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The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Cooper, Alan (Author)
ISBN: 0672326140     ISBN-13: 9780672326141
Publisher: Sams Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $35.99  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: February 2004
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Annotation: Cooper calls for a Software Revolution in his bestselling book, now in trade paperback with a new Foreword and Afterword. "eWeek" lists Alan Cooper, the father of Visual Basic, as the #2 mover and shaker in a list of the 25 most influential people in technology--#1 was President George W. Bush. This new edition, endorsed by leaders in the industry, reveals the dark underbelly of the software user interface development.
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BISAC Categories:
- Computers | Human-computer Interaction (hci)
- Computers | Software Development & Engineering - Systems Analysis & Design
- Computers | Social Aspects
Dewey: 005.437
LCCN: 2003116997
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.14" W x 9.26" (0.88 lbs) 288 pages
 
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Imagine, at a terrifyingly aggressive rate, everything you regularly use is being equipped with computer technology. Think about your phone, cameras, cars - everything - being automated and programmed by people who in their rush to accept the many benefits of the silicon chip, have abdicated their responsibility to make these products easy to use. The Inmates are Running the Asylum argues that, despite appearances, business executives are simply not the ones in control of the high-tech industry. They have inadvertently put programmers and engineers in charge, leading to products and processes that waste money, squander customer loyalty, and erode competitive advantage. Business executives have let the inmates run the asylum In his book The Inmates Are Running the Asylum Alan Cooper calls for revolution - we need technology to work in the same way average people think - we need to restore the sanity. He offers a provocative, insightful and entertaining explanation of how talented people continuously design bad software-based products. More importantly, he uses his own work with companies big and small to show how to harness those talents to create products that will both thrill their users and grow the bottom line.