Ambient Findability: What We Find Changes Who We Become46 reviews Peter Morville O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005 Great Introduction to Search & Also Being Found. + Provocative well written This is a great introduction to some of the more important concepts in search and its corollary - beingfound. Finding information, things, or people on the Internet is one of the most important issues for today's researchers and knowledge workers. Similarly, for businesses or others with a ...             Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction18 reviews Helen Sharp, Yvonne Rogers, ... Wiley, 2007 A thourough and very thoughfull 2nd edition + loving every bit of it + Excellent Book 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 ...             Data Modeling Made Simple: A Practical Guide for Business & Information Technology Professionals14 reviews Steve Hoberman Technics Publications, LLC, 2005 Lives up to its reputation + A must read for those in need of Data Modeling Basics As the "new kid on the block" in my data architecture group, I attended my first DAMA conference in March. One of the sessions I sat in on was given by an IT manager for the Department of State in Washington. The speaker ended her talk with five things they did to make their project a success, and ...             Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design7 reviews Terry Winograd, Fernando Flores Addison-Wesley Professional, 1987 Not Just Another Pretty Face + Thoughtful and Brilliant + What are We to Make of Computers, and Computers Make of Us A few years ago Byte Magazine named this one of the 10 most important books in the history of the computer industry. Flores was asked to keynote the 50th anniversary meeting of the ACM on the strength of the work he has done, some of which is shown here. I am a little surprised not to find a ...             OLAP Solutions: Building Multidimensional Information Systems21 reviews Erik Thomsen Wiley, 2002 A must read for anybody involved in Olap design + Fundamental Olap principles + Good OLAP Methodology A book which gives you a comprehensive theoretical foundation together with useful, pratical techniques to design Olap solutions. In the first half of the book the author explains you all you need to think clearly in N dimensions, in the second half he guides you through the design of a rather ...             Enterprise Dashboards: Design and Best Practices for IT6 reviews Shadan Malik Wiley, 2005 A Dashboard Implementation Primer + Enterprise Dashboards This is a book aimed at the experienced business intelligence developer or the C level executive. It provides a sound methodological framework for using enterprise dashboards as a fundamental performance management tool. This is a 'must read' for anyone contemplating dashboard deployment in their ...             Information Architecture: An Emerging 21st Century Profession1 review Earl Morrogh Prentice Hall, 2002 Meat and potatoes There are numerous books that provide countless tips on Information Architecture such the creation of information infrastructures and blueprints, web design, and user experience. However, this book provides us with an overview of how exactly an Information Architect fits into our world and their ...             Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites42 reviews Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006 A lifesaver + Easy to understand + Phenomenal book on information architecture + Good enough + Intriguing Title (3rdEd)             A Semantic Web Primer (Cooperative Information Systems)13 reviews Grigoris Antoniou, Frank van Harmelen The MIT Press, 2004 Excellent and clear technical overview of the semantic web + Book Lives Up to Title + Re: Not a review -- correcting an error by another reviewer, December 2, 2005 + Great introduction to semantic web technologies             Rapid Contextual Design: A How-to Guide to Key Techniques for User-Centered Design (Interactive Technologies)2 reviews Karen Holtzblatt, Jessamyn Burns Wendell, ... Morgan Kaufmann, 2004 Clarifies the line between theory and practice! If you are looking for an elegant, academic theory to suggest how contextual design might work in some controlled laboratory experiment-- this is not the book for you. This work gives step-by-step procedures on how to conduct contextual design in the real, uncontrolled world of people's lives, and ...             The Practical Guide to Information Design3 reviews Ronnie Lipton Wiley, 2007 Important book for all visual communicators + Great comprehensive introduction to ID We've given this book the "EDITOR'S CHOICE" award in DTG Magazine and [...] because of its importance to designers and visual communicators. As graphic design made the transition into information design, and culture evolved from the information age into the knowledge age there have been only a ...             Architectural Programming: Information Management for Design4 reviews Donna P. Duerk Wiley, 1993 OK Transaction + Get it Together Transaction was ok, but Amazon waited 8 days to ship my book, and I had already been in class for 5 days by the time it arrived. A little disappointing...             Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web (VOICES)27 reviews Christina Wodtke New Riders Press, 2002 Good overview/introduction to IA + A Good Overview of IA + insight into a true leader + It's worth taking the time to read a book like this             Building Enterprise Information Architectures: Reengineering Information Systems (HP Professional Series)11 reviews Melissa Cook, Hewlett-Packard Professional Books Prentice Hall PTR, 1996 Business-Focused and pragmatic - highly recommended + Focusing on the Business Layers of Enterprise Architecture + Excellent Book! + Keeping IT people/projects under management control             About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design9 reviews Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, ... Wiley, 2007 Nearly a complete course in the "Cooper Method" + If it was all obvious, there wouldn't be a book about it! + Essential Reading I read (and still have) the previous two editions of this book. Unlike the usual "complete revised and updated" hype for new editions, this one has had some serious re-work and expansion. The whole structure of the book is new and very close to being a complete course/textbook in the Cooper ...             Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy (VOICES)22 reviews Ann Rockley New Riders Press, 2002 A must for Content Management projects + An expert's view on unifying information + An excellent starting point for tech writers making the move to single sourcing. + Content reuse, not Enterprise Content Management..., + Review of Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Str             Integrated Practice in Architecture: Mastering Design-Build, Fast-Track, and Building Information Modeling1 review George Elvin Wiley, 2007 Outdated the Day it was Published The term "integrated practice" was quickly dispatched in 2007 when the California Council of the AIA presented "Integrated Project Delivery - A Working Definition" at the AIA National Convention - and for good reason. Integrated practice is an internal affair for each of the Owner, Architect and ...             Information Visualization, Second Edition: Perception for Design (Interactive Technologies)7 reviews Colin Ware Morgan Kaufmann, 2004 Great for Interface designers or visualizationers + Classic introduction to InfoVis + Excellent, despite its flaws WOW. This guy did his homework! Ware covers the basics and more advanced topics. I felt he goes beyond most books on this subject by giving his suggestions and not just stating facts.             Fundamentals of Logic Design11 reviews Charles H., Jr. Roth Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1995 New Fifth Edition correct flaws + College Text + Background comments + the best for excercises             Integrated Practice in Architecture: Mastering Design-Build, Fast-Track, and Building Information Modeling1 review George Elvin Wiley, 2007 Outdated the Day it was Published The term "integrated practice" was quickly dispatched in 2007 when the California Council of the AIA presented "Integrated Project Delivery - A Working Definition" at the AIA National Convention - and for good reason. Integrated practice is an internal affair for each of the Owner, Architect and ...