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READINGS (Updated 4/09/01)

REQUIRED MATERIALS

• Baecker, Ronald M.,[et al. eds.].(1998). Readings in Human-Computer Interaction:Toward the Year 2000. (2nd ed.)San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufman
• Norman, Donald A. (1988) The Design of Everyday Things. New York,NY: Currency Doubleday.
• Preece, Jenny. (1994). Human-computer interaction. Reading,MA: Addison-Wesley.
• CoursePAKs to be picked up at the Copy Center include:
• Dr. Furness' lecture slides (CoursePAK #1)

ON USERS and METAPHORS
• Monin, Nanette and John D. Monin (1994). "Personification of the Computer: A Pathological Metaphor in IS". In Proc of SIGCPR '94. March, 1994, Alexandria, VA, USA. 283-288.
• Carroll, J. (1987)."Paradox of the Active User". In Interfacing Thought: Cognitive Aspects of Human-Computer Interaction. MIT Press, Cambridge.
• Marx, Adam. "Using Metaphor Effectively in User Interface Design". In Proc of CHI '94 . April 24-28, 1994, Boston, MA, USA. 379-380. (tutorial abstract) Boston, MA. 379-380.
• Marcus, Aaron. "Metaphor Design for User Interfaces". In Proc of CHI'98.April 18-23, 1998, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 129-130. (tutorial abstract)
ON SCENARIOS and CONTEXTUAL DESIGN
• Carroll, John. [Ed.] (1995)."Introduction: The Scenario Perspective on System Development". In Scenario-based design: envisioning work and technology in system development . New York: Wiley, 3-16.
• Kuutti, Kari. "Work Processes: Scenarios as a Preliminary Vocabulary". In Carroll, J. [Ed.] Scenario-based design: envisioning work and technology in system development . New York: Wiley, 3-16.
• Beyer, Hugh and Karen Holtzblatt. (1999) "Contextual Design". Interactions 6,1, January, 1999. 32-42.

• Crawford, C. (1990). "Lessons from Computer Game Design". In Laurel, B. (Ed.) The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 103-111.
• Crawford, C. (1982). "The Art of Computer Game Design". Berkeley, CA: Osborne/McGraw Hill, 77-92.
• Standifer, C. (1997). "Apparent Intelligence or Inanimate Objects Make Good Friends," In Proc. of Computer Game Developers Conference '97, April, 1997, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 771-776.
• Meretzky, S. (1997). "Humor in Game Design," In Proc. of Computer Game Developers Conference '97, April, 1997, Santa Clara, USA, 573-581.
• Wickens, C. (1992). "Spatial Perception and Cognition and the Display of Spatial Information". Chapter 4 in Engineering Psychology and Human Performance. (2nd ed.)Harper Collins. New York: 116-166.
• Pausch, R. and Jon Snoddy. (1996) "Disney's Aladdin:First Steps Toward Storytelling in Virtual Reality". In Proc. of SIGGRAPH '96. August 4-9, 1996, New Orleans, LA, ACM. 193-203.

• Dix, Alan J. [et al.].(1998). Human-computer interaction. New York,NY: Prentice Hall.
• Schneiderman, Ben. (1988) Designing the user interface: strategies for effective human-computer-interaction. (3rd Ed.) Reading, MA: Addison Wesley Longman.
• REPRESENTATIONAL CONSTRUCT SLIDES (PowerPoint presentation)

• Human Engineering: The designing of machines and associated products to suit the needs of humans.
• Human-machine Interface: The boundary at which people make contact with and use machines; when applied to programs and operating systems, it is more widely known as the user interface. Microsoft (R) Bookshelf (R) Computer and Internet Dictionary (C) 1997, Microsoft Corporation
• Ergonomics: The applied science of equipment design, as for the workplace, intended to maximize productivity by reducing operator fatigue and discomfort. Also called biotechnology, human engineering, and human factors engineering. Excerpted from The American Heritage (R) Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition (C) 1996, Houghton Mifflin Company.