{"authorId":"1","title":"Book Review \u2014 Designing Interactions","slug":"book-review-designing-interactions","postDate":1181518709,"expiryDate":null,"enabled":"1","fields":{"2":"<p>Designing Interactions is quite a book. If you are interested in technology, it&rsquo;s definitely a must read. While it&rsquo;s over 700 pages, there are tons of pictures so you can fly right through it.<\/p>\n\n<p>The book tracks back to the creation of the first mouse and the iterations of prototypes it went through. While creating physical technology is vastly different from creating websites, I feel as though you can learn a lot from the book.<\/p>\n<!--more-->\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>The book has interviews with &ldquo;42 designers who shaped our interactions with technology&rdquo;. Think about the first computer. Think about the first laptop. Think about the first Palm Pilot and the OS running on it.<\/p>\n\n<p>Hearing the history behind the technology that we use everyday is fascinating. You really get a lot of detail into how these people worked and their thought process.<\/p>\n\n<p>I think the thing I found most interesting was learning that there is a similar process to prototype creation and usability testing between physical design and web development.<\/p>\n\n<p>I don&rsquo;t think there is really any one type of person who should read this, everyone would find something interesting in it. So <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Designing-Interactions-Bill-Moggridge\/dp\/0262134748\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1\/105-2130815-1796438?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1181530736&amp;sr=1-1\">get it already<\/a>.<\/p>","14":{"old_id":{}}}}