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Book iPad Survival Guide  Step by Step User Guide for Apple iPad  Getting Started  Downloading FREE eBooks  Using eMail  Photos and Videos  and Surfing Web

Download or read book iPad Survival Guide Step by Step User Guide for Apple iPad Getting Started Downloading FREE eBooks Using eMail Photos and Videos and Surfing Web written by Toly K and published by MobileReference. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The iPad Survival Guide organizes the wealth of knowledge about the iPad into one place, where it can be easily accessed and navigated for quick reference. Unlike the official iPad manual, the survival guide is not written like a book in paragraph form. Instead, every instruction is broken down into clear and concise steps. The iPad Survival Guide provides useful information not discussed in the iPad manual, such as tips and tricks, hidden features, troubleshooting advice, as well as advice on how to solve various Wi-Fi issues. You will also learn how to download FREE games and FREE eBooks, how to PRINT right from your iPad, and how to make VOICE CALLS with the use of a simple application. Whereas the official iPad manual is stagnant, this guide goes above and beyond by discussing recent known issues and solutions that may be currently available. This information is constantly revised for a complete, up-to-date manual. This iPad guide includes: Getting Started: - Button Layout - Before First Use - Navigating the Screens - Setting Up Wi-Fi - Setting Up an Email Account - Using Email - Setting Up Your Email Application - Logging In to the Application Store - Photos and Videos - Using iTunes to Import Videos - Sending Pictures via Email - Setting a Picture as Wallpaper - Viewing a Slideshow - Importing Pictures Using iPhoto - Importing Pictures Using a PC - Viewing a Video - Using Skype for Voice Calls and Text Messages Advanced topics: - Downloading Free Applications - Downloading Free Books - Adding Previously Purchased and Free eBooks to iBooks app - Using the Kindle Reader for iPad - Using the iBooks Application - Turning On VoiceOver - Printing Directly from the iPad - Printing Web Pages - Moving a Message to Another Mailbox or Folder - Changing the Default Signature - Setting the Default Account - Changing How You Receive Email - Saving a Picture or Attachment - Managing Contacts - Using Safari Web Browser - Blocking Pop-Up Windows - Managing Applications - Setting a Passcode Lock - Changing Keyboard Settings - Tips and Tricks - Maximizing Battery Life - Solving WiFi issues - Troubleshooting

Book iPad Mini Survival Guide

Download or read book iPad Mini Survival Guide written by Toly K and published by MobileReference. This book was released on 2012-11-04 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The iPad Mini Survival Guide organizes the wealth of knowledge about the seven-inch iPad into one place, where it can be easily accessed and navigated for quick reference. This guide comes with countless screenshots, which complement the step-by-step instructions and help you to realize the iPad Mini's full potential. The iPad Mini Survival Guide provides useful information not discussed in the official iPad Mini manual, such as tips and tricks, hidden features, and troubleshooting advice. You will also learn how to download FREE games and FREE eBooks and how to make VIDEO CALLS using FaceTime. Whereas the official iPad Mini manual is stagnant, this guide goes above and beyond by discussing recent known issues and solutions that may be currently available. This information is constantly revised for a complete, up-to-date manual.

Book iPad 2 Survival Guide

Download or read book iPad 2 Survival Guide written by Toly K and published by MobileReference. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is much to learn about the new generation of iPad, and the iPad 2 Survival Guide is the flagship guide for Apple’s newest creation. The iPad 2 Survival Guide organizes the wealth of knowledge about the iPad 2 into one place, where it can be easily accessed and navigated for quick reference. This guide comes with countless screenshots, which complement the step-by-step instructions and help you to realize the iPad’s full potential. The iPad 2 Survival Guide provides useful information not discussed in the iPad manual, such as tips and tricks, hidden features, and troubleshooting advice. You will also learn how to download FREE games and FREE eBooks, how to PRINT right from your iPad, and how to make VIDEO CALLS using FaceTime. Whereas the official iPad 2 manual is stagnant, this guide goes above and beyond by discussing recent known issues and solutions that may be currently available. This information is constantly revised for a complete, up-to-date manual. This iPad 2 guide includes: Getting Started: - Button Layout - Before First Use - Navigating the Screens - Setting Up Wi-Fi - Setting Up an Email Account - Using Email - Logging In to the Application Store - Using FaceTime - Placing a FaceTime Call - Moving the Picture-in-Picture Display - Taking Pictures - Capturing Videos - Browsing and Trimming Captured Videos - Using iTunes to Import Videos - Viewing a Video - Using the iPod Application - Using the iTunes Application - Sending Pictures and Videos via Email - Setting a Picture as Wallpaper - Viewing a Slideshow - Importing Pictures Using iPhoto - Creating Albums Using iPhoto Advanced topics: - 161 Tips and Tricks for the iPad - Setting the iPad Switch to Mute or Lock Rotation - Downloading Free Applications - Downloading Free eBooks - Adding Previously Purchased and Free eBooks to the iBooks app - Updating eBooks in the iBooks app - Using the Kindle Reader for iPad - Using the iBooks Application - Using the iBooks Internal Dictionary - Highlighting and Taking Notes in iBooks - Turning On VoiceOver - Printing Directly from the iPad - Printing Web Pages - Moving a Message to Another Mailbox or Folder - Changing the Default Signature - Setting the Default Email Account - Changing How You Receive Email - Saving a Picture Attachment - Managing Contacts - Setting Up a 3G Account - Turning Data Roaming On and Off - AT&T Data Plans Explained - Using the Safari Web Browser - Blocking Pop-Up Windows - Managing Applications - Deleting Applications - Setting a Passcode Lock - Changing Keyboard Settings - Tips and Tricks - Maximizing Battery Life - Printing Pictures Without a Wireless Printer - Viewing Applications on an HD TV - Troubleshooting - Resetting Your iPad

Book Nook Simple Touch Survival Guide  Step by Step User Guide for the Nook Simple Touch eReader  Getting Started  Downloading FREE eBooks  and Surfing the Web Using the Hidden Web Browser

Download or read book Nook Simple Touch Survival Guide Step by Step User Guide for the Nook Simple Touch eReader Getting Started Downloading FREE eBooks and Surfing the Web Using the Hidden Web Browser written by Toly K and published by MobileReference. This book was released on 2012-01-14 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the Nook Simple Touch is somewhat similar to the original Nook, its infrared touchscreen makes for a completely different reading experience. The Nook Simple Touch Survival Guide provides you with tips and tricks you can use upon unboxing your new eReader. This guide sorts through all of the unnecessary clutter of the official manual and gives you task-based instructions. Instead of learning which buttons perform which functions, you will learn how to use those buttons to navigate your Nook to buy, read, and mark up your eBooks. Instead of presenting an arbitrary table of gestures you can use on the touchscreen, this book shows you where those gestures are needed by integrating them into the tasks you are doing. Additionally, each set of step-by-step instructions is accompanied by a set of detailed screenshots to help you to confirm that you are on the right track. By reading this book, you will unlock hidden secrets, such as downloading FREE eBooks and surfing the web using the hidden web browser on your Nook Simple Touch. The reference material given in this guide is constantly updated, never stagnant. The next time Barnes and Noble releases a software update, simply re-download this eBook to get the latest version. This Nook guide includes: Getting Started: - Button Layout - Performing First-Time Setup - Connecting the Nook to a PC or Mac - Setting Up Wi-Fi - Looking Up Words in the Built-In Dictionary - Buying eBooks through the Barnes and Noble Store - Subscribing to Magazines and Newspapers - Cancelling Subscriptions - Adding bookmarks and notes - Viewing periodicals Advanced topics: - Using the Wishlist - Lending eBooks - Downloading thousands of free eBooks - Managing eBook Shelves - Archiving eBooks - Setting the Screensaver - Transferring downloaded eBooks to the Nook - List of Nook-friendly websites that save you time typing in long URL addresses - Shortcuts and tips - Conserving Battery Life - Registering Your Nook - Book browsing tips - Using the Hidden Web Browser - Troubleshooting - Live Nook support telephone numbers

Book New IPad Survival Guide

Download or read book New IPad Survival Guide written by Toly K and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-04-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New iPad Survival Guide organizes the wealth of knowledge about the Third Generation iPad into one place, where it can be easily accessed and navigated for quick reference. This guide comes with countless screenshots, which complement the step-by-step instructions and help you to realize the iPad's full potential. The New iPad Survival Guide provides useful information not discussed in the official iPad 3 manual, such as tips and tricks, hidden features, and troubleshooting advice. You will also learn how to download FREE games and FREE eBooks and how to make VIDEO CALLS using FaceTime. Whereas the official iPad 3 manual is stagnant, this guide goes above and beyond by discussing recent known issues and solutions that may be currently available. This information is constantly revised for a complete, up-to-date manual. This New iPad guide includes, but is not limited to: Getting Started: - Button Layout - Navigating the Screens - Setting Up Wi-Fi - Setting Up an Email Account - Using Email - Logging In to the Application Store - Using FaceTime - Placing a FaceTime Call - Moving the Picture-in-Picture Display - Taking Pictures - Capturing Videos - Browsing and Trimming Captured Videos - Using iTunes to Import Videos - Viewing Videos - Using the iPod Application - Using the iTunes Application - Sending Pictures and Videos via Email - Setting a Picture as Wallpaper - Viewing a Slideshow - Importing Pictures Using iPhoto - Creating Albums Using iPhoto Advanced topics: - Viewing Flash Websites - Using Dictation (new feature) - Using Multitasking Gestures - 161 Tips and Tricks for the iPad - Setting the iPad Switch to Mute or Lock Rotation - Using the Split Keyboard - Downloading FREE Applications - Downloading FREE eBooks - Adding Previously Purchased and FREE eBooks to the iBooks app - Updating eBooks in the iBooks app - Using the Kindle Reader for iPad - Using the iBooks Application - Using the iBooks Internal Dictionary - Highlighting and Taking Notes in iBooks - Turning On VoiceOver - Printing Directly from the iPad - Printing Web Pages - Moving a Message to Another Mailbox or Folder - Changing the Default Signature - Setting the Default Email Account - Changing How You Receive Email - Saving a Picture Attachment - Managing Contacts - Setting Up a 4G Account - Turning Data Roaming On and Off - Using the Safari Web Browser - Blocking Pop-Up Windows - Managing Applications - Deleting Applications - Setting a Passcode Lock - Changing Keyboard Settings - Maximizing Battery Life - Printing Pictures Without a Wireless Printer - Viewing Applications on an HD TV - Troubleshooting - Resetting Your iPad

Book Code Talker

Download or read book Code Talker written by Joseph Bruchac and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-07-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Readers who choose the book for the attraction of Navajo code talking and the heat of battle will come away with more than they ever expected to find."—Booklist, starred review Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with their code, they saved countless American lives. Yet their story remained classified for more than twenty years. But now Joseph Bruchac brings their stories to life for young adults through the riveting fictional tale of Ned Begay, a sixteen-year-old Navajo boy who becomes a code talker. His grueling journey is eye-opening and inspiring. This deeply affecting novel honors all of those young men, like Ned, who dared to serve, and it honors the culture and language of the Navajo Indians. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults "Nonsensational and accurate, Bruchac's tale is quietly inspiring..."—School Library Journal

Book Management Information Systems

Download or read book Management Information Systems written by Kenneth C. Laudon and published by Pearson Educación. This book was released on 2004 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Management Information Systems provides comprehensive and integrative coverage of essential new technologies, information system applications, and their impact on business models and managerial decision-making in an exciting and interactive manner. The twelfth edition focuses on the major changes that have been made in information technology over the past two years, and includes new opening, closing, and Interactive Session cases.

Book macOS Mojave  The Missing Manual

Download or read book macOS Mojave The Missing Manual written by David Pogue and published by O'Reilly Media. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Answers found here! Apple’s latest Mac software, macOS Mojave, is a glorious boxcar full of new features and refinements. What’s still not included, though, is a single page of printed instructions. Fortunately, David Pogue is back, delivering the expertise and humor that have made this the #1 bestselling Mac book for 18 years straight. The important stuff you need to know Big-ticket changes. The stunning new Dark Mode. Self-tidying desktop stacks. FaceTime video calls with up to 32 people. New screen-recording tools. If Apple has it, this book covers it. Apps. This book also demystifies the 50 programs that come with the Mac, including the four new ones in Mojave: News, Stocks, Home, and Voice Memos. Shortcuts. This must be the tippiest, trickiest Mac book ever written. Undocumented surprises await on every page. Power users. Security, networking, remote access, file sharing with Windows—this one witty, expert guide makes it all crystal clear. MacOS Mojave gives the Mac more polish, power, and pep— and in your hands, you hold the ultimate guide to unlocking its potential.

Book Generative Art

    Book Details:
  • Author : Matt Pearson
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2011-06-29
  • ISBN : 1638352437
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book Generative Art written by Matt Pearson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary Generative Art presents both the technique and the beauty of algorithmic art. The book includes high-quality examples of generative art, along with the specific programmatic steps author and artist Matt Pearson followed to create each unique piece using the Processing programming language. About the Technology Artists have always explored new media, and computer-based artists are no exception. Generative art, a technique where the artist creates print or onscreen images by using computer algorithms, finds the artistic intersection of programming, computer graphics, and individual expression. The book includes a tutorial on Processing, an open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions. About the Book Generative Art presents both the techniques and the beauty of algorithmic art. In it, you'll find dozens of high-quality examples of generative art, along with the specific steps the author followed to create each unique piece using the Processing programming language. The book includes concise tutorials for each of the technical components required to create the book's images, and it offers countless suggestions for how you can combine and reuse the various techniques to create your own works. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. What's Inside The principles of algorithmic art A Processing language tutorial Using organic, pseudo-random, emergent, and fractal processes ========================================​========= Table of Contents Part 1 Creative Coding Generative Art: In Theory and Practice Processing: A Programming Language for ArtistsPart 2 Randomness and Noise The Wrong Way to Draw A Line The Wrong Way to Draw a Circle Adding Dimensions Part 3 Complexity Emergence Autonomy Fractals

Book The Second Machine Age  Work  Progress  and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies

Download or read book The Second Machine Age Work Progress and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies written by Erik Brynjolfsson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2014-01-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The big stories -- The skills of the new machines : technology races ahead -- Moore's law and the second half of the chessboard -- The digitization of just about everything -- Innovation : declining or recombining? -- Artificial and human intelligence in the second machine age -- Computing bounty -- Beyond GDP -- The spread -- The biggest winners : stars and superstars -- Implications of the bounty and the spread -- Learning to race with machines : recommendations for individuals -- Policy recommendations -- Long-term recommendations -- Technology and the future (which is very different from "technology is the future").

Book Firefly Lane

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kristin Hannah
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Press
  • Release : 2008-02-05
  • ISBN : 1429927844
  • Pages : 532 pages

Download or read book Firefly Lane written by Kristin Hannah and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah comes a powerful novel of love, loss, and the magic of friendship. . . . now a #1 Netflix series! In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it all—beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret that is destroying her. They make a pact to be best friends forever; by summer's end they've become TullyandKate. Inseparable. So begins Kristin Hannah's magnificent new novel. Spanning more than three decades and playing out across the ever-changing face of the Pacific Northwest, Firefly Lane is the poignant, powerful story of two women and the friendship that becomes the bulkhead of their lives. From the beginning, Tully is desperate to prove her worth to the world. Abandoned by her mother at an early age, she longs to be loved unconditionally. In the glittering, big-hair era of the eighties, she looks to men to fill the void in her soul. But in the buttoned-down nineties, it is television news that captivates her. She will follow her own blind ambition to New York and around the globe, finding fame and success . . . and loneliness. Kate knows early on that her life will be nothing special. Throughout college, she pretends to be driven by a need for success, but all she really wants is to fall in love and have children and live an ordinary life. In her own quiet way, Kate is as driven as Tully. What she doesn't know is how being a wife and mother will change her . . . how she'll lose sight of who she once was, and what she once wanted. And how much she'll envy her famous best friend. . . . For thirty years, Tully and Kate buoy each other through life, weathering the storms of friendship—jealousy, anger, hurt, resentment. They think they've survived it all until a single act of betrayal tears them apart . . . and puts their courage and friendship to the ultimate test. Firefly Lane is for anyone who ever drank Boone's Farm apple wine while listening to Abba or Fleetwood Mac. More than a coming-of-age novel, it's the story of a generation of women who were both blessed and cursed by choices. It's about promises and secrets and betrayals. And ultimately, about the one person who really, truly knows you—and knows what has the power to hurt you . . . and heal you. Firefly Lane is a story you'll never forget . . . one you'll want to pass on to your best friend.

Book The Four Winds

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kristin Hannah
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Press
  • Release : 2021-02-02
  • ISBN : 1250178622
  • Pages : 382 pages

Download or read book The Four Winds written by Kristin Hannah and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Bestselling Hardcover Novel of the Year."--Publishers Weekly From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, a time when the country was in crisis and at war with itself, when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to have turned against them. “My land tells its story if you listen. The story of our family.” Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her reputation in ruin, there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man she barely knows. By 1934, the world has changed; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as crops fail and water dries up and the earth cracks open. Dust storms roll relentlessly across the plains. Everything on the Martinelli farm is dying, including Elsa’s tenuous marriage; each day is a desperate battle against nature and a fight to keep her children alive. In this uncertain and perilous time, Elsa—like so many of her neighbors—must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or leave it behind and go west, to California, in search of a better life for her family. The Four Winds is a rich, sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and the people who lived through it—the harsh realities that divided us as a nation and the enduring battle between the haves and the have-nots. A testament to hope, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit to survive adversity, The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation.

Book Diamond Park

Download or read book Diamond Park written by Phillippe Diederich and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fast-paced YA novel about four Mexican-American teenagers from Houston, a '59 Chevy Impala, and a murder that changes their lives forever. Flaco isn’t the kind of kid who gets in trouble. He doesn’t want to give his mom or his aunt Ana Flor any grief—they’ve had enough since his cousin Carlos died serving in Afghanistan. But he finds a whole lot more trouble than he bargained for when he and his friends Tiny, Magaña, and Susi ride the bus from their Houston neighborhood to Diamond Park to buy a used car. And not just any car—a 1959 Impala convertible, a dream car. The transaction gets complicated fast, and Susi ends up with a knife in her hands, covered in blood. When Tiny has to disappear to avoid ICE, Flaco and Magaña head south in the Impala to set things right. In a wildly impetuous move, the two boys cross into Mexico hunting for a trafficker named Anaconda, the man they believe is the real killer, to clear Susi’s name. In a breathtaking, seat-of-your-pants adventure they manage to kidnap him but in the process they discover how little they ever actually understood about what really happened in Diamond Park.

Book Essentials of Business Communication

Download or read book Essentials of Business Communication written by Mary Ellen Guffey and published by South Western Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text-workbook is a streamlined, no-nonsense approach to business communication. It takes a three-in-one approach: (1) text, (2) practical workbook, and (3) self-teaching grammar/mechanics handbook. The chapters reinforce basic writing skills, then apply these skills to a variety of memos, letters, reports, and resumes. This new edition features increased coverage of contemporary business communication issues including oral communication, electronic forms of communication, diversity and ethics.

Book Windows 10 For Dummies

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andy Rathbone
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2015-08-10
  • ISBN : 1119049369
  • Pages : 432 pages

Download or read book Windows 10 For Dummies written by Andy Rathbone and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-08-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrates the new features of Windows 10.

Book Rewiring Education

    Book Details:
  • Author : John D. Couch
  • Publisher : BenBella Books
  • Release : 2023-01-03
  • ISBN : 163774420X
  • Pages : 257 pages

Download or read book Rewiring Education written by John D. Couch and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if we could unlock the potential in every child? As it turns out, we can. Apple's iconic cofounder Steve Jobs had a powerful vision for education: employing technology to make an enormous impact on the lives of millions of students. To realize this vision, Jobs tapped John D. Couch, a trusted engineer and executive with a passion for education. Couch believed the real purpose of education was to help children discover their unique potential and empower them to reach beyond their perceived limitations. Today, technology is increasingly integrated into every aspect of our lives, rewiring our homes, our jobs, and even our brains. Most important, it presents an opportunity to rewire education to enrich and strengthen our schools, children, and society In Rewiring Education, Couch shares the professional lessons he's learned during his 50-plus years in education and technology. He takes us behind Apple's major research study, Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT), and its follow-up (ACOT 2), highlighting the powerful effects of the Challenge-Based Learning framework. Going beyond Apple's walls, he also introduces us to some of the most extraordinary parents, educators, and entrepreneurs from around the world who have ignored the failed promises of memorization and, instead, utilize new science-backed methods and technologies that benefit all children, from those who struggle to honor students. Rewiring Education presents a bold vision for the future of education, looking at promising emerging technologies and how we—as parents, teachers, and voters—can ensure children are provided with opportunities and access to the relevant, creative, collaborative, and challenging learning environments they need to succeed.

Book Emotional Design

    Book Details:
  • Author : Don Norman
  • Publisher : Basic Books
  • Release : 2007-03-20
  • ISBN : 0465004172
  • Pages : 276 pages

Download or read book Emotional Design written by Don Norman and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why attractive things work better and other crucial insights into human-centered design Emotions are inseparable from how we humans think, choose, and act. In Emotional Design, cognitive scientist Don Norman shows how the principles of human psychology apply to the invention and design of new technologies and products. In The Design of Everyday Things, Norman made the definitive case for human-centered design, showing that good design demanded that the user's must take precedence over a designer's aesthetic if anything, from light switches to airplanes, was going to work as the user needed. In this book, he takes his thinking several steps farther, showing that successful design must incorporate not just what users need, but must address our minds by attending to our visceral reactions, to our behavioral choices, and to the stories we want the things in our lives to tell others about ourselves. Good human-centered design isn't just about making effective tools that are straightforward to use; it's about making affective tools that mesh well with our emotions and help us express our identities and support our social lives. From roller coasters to robots, sports cars to smart phones, attractive things work better. Whether designer or consumer, user or inventor, this book is the definitive guide to making Norman's insights work for you.