books about: interaction     books:       How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life87 reviews Tom Rath, Donald O. Clifton Gallup Press, 2004 The Magic Word, Positive! We see so much on this idea of being, acting and feeling positive. The use of 'bucket' as a metaphor really works showing you how you put in and take out of your 'bucket'. Great book and similar to the Law of attraction. Read Living The Secret Everyday: My Secret Workbook that deals with positive thoughts that activate beliefs and then having the positive attitude attracting other positive ...             How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships75 reviews Leil Lowndes McGraw-Hill, 2003 Get what it aims to do done For those of you who are looking to improve the quality of your communication and relationships this is one of the books for you. However I'd recommend starting with How To Win Friends and Influence People by: Dale Carnegie. As Lowndes states in the intro of her book, her book isn't a replacement to Carnegie's classic but essentially an expansion. Carnegie goes into the concepts behind Lowndes ...             The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference930 reviews Malcolm Gladwell Back Bay Books, 2002 A year later and I'm still marveling over this book! I've heard Malcolm Gladwell speak, and he's superb! In this innovative book, whether he's referring to the Maven, or the Connector, it's relatable to all individuals. If you're looking for a light leadership book that brings up very INNOVATIVE topics, this is it! For additional tips on leadership, I'd also recommend taking a course at www.corporatetrendsetters.com.             The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome50 reviews Tony Attwood Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008 If you really want to get to know individuals with AS Tony Atwood has again managed to provide us with keen insight as to the individuality of the individuals with AS. He has wonderful vignettes and on children and adults with AS as they struggle with language, emotions, social interactions, and day to day functioning. He has quotes from individuals with AS as they describe both adult issues and memories from their childhoods. This gives unique ...             The Design of Everyday Things147 reviews Donald A. Norman Basic Books, 2002 One of the best books any designer could read So often "design" books seem to go on about looks and "feel" yet only brush over the physiology of design. This book shows you how to think like a user, explorer like a user, error like a user and design for helping the user love your product. Anyone reading this book will instantly appreciate truly good design over the average mud we currently live in.             How Doctors Think155 reviews Jerome Groopman Mariner Books, 2008 Three C's: Communication, Critical Reasoning and Compassion The most powerful messages I got from reading Groopman's How Doctors Think are related to his positions on treatment algorithms and practice guidelines and health care quality. While many medical professionals consider evidence-based medicine the gold standard of medical practice, Groopman expressed his concern about the detrimental effect it has on doctors' ability to think independently and ...             Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community81 reviews Robert D. Putnam Simon & Schuster, 2001 A Lonelier Crowd Robert D. Putnam's BOWLING ALONE provides what is, arguably, the most robust scientific treatment in a single volume of the conversation about friendship and its benefits begun by Aristotle nearly twenty-four centuries ago, a conversation about what has now come to be called "social capital" : "...how can prosperity be guarded and preserved without friends...And in poverty and in other ...             Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition436 reviews Steve Krug New Riders Press, 2005 Great book full of truths. If you are looking for a book with the main principles about web usability do not hesitate and buy this book. It might be a little bit outdated but 90% of the book is still totally true. Don't miss it!!             Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning12 reviews Peter H. Johnston Stenhouse Publishers, 2004 Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning This book really changed my thinking about how to speak to children to promote the best learning, and what to say. Our words are powerful tools in the 'teacher's took kit' and must be used with care.             Principles of Neural Science40 reviews Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, ... McGraw-Hill Medical, 2000 great book This is a great book by any standard. A massive amount of information in the vast field of neuroscience is covered in detail and synthesized in a coherent fashion. In addition to Eric Kandel's pioneering laboratory research, this book is one of his great contributions to neuroscience, and of course many other scientists contributed to it, including James Schwartz and Thomas Jessell. It's as ...             The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of ...17 reviews Temple Grandin, Sean Barron Future Horizons, 2005 "Mystiques of Autistic Processing and Societal Integration" "Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships" Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of Autism", by Temple Grandin & Sean Baron and Editor Veronica Zysk. Future Horizons, TX 2005. ISBN 1-932565-06-X. HC 383 pages, no illust., 3 pgs. Ref. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". An intense, factual expose of the autistic mind-set interpreted through the minds of two published writers, both of whom ...             Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction18 reviews Helen Sharp, Yvonne Rogers, ... Wiley, 2007 A thourough and very thoughfull 2nd edition Congratulations for the 2nd edition. Now everything fits in its proper place and the chapter sequence makes sense and gradually takes you from the basics of intercative systems design to design methodologies and evaluation. No more jumping around to achieve a logical subject sequence that we had to do with the 1st edition. Of course, I will keep using it as the main reference book in my lectures ...             Interaction of Color: Revised and Expanded Edition23 reviews Josef Albers Yale University Press, 2006 Albers A must have for the serious colorist by one of the great masters of abstraction.             Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design46 reviews Jenifer Tidwell O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005 More Practical Concepts, Less Psychology While I don't own a physical copy of this book, I had used an electronic form of it in the course of my studies. I will first forewarn those who are interested in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) that this text does not heavily focus on the science of Psychological principles such as Gestalt Perception, nor does it concern itself with techniques/methodologies such as Threading and ...             Interaction: Révision de grammaire française (with Audio CD)1 review Susan St. Onge, Ronald St. Onge Heinle, 2006 interaction prompt service, book in excellent condition, brand new, came just in time for me to study for my exam!             Principles of Radiographic Imaging: An Art and a Science2 reviews Richard R. Carlton, Arlene McKenna Adler Delmar Cengage Learning, 2005 This book is very detailed!!! If you're looking for a very informative yet fun to read book then, you should have to consider to buy this one. Most specially if you're a radiologic technology student. This book provides the information you just need in a radiography curriculum, to increase your deeper understanding of radiographic imaging (the best when preparing for licensure exams). Also consider to buy its Workbook to test ...             The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO's Strategies for Defeating the Devil's Advocate and Driving Creativity ...38 reviews Thomas Kelley, Jonathan Littman Doubleday Business, 2005 I couldn't put it down I'm a big believer in collaboration. No one is an island and should stand or think alone. Tom Kelley explains in simple terms the personas necessary to operate in an IDEO way. I believe the IDEO way is very similar to my background working in the film business. When working on films, you show up on the set and each department, without much communication, goes to work weaving in and out of ...             Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites40 reviews Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006 A lifesaver As project manager, I was in a bind when our contract information architect failed to understand the complexities of our matrixed business model and client base. Rosenfeld's book helped me design a IA for our 700 page HTML site that has since been described as simple, intuitive, a no-brainer. What great compliments! The book describes basic theories of IA in general (i.e. book indexes ...             World History: Patterns of Interaction Roger B. Beck McDougal Littell, 2007             Interactions: Collaboration Skills for School Professionals (5th Edition)8 reviews Marilyn Friend, Lynne Cook Allyn & Bacon, 2006 Excellent source of info. Using this book for a grad. course on collaboration and consultation. So far, the information it's provided seems to be quite valuable.              search for books architecture, collaboration, community, creativity, defeating, designing, difference, effective, everyday, française, grammaire, human-computer, information, innovation, interaction, interactions, interfaces, large-scale, mysteries, organization, perspectives, positive, principles, professionals, radiographic, relationships, strategies, throughout, unwritten, usability books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen magazines: Historical Novel Society Membership home  impressum - about us