Frederick George tell a shocking tale with an all-too plausible premise. There's no way William A. Cozzano can lose the upcoming presidential election. He's a likable midwestern governor with one insidious advantage—an advantage provided by a shadowy group of backers. A biochip implanted in his head hardwires him to a computerized polling system. The mood of the electorate is channeled directly into his brain. Forget issues. Forget policy. Cozzano is more than the perfect candidate. He's a special effect. “Complex, entertaining, frequently funny."—Publishers Weekly “Qualifies as the sleeper of the year, the rare kind of science-fiction thriller that evokes genuine laughter while simultaneously keeping the level of suspense cranked to the max."— San Diego Union-Tribune “A Manchurian Candidate for the computer age.” —Seattle Weekly

The Best Interface Is No Interface

Author : Golden Krishna
Publisher : New Riders
ISBN 13 : 0133890422
Total Pages : 99998 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book The Best Interface Is No Interface written by Golden Krishna and published by New Riders. This book was released on 2015-01-31 with total page 99998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Tog on Software Design

Author : Bruce Tognazzini
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780201489170
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (891 download)

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Book Synopsis Tog on Software Design by : Bruce Tognazzini

Download or read book Tog on Software Design written by Bruce Tognazzini and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 1996 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you need a break from all the code - intensive, heavily technical books you usually pour over? Interface visionary Bruce & "Tog & " Tognazziniwill refocus your sights on the horizon with an eye - opening view of how the computer and communication industries together are poised to transform our home, education, and work lives. This readable book offers revealing, provocative, and sometimes controversial insights on a broad sampling of technology topics from quality management to the meaning of standards. Taken together, these insights furnish a forward - looking blueprint for successful software development for the future.

The Interface Effect

Author : Alexander R. Galloway
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745662927
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book The Interface Effect written by Alexander R. Galloway and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interfaces are back, or perhaps they never left. The familiar Socratic conceit from the Phaedrus, of communication as the process of writing directly on the soul of the other, has returned to center stage in today's discussions of culture and media. Indeed Western thought has long construed media as a grand choice between two kinds of interfaces. Following the optimistic path, media seamlessly interface self and other in a transparent and immediate connection. But, following the pessimistic path, media are the obstacles to direct communion, disintegrating self and other into misunderstanding and contradiction. In other words, media interfaces are either clear or complicated, either beautiful or deceptive, either already known or endlessly interpretable. Recognizing the limits of either path, Galloway charts an alternative course by considering the interface as an autonomous zone of aesthetic activity, guided by its own logic and its own ends: the interface effect. Rather than praising user-friendly interfaces that work well, or castigating those that work poorly, this book considers the unworkable nature of all interfaces, from windows and doors to screens and keyboards. Considered allegorically, such thresholds do not so much tell the story of their own operations but beckon outward into the realm of social and political life, and in so doing ask a question to which the political interpretation of interfaces is the only coherent answer. Grounded in philosophy and cultural theory and driven by close readings of video games, software, television, painting, and other images, Galloway seeks to explain the logic of digital culture through an analysis of its most emblematic and ubiquitous manifestation – the interface.

The Interface

Author : John Harwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780816674527
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (745 download)

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Download or read book The Interface written by John Harwood and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1956, IBM tapped the industrial designer and architect Eliot F. Noyes to reinvent the company s corporate image, from stationery and curtains to typewriters and computers to laboratory and administration buildings. IBM would go on to assemble a cast of leading figures in American design, including Charles Eames, Paul Rand, George Nelson, and Edgar Kaufmann Jr., who transformed the relationships between design, computer science, and corporate culture. "The Interface" is the first critical history of the industrial design of the computer and an invaluable perspective on the computer and corporate cultures of today."

The Humane Interface

Author : Jef Raskin
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780201379372
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (793 download)

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Download or read book The Humane Interface written by Jef Raskin and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2000 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognetics and the locus of attention - Meanings, modes, monotony, and myths - Quantification - Unification - Navigation and other aspects of humane interfaces - Interface issues outside the user interface.

Interface Culture

Author : Steven A. Johnson
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 9780465036806
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Interface Culture written by Steven A. Johnson and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1999-10-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on his own expertise in the humanities and on the Web, Steven Johnson not only demonstrates how interfaces - those buttons, graphics, and words on the computer screen through which we control information - influence our daily lives, but also tracks their roots back to Victorian novels, early cinema, and even medieval urban planning. The result is a lush cultural and historical tableau in which today's interfaces take their rightful place in the lineage of artistic innovation. With a distinctively accessible style, Interface Culture brings new intellectual depth to the vital discussion of how technology has transformed society, and is sure to provoke wide debate in both literary and technological circles.

Developing User Interfaces

Author : Dan R. Olsen
Publisher : Morgan Kaufmann
ISBN 13 : 9781558604186
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Developing User Interfaces written by Dan R. Olsen and published by Morgan Kaufmann. This book was released on 1998 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Developing User Interfaces" is targeted at the programmer who will actually implement, rather than design, the user-interface. Useful to programmers using any language--no particular windowing system or toolkit is presumed, examples are drawn from a variety of commercial systems, and code examples are presented in pseudo-code. The basic concepts of traditional computer graphics such as drawing and 3D modeling are covered for readers without a computer graphics background.

Designing Interfaces

Author : Jenifer Tidwell
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 0596008031
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Designing Interfaces written by Jenifer Tidwell and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2005-11-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on designing easy-to-use interfaces.

Interface-oriented Design

Author : Kenneth Pugh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Interface-oriented Design written by Kenneth Pugh and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of "Prefactoring" and "All on C" shows how to develop well-structured, reliable software as a collection of interfaces that interact with each other.

Designing Interface Animation

Author : Val Head
Publisher : Rosenfeld Media
ISBN 13 : 1933820160
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book Designing Interface Animation written by Val Head and published by Rosenfeld Media. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective interface animation deftly combines form and function to improve feedback, aid in orientation, direct attention, show causality, and express your brand’s personality. Designing Interface Animation shows you how to create web animation that balances purpose and style while blending seamlessly into the user’s experience. This book is a crash course in motion design theory and practice for web designers, UX professionals, and front-end developers alike.

Indigenous Interfaces

Author : Jennifer Gomez Menjivar
Publisher : Critical Issues in Indigenous
ISBN 13 : 081653800X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Indigenous Interfaces written by Jennifer Gomez Menjivar and published by Critical Issues in Indigenous. This book was released on 2019 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explores how Indigenous people in Mesoamerica use social networks to alter, enhance, preserve, and contribute to self-representation"--Provided by publisher.

Human Interface and the Management of Information: Information, Design and Interaction

Author : Sakae Yamamoto
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319403494
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Human Interface and the Management of Information: Information, Design and Interaction written by Sakae Yamamoto and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-04 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two-volume set LNCS 9734 and 9735 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Human Interface and the Management of Information thematic track, held as part of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2016, held in Toronto, Canada, in July 2016. HCII 2016 received a total of 4354 submissions of which 1287 papers were accepted for publication after a careful reviewing process. These papers address the latest research and development efforts and highlight the human aspects of design and use of computing systems. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the entire field of human-computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas This volume contains papers addressing the following major topics: information presentation; big data visualization; information analytics; discovery and exploration; interaction design, human-centered design; haptic, tactile and multimodal interaction.

User Interface Design for Mere Mortals

Author : Eric Butow
Publisher : Pearson Education
ISBN 13 : 0132704706
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book User Interface Design for Mere Mortals written by Eric Butow and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2007-05-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: User Interface Design for Mere Mortals takes the mystery out of designing effective interfaces for both desktop and web applications. It is recommended reading for anyone who wants to provide users of their software with interfaces that are intuitive and easy-to-use. The key to any successful application lies in providing an interface users not only enjoy interacting with but which also saves time, eliminates frustration, and gets the job done with a minimum of effort. Readers will discover the secrets of good interface design by learning how users behave and the expectations that users have of different types of interfaces. Anyone who reads User Interface Design for Mere Mortals will benefit from • Gaining an appreciation of the differences in the “look and feel” of interfaces for a variety of systems and platforms • Learning how to go about designing and creating the most appropriate interface for the application or website being developed • Becoming familiar with all the different components that make up an interface and the important role that each of those components plays in communicating with users • Understanding the business benefits that flow from good interface design such as significantly reduced support costs • Gaining invaluable insights into how users behave, including the seven stages of human interaction with computers • Working through case study based, in-depth analysis of each of the stages involved in designing a user interface • Acquiring practical knowledge about the similarities and differences between designing websites and traditional desktop applications • Learning how to define, conduct, and analyze usability testing Through the use of the proven For Mere Mortals format, User Interface Design for Mere Mortals succeeds in parting the veil of mystery surrounding effective user interface design. Whatever your background, the For Mere Mortals format makes the information easily accessible and usable. Contents Preface Introduction CHAPTER 1 Brief Histories CHAPTER 2 Concepts and Issues CHAPTER 3 Making the Business Case CHAPTER 4 Good Design CHAPTER 5 How User Behave CHAPTER 6 Analyzing Your Users CHAPTER 7 Designing a User Interface CHAPTER 8 Designing a Web Site CHAPTER 9 Usability APPENDIX A Answers to Review Questions APPENDIX B Recommended Reading Glossary References Index

A Methodology for Developing Multimodal User Interfaces of Information Systems

Author : Adrian Stanciulescu
Publisher : Presses univ. de Louvain
ISBN 13 : 2874631140
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book A Methodology for Developing Multimodal User Interfaces of Information Systems written by Adrian Stanciulescu and published by Presses univ. de Louvain. This book was released on 2008 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Graphical User Interface (GUI), as the most prevailing type of User Interface (UI) in today's interactive applications, restricts the interaction with a computer to the visual modality and is therefore not suited for some users (e.g., with limited literacy or typing skills), in some circumstances (e.g., while moving around, with their hands or eyes busy) or when the environment is constrained (e.g., the keyboard and the mouse are not available). In order to go beyond the GUI constraints, the Multimodal (MM) UIs apear as paradigm that provide users with great expressive power, naturalness and flexibility. In this thesis we argue that developing MM UIs combining graphical and vocal modalities is an activity that could benefit from the application of a methodology which is composed of: a set of models, a method manipulating these models and the tools implementing the method. Therefore, we define a design space-based method that is supported by model-to-model colored transformations in order to obtain MM UIs of information systems. The design space is composed of explicitly defined design options that clarify the development process in a structured way in order to require less design effort. The feasability of the methodology is demonstrated through three case studies with different levels of complexity and coverage. In addition, an empirical study is conducted with end-users in order to measure the relative usability level provided by different design decisions.

The City as Interface

Author : Martijn de Waal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789462080508
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book The City as Interface written by Martijn de Waal and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital and mobile media play an increasingly important role in everyday urban life. They are changing the way urban life takes shape and how we experience our built environment. This seems a mainly practical matter: thanks to these technologies we can organize our lives more conveniently. But the rise of these 'urban media' also presents us with an important philosophical issue: What do they mean for how the city functions as a community? Employing detailed examples of new media uses as well as historical case studies, Martijn de Waal shows how new technologies, on one level, contribute to the further individualization and liberalization of urban society. There is an alternative future scenario, however, in which digital media construct a new definition of the urban public sphere. In the process they also breathe new life into the classical republican ideal of the city as an open, democratic 'community of strangers'.--Back cover.