The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design
Deals with technologise such as cyberspace, animation, multimedia, and speech recognition. Also includes the philosophical and psychological background to creating effective interfaces.
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- FYI, one of the papers in "The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design" talked about the evolution of languages (pidgins/creoles). It's short, and You can read it here:
https://archive.org/details/artofhumancomput00laur/page/10/m...
The article is "Interface and the Evolution of Pidgins" by Thomas Erickson, Apple ATG.
I'm sure there are bigger texts about it now. In fact, there are likely multiple books if you search. But this is an interesting article from the old days.
- Btw the Kay essay referenced here is missing around 6 pages. Still not sure if there’s a good online source for it now; it originally was published in The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design.
- The intersection of tech culture (and notably Silicon Valley) and 60s counterculture is a fascinating topic.
The best book on the subject is, in my opinion, "What the Dormouse Said" by John Markoff [0]. It's a fantastic book, although it requires the reader to already have some knowledge of the people and historical events, as it is not meant to be a computer history primer.
But yeah, it's a great book, and a lot of stuff in there might surprise some readers. For instance, I learned that there was LSD research happening a few blocks away from where I used to live in Menlo Park :)
Timothy Leary also has an interesting essay in Laurel's "Art of Human Computer Interface Design" anthology[1] about what he believes are the intersections of computing as a human tool and psychedelics.
When you start to look into it, you'll realize that the tech industry and California's friendly attitude towards psychedelics have always somewhat gone hand in hand- and people who are not familiar with California's atypical culture might be surprised to know that some of the engineers and designers behind their favorite products share a few things in common with the ol' Timothy.
Queue the necessary: "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
[0]: http://www.amazon.com/What-Dormouse-Said-Counterculture-Pers...
[1] http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Human-Computer-Interface-Desig...
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