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Radical Simplicity: Transforming Computers Into Me-centric Appliances (Hewlett-Packard...
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by Frederick Hayes-Roth and Daniel Amor
Sales Rank: 1809008
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Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 1st edition February 25, 2003
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0131002910
ISBN-13: 978-0131002913
Product Dimensions:
9 x 6.1 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
Donald A. Norman, Northwestern University and the Nielsen Norman group, Author of The Invisible Computer
Hayes-Roth and Amor have provided a long-needed, essential book for the technology and business strategists who will provide the services.
Hal Abelson, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT
Today's computing tools force people to adapt to them, rather than doing what people really want. This book shows how.
Customer Reviews & Comments
This book talks about a radical change in IT. It shows how computers should be programmed. Not in a tool-centric way, but in a user-centric way, meaning that not the functionality is the main focus, but the usefulness of the system towards the user. In many cases, you can see systems that are full of features everyone and nobody needs. If these systems would only provide the functionality that I need at a given time, it would reduce the complexity of that system and would enable me to do my work faster. By connecting all sorts of devices and services, it is possible to create new me-centric service chains that can give better value to me. The book provides a lot of good ideas how this can look like in the future, but also shows what is necessary from a development point of view to make this happen. Technical, social and business aspects are introduced and enable the solution architect for a new product/service to make it me-centric. A must for product development!
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