Comments on: What I’m reading: Interaction design, Riddles, and more

By: Petya Design

Petya Design — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:39:11 +0000

Yeah it's amaing thig for reading, you can download it. Thanks

By: bojanbabic

bojanbabic — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:40:14 +0000

damn, this is essential!

By: bojanbabic

bojanbabic — Wed, 12 May 2010 07:40:14 +0000

damn, this is essential!

By: jermainebrown

jermainebrown — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:42:13 +0000

Such a good article i have come to read and it will help me out in my field areas...
Send more informative article statics in future.....
With Regards
Jermaine brown
www.datarecoverysoftware.com

By: WayneMulligan

WayneMulligan — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:17:36 +0000

Hey Andrew, still not a subscriber but I find myself visiting this blog more frequently lately. Being that you're on a UI run, I HIGHLY recommend “The Design of Everyday Things” from Donald Norman.

When it comes to identifying the key principles behind a successful product (and explaining in great detail, the reason why those principles are in fact “principles”), nothing tops this book. The examples might seem a bit dated but they're actually timeless (design of door handles, faucets, etc.). Ignore this if you've already read it

Would love to hear your thoughts once you do.

http://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Do…

By: Reilly Brennan

Reilly Brennan — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:57:56 +0000

Andrew,

If I could make one recommendation (not directly about startups, but nevertheless essential for me in 2009 and beyond), it would be this http://www.amazon.com/Influence-Psychology-Pers...

By: James Shamenski

James Shamenski — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:39:41 +0000

thanks for sharing.
On the art front, i haven't read the book but here's a secret tactic artists use to bump up to a higher price bracket.

A. Assume an artist sells art for $1,000 per unit.
B. Artist reaches a deal with a mueum to sell a work to the for $10,000.
B2. The clause includes the artist giving 12 MORE pieces of work as donations the gallery for the 1. archives 2. charity auctions to patrons 3. Museum directors personal collection.
B3. The charity auction pays for the cost of the 'investment' in a lesser know artist.
C. Now that the artist is in a museum they are bonified. This changes everything for them even though 93% of a museums collection is not shown publicly.
D. Museums are perceived to pay less than market price so speculators now aware of this artist selling a single piece for $10k assume the remaining items left are worth more.
E. Artist now sells individual items for $15k+ and no longer eats ramen.

This is what helped the art market to go absolute bananas over the later half of the 2000's.

This lesson can be applied to environments with scarcity. In a digital world, the economics are closer applied to situations assuming more inventory than demand. Create scarcity, and you'll accelerate monetization dramatically.

By: dshen

dshen — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:13:33 +0000

some really great books from my friend Lou Rosenfeld at Rosenfeld Media can be found at his website: http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/. These are deep topics in UX design, but also represent the latest in great thinking from prominent designers across the industry.

By: Mohan Arun L

Mohan Arun L — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:28:11 +0000

If your interest is in reading about startups, you may want to read this compendium here:

http://garry.posterous.com/the-startup-library-...

(613 page downloadable PDF of a pantheon of great startup blog posts and essays)

This could be part of your next 'what I am reading' post.