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Subject:RE: Need help with a term From:Chuck Martin <CMartin -at- serena -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 10 May 2000 14:19:02 -0700
-----Original Message-----
> From: krupp, marguerite [mailto:krupp_marguerite -at- emc -dot- com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 1:45 PM
> Subject: RE: Need help with a term
>
> Patricia Jackson wrote:
> >and who is this wacky Mr. Cooper?
>
> Alan Cooper wrote the book _The Inmates are Running the
> Asylum_ about the
> deficiencies in the software development process and the
> consequences, both
> economic and human, of these problems. And he poses some solutions.
>
Alan Cooper also wrote the book "About Face," which outlines what to do--and
what not to do--when designing software.
Cooper also created Visual Basic, is the founder of Cooper Interaction
Design (www.cooper.com), and is one of the luminaries in the field of
interface design, usability, and interaction design.
He, Jakob Neilsen, and Donald Norman are must-reads.
--
"I don't entirely understand it but it is true: Highly skilled carpenters
don't get insulted when told they are not architects, but highly skilled
programmers do get insulted when they are told they are not UI designers."
- anonymous programmer quoted in "GUI Bloopers"
by Jeff Johnson
Chuck Martin, Sr. Technical Writer
cmartin -at- serena -dot- com
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