Moni’s Reviews > About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design > Status Update

don't interrupt the user's flow
design harmonious interactions --> less is more, software should be helpful; competent; and polite, make life easier for the user

all about platform + posture
sovereign, transient, and daemonic postures
websites, web apps, info on designing for other platforms (ex: kiosks, handheld devices, other embedded systems)

design principles (design values, conceptual principles, behavioral principles, interface-level principles)

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design patterns (postural, structural, behavioral)

the design framework

breakdowns of interaction, visual, and iD frameworks
short mention of designers + usability testing (summative & formative)

scenarios + requirements

Requirements Definition process -

1. Creating problem (more business centered) and vision (more user centered) statements
2. Brainstorming
3. Identifying persona expectations
4. Constructing context scenarios
5. Identifying requirements

all about personas

types of qualitative user research. good for what? not so good for what?

perpetual intermediates - design primarily for them

mental models vs implementation models vs represented models

Mechanical Age vs Information Age

goals =/= activities =/= tasks =/= actions =/= operations