PREFACE
INTRODUCTORY QUOTATIONS
“Empty life of its incongruities… and [you impose a] simplification that coheres – and misapprehends everything” (Roth, 1998, 305).
“Context independencies and anytime-anywhere functionality are misguided…[I]n designing for real life, real contexts have to be part of the process” (Thackara, 2000, 12).
“It is very easy to be blinded to the essential uselessness of [products] by the sense of achievement you get from getting them to work at all. In other words…their fundamental design flaws are completely hidden by their superficial design flaws” (Adams, 1984, 177).
In describing computer interfaces and their potential to improve understanding, Nathan Shedroff (1997), an interaction design specialist, writes, ...
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