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Don’t think I was quite smart enough for this one but some good nuggets amongst the waffle
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4.5/5

Several professors in different classes throughout my software eng degree recommended the class to read this book.

Finally got around to it, and it definitely met the expectations! What a great read, I'll never look at anything the same way, and I hope to apply all these points to any tool I build in the future :)

Overall great read and likely warrants a reread at some point in the future

Взялся за книгу под ложным впечатлением от обложки и пары ревью: будто она действительно посвящена рассмотрению дизайна повседневных вещей, что, как я подумал, было бы достаточно увлекательно.

Реальность оказалась не то чтобы полной противоположностью (дизайн повседневных вещей на конкретных кейсах действительно разбирается, но это случается иногда и мимолётом), но это больше систематизированный материал для людей, так или иначе сталкивающихся в профессиональной работе с проблемами дизайна: это, пожалуй, ограниченно полезно для меня — что-то я постарался запомнить, но продираться через очень монотонное изложение было мучительно.
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mgnbnm's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 0%

DNFing for now. Interesting subject matter, but I just couldn’t get into it, too many other things to read. Will come back at some point.
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Challenging and helps me reflect. I admit I might be the wrong audience for the book as I find my patience wanes. Read it in a hurry. 

Brings up interesting ideas. How big data is used as a tool for marketing rather than design, to find what and how to make a living off of what people perceive to want rather than what they need.


sidequestlog's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

Didn't feel need to read the whole thing

An interesting book on Human-Centered Design (HCD), my favorite part of which is that is covers many different topics and areas of study.

It does seem to have fallen prey to the “pages sell” philosophy of nonfiction books—rather ironically for a book on design for humans, actually—because it was not uncommon for a (good) point to be made… then made again in the next paragraph… then made again a few paragraphs later.

Aside from that, it was an engaging read and the author clearly has a sense of humor! I liked all the different real-world examples.