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The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
Pearson Education 2004; US$ 23.99Imagine, at a terrifyingly aggressive rate, everything you regularly use is being equipped with computer technology. Think about your phone, cameras, cars-everything-being automated and programmed by people who in their rush to accept the many benefits of the silicon chip, have abdicated their responsibility to make these products easy to use. The... more...
Advances in Intelligent IT
IOS Press 2006; US$ 114.00Active Media Technology is an area of intelligent information technology and computer science that emphasizes the proactive roles of interfaces and systems. This book brings together papers from researchers from diverse areas, such as Web intelligence, data mining, intelligent agents, smart information use, networking and intelligent interface. more...
Adaptive Perspectives on Human-Technology Interaction
Oxford University Press 2006; US$ 39.99How to understand and support cognition in human-technology interaction is both a practically and socially relevant problem. The chapters frame this problem in adaptive terms: how are behaviour and cognition adapted, or perhaps ill-adapted, to the demands and opportunities of an environment where interaction is mediated by tools and technology? more...
A Theory of Computer Semiotics
Cambridge University Press 1991; US$ 42.00In this highly important work, the author presents a novel, yet systematic and practical way of implementing concepts so that they become useful in the design and analysis of computer systems. more...
The Computer User as Toolsmith
Cambridge University Press 1993; US$ 98.00This book offers a wealth of analysis and interpretation of data, from which the author has developed a computer version of a handyman's workbench that would help users with their online activities. more...
Inclusive Design Guidelines for Human-Computer Interaction
CRC Press 2001; US$ 149.95The total elderly population is growing and disabilities tend to increase with age. Professionals in the fields of human computer interaction (HCI)are becoming increasingly aware of the needs of the elderly. more...
Computer Addiction?
Taylor & Francis 1989; US$ 39.50Since 1979, a mere ten years ago when the microcomputer first started coming to Britain in quantity, there has been very extensive growth in two particular areas; in the growth of computers and, sadly, of drugs. With the simultaneity of this growth and the intensity with which some people became involved with computers, it is perhaps not surprising... more...
Agent Culture
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2004; US$ 89.95Concerned with embodied agents as cultural objects and subjects, this work begins by drawing attention to the cultural embeddedness of technology and agent design. It goes on to deal with design concepts and reflections on cross-cultural believability, and discusses the potential of agents as mediators in intercultural communication. more...
The Impact Of Computer Games
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2002; US$ 199.00The impact of computer games. An area of computing that has grown at an escalating speed and made a significant impact on society in recent years is interactive multimedia. As stated by David Cole, president of DFC Intelligence[1], ??The game industry is forecast to become a $20 billion worldwide business in the next two years, . more...
Funology
Springer 2004; US$ 149.00This book reflects the move in Human Computer Interaction studies from standard usability concerns towards a wider set of problems to do with fun, enjoyment, aesthetics and the experience of use. Traditionally HCI has been concerned with work and task based applications but as digital technologies proliferate in the home fun becomes an important issue.... more...









