Comments on: The Book http://commadot.com/the-book/ Started in 1996, Glen Lipka has been been randomly publishing about User Experience, Technology, Human Psychology and other subjects. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:14:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: Glen Lipka http://commadot.com/the-book/#comment-10241 Glen Lipka Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:22:40 +0000 http://commadot.com/?p=740#comment-10241 People making software. To make better software. In general, I think a book might not be the vehicle for me. I was hoping my writing was "wow", but it apparently is not. If it was "wow" I would keep at it. But it's not, so I would rather not waste my energy. Maybe I am better with presentations. Like this one I am using to present to a class at Stanford University. http://commadot.com/book/Stanford.pptx People making software. To make better software.

In general, I think a book might not be the vehicle for me. I was hoping my writing was “wow”, but it apparently is not. If it was “wow” I would keep at it. But it’s not, so I would rather not waste my energy.

Maybe I am better with presentations. Like this one I am using to present to a class at Stanford University.
http://commadot.com/book/Stanford.pptx

]]> By: Dan http://commadot.com/the-book/#comment-10240 Dan Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:19:15 +0000 http://commadot.com/?p=740#comment-10240 Who is the audience for this book? What is its purpose? I would love to help (if you wanted), b Who is the audience for this book? What is its purpose? I would love to help (if you wanted), b

]]> By: Jörn Zaefferer http://commadot.com/the-book/#comment-10225 Jörn Zaefferer Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:23:09 +0000 http://commadot.com/?p=740#comment-10225 I really like the specifics, there is a lot of good stuff. What I feel lacking most is are outlines. The second chapter is about the UI Five, but there is not short list what those are, or a short introduction to the chapter describing them in short. The first chapter has a similar problem. I already read parts of it before, so I just noticed that "muddling" was introduced in chapter 1 and picked up in chapter 2 as if it wasn't mentioned before at all. It would help if muddling is explained once with a few examples, and then referenced when relevant. I don't know how you go about writing, but maybe outlining a chapter in detail first and describing that outline in an introduction paragraph could help. PS: There were a few images missing in the PDF. Just the red IE x. At first I thought that was on purpose as an example of bad UX. PPS: Tabbing from the comment-textarea here doesn't give me the Submit button... I really like the specifics, there is a lot of good stuff. What I feel lacking most is are outlines.

The second chapter is about the UI Five, but there is not short list what those are, or a short introduction to the chapter describing them in short.

The first chapter has a similar problem. I already read parts of it before, so I just noticed that “muddling” was introduced in chapter 1 and picked up in chapter 2 as if it wasn’t mentioned before at all. It would help if muddling is explained once with a few examples, and then referenced when relevant.

I don’t know how you go about writing, but maybe outlining a chapter in detail first and describing that outline in an introduction paragraph could help.

PS: There were a few images missing in the PDF. Just the red IE x. At first I thought that was on purpose as an example of bad UX.

PPS: Tabbing from the comment-textarea here doesn’t give me the Submit button…

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