Matt Jones
Future Interaction Technology Lab, Co-author of There's Not an App for That – Mobile User Experience for Life
Book Recommendations:
Recommended by Matt Jones
“This is the book for you! Whether you are a seasoned practitioner, a student starting out, an established professor, or someone just curious about how HCI finds answers to research questions. Clear, coherent and comprehensive, it covers the classical - like surveys and ethnography - and the highly contemporary, including online and automated methods. Written in an accessible, engaging style and illustrated with examples and case studies from Google, Yahoo and the authors' own extensive experiences, this book should be on the desk of everyone doing HCI and UX design, development and research.” (from Amazon)
by Jonathan Lazar, Jinjuan Heidi Feng, Harry Hochheiser·You?
by Jonathan Lazar, Jinjuan Heidi Feng, Harry Hochheiser·You?
Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction is a comprehensive guide to performing research and is essential reading for both quantitative and qualitative methods. Since the first edition was published in 2009, the book has been adopted for use at leading universities around the world, including Harvard University, Carnegie-Mellon University, the University of Washington, the University of Toronto, HiOA (Norway), KTH (Sweden), Tel Aviv University (Israel), and many others. Chapters cover a broad range of topics relevant to the collection and analysis of HCI data, going beyond experimental design and surveys, to cover ethnography, diaries, physiological measurements, case studies, crowdsourcing, and other essential elements in the well-informed HCI researcher's toolkit. Continual technological evolution has led to an explosion of new techniques and a need for this updated 2nd edition, to reflect the most recent research in the field and newer trends in research methodology. This Research Methods in HCI revision contains updates throughout, including more detail on statistical tests, coding qualitative data, and data collection via mobile devices and sensors. Other new material covers performing research with children, older adults, and people with cognitive impairments. Comprehensive and updated guide to the latest research methodologies and approaches, and now available in EPUB3 format (choose any of the ePub or Mobi formats after purchase of the eBook)Expanded discussions of online datasets, crowdsourcing, statistical tests, coding qualitative data, laws and regulations relating to the use of human participants, and data collection via mobile devices and sensorsNew material on performing research with children, older adults, and people with cognitive impairments, two new case studies from Google and Yahoo!, and techniques for expanding the influence of your research to reach non-researcher audiences, including software developers and policymakers
Recommended by Matt Jones
“This book has changed the world of a generation of students, educators and designers – helping them to see life and technology in ways that inspire and inform appealing, delightful and effective interactive devices and services. Foundational knowledge and emerging topics are presented with virtuoso flair. It charms from the start: page after page you'll encounter stimulating, thoughtful wisdom written in a friendly, encouraging and empowering way. If you only ever buy one interaction design book in your life, this is the one: buy it and join the vital movement of person, community and society centred design that is building a bright future for billions of users worldwide.” (from Amazon)
by Jenny Preece, Helen Sharp, Yvonne Rogers·You?
by Jenny Preece, Helen Sharp, Yvonne Rogers·You?
"Rogers, Preece and Sharp are a bestselling author team, acknowledged leaders and educators in their field, with a strong global reputation.They bring depth of scope to the subject, encompassing the latest technologies and devices including facebook and YouTube. Interaction Design offers a cross-disciplinary, practical and process-oriented approach to Human Computer Interaction, showing not just what principals ought to apply to Interaction Design, but crucially how they can be applied. Motivating examples are included to illustrate technical, social, and ethical issues, making the book approachable and adaptable for both Computer Science and non-Computer Science users. Interviews with key HCI luminaries are included and provide an insight into current and future trends. The text comes with a lively and highly interactive companion web site containing a rich set of resources enabling students to collaborate on experiments and designs, take part in competitions, find resources and communicate with others"--